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Pub Quiz set for Feb 21 at 7 p.m. in Truman Lounge
Did you know that the National Press Club hosts a monthly trivia night? Test your knowledge at the next edition of Pub Quiz at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21, in the NPC's Reliable Source's Truman Lounge. No need to make reservations. Bring your own team or show up and join one. Round prizes include complimentary appetizers. The grand prize of the evening is $40 off your tab. Pub Quiz is open only to Club members and their guests. For more information about your membership benefits please email [email protected].
Type: News
Former AIG CEO Greenberg plans Newsmaker discussion on corporate challenges, Feb. 21
Former AIG CEO Maurice R. “Hank” Greenberg plans to discuss current financial, legal, and regulatory challenges during a National Press Club Newsmaker press conference on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 2 p.m. NPC Newsmaker events are open to Club members and the working press. Greenberg plans to discuss his experiences as a long-time chief executive officer of two of the world's top insurance companies and will offer perspectives regarding what the modern investor and shareholder can expect in the current financial, legal and regulatory climates. As chairman and CEO of C.V. Starr & Co., Greenberg…
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National Press Club marks Sunshine Week with program on Freedom of Information Act
During Sunshine Week, March 10-16, the National Press Club Journalism Institute and the Club's Professional Affairs and Freedom of the Press Committees plan to help journalists and others obtain information that the government might not want you to have. Reporters and watchdogs will offer tips on how to use the Freedom of Information Act to ferret out documents and data at a panel scheduled for March 14 at 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. It is one of several events during the annual effort to talk about the importance of public access to the workings of government and the people's right to know.…
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Spaces still available for tonight's Meet the Press Club
Please join us tonight, Feb. 13, for Meet the Press Club at 6 p.m., in the National Press Club's Reliable Source's McClendon Room. Please reserve your spot by sending an email to [email protected]. Meet the Press Club is a forum for Club members to network and establish business contacts among fellow members. It features complimentary appetizers.
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House Budget leaders offer sequester, fiscal cliff strategies
House Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Vice Chairman Tom Price, R-Ga., agreed that the recurring fiscal cliffs and sequestration are bad for the nation but disagreed on ways to stop them. Price opened a unique bipartisan leaders' Feb. National Press Club Newsmakers event decrying the "magnitude" of the $16 trillion deficit -- "too many zeros." An orthopedic surgeon, Price said that "if you didn't make the right diagnosis, the patient only got better by dumb luck." "We have a spending debt crisis, not a revenue crisis," Price said. Price wants Congress to address…
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NPC expresses outrage as Turkey becomes top jailer of journalists
The National Press Club expressed grave concerns Feb. 12 regarding reports that the government of Turkey is using anti-terrorism laws to jail more working journalists than any other country in the world. All told, 42 journalists and four media assistants are incarcerated in Turkey, more than in Iran, China or any other country known for repression of the press, according to Reporters Without Borders, an advocacy organization for journalists. In addition, the group is reviewing whether more than two dozen other people in Turkish jails may also be media professionals. The large number of…
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National Press Club member publishes book on competition
National Press Club member Ashley Merryman expects her new book, Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing to be published by Twelve/Hachette on Feb. 19. It is co-authored with Po Bronson. In Top Dog, the authors tackle competition –- a subject faced every day in the office, in school, on the playing field, at home -— and use science to reveal how to tip the odds of success. Through a multidisciplinary lens integrating wisdom from political science, genetics, neuroscience, military psychology, sports, gender studies, economics, education and beyond, the authors reveal hidden factors that…
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What is a podcast and how can it help my organization reach people online?
At this month's "Get It Online" lunch discussion Richard Harrington will discuss what a podcast is and why both communicators and journalists are increasingly using them to successfully reach niche audiences. The discussion will begin at noon on Feb. 22 in the National Press Club's Reliable Source's McClendon Room. This informative session will share secrets on creating professional looking video for podcasting and other video-sharing technologies. Podcasting is another name for audio and video blogging. The general idea is that you post audio or video content that someone can subscribe to.…
Type: News
House of Commons Speech
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Online security workshop slated for Feb. 26 at the National Press Club
Are you a reporter who knows you need to protect yourself and your sources online but doesn't know where to start? We've got your answer. The National Press Club's Press Freedom Committee and the National Journalism Institute's Professional Development Committee will host an online security workshop on Feb. 26. at 8:30 a.m. The workshop will be led by Stephane Koch, Reporters Without Borders' senior online security advisor. It will run from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in NPC's Bloomberg Room. The cost is $35 for National Press Club members and $75 for non-members.Register here. No previous…
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