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South African night to honor Nelson Mandela legacy, Tuesday, Oct. 30
A South African Night will highlight the "Life, Legacy and Values of Nelson Mandela" from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday Oct. 30, in the Ballroom, under the auspices of the International Correspondents Committee. The event will feature remarks honoring Mandela, a panel discussion on his legacy followed by a Q and A session and a tasting of South African wines and dishes including biltong, boerewors, sosaties and samosas. The evening will open with video excerpts from Mandela's appearance at the Club as president of South Africa in 1994, one of two visits to the Club. South African…
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The opportunity to reserve tickets for the Oct. 27 Silver Owl hoot is going, going...
Time is short for making reservations for the Owls' hoot at the Club, at noon, Saturday, Oct. 27. Be there or be square. The event is open to all Club members and their guests, not just Silver and Golden Owls. Tickets, at $30 per person, can be reserved by calling 202-662-7501 or e-mailing [email protected]. Free parking will be available less than two blocks from the Club at the PMI lot on G Street, N.W., between 13th and 14th Streets (you must bring your parking ticket to the Club to be stamped). The hoot will celebrate two "golden ages" - of American presidential politics and of…
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Panel to address online security for journalists Wednesday
The Press Freedom Committee will host a panel on journalists' online security Wednesday, Oct. 24, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. There are concerns about U.S. government efforts to identify reporters' confidential sources, particularly in cases involving classified information. But foreign governments and criminal organizations may also represent threats. A longer term threat is that loss of confidence in journalists' online security could deter potential whistle blowers from providing information to news media. The panel will assess the seriousness of the threat and steps journalists' can take…
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Silver Owl Nick Longworth, former photojournalist and GOP official, dies at 82
Nick Longworth, an award-winning former newspaper photojournalist who became both a federal official and a Republican political consultant, died Sept. 3 at his home in Carmel, Ind. He was 82. Longworth -- who was not related to former U.S. House Speaker Nicholas Longworth -- had been a Communicator member of the National Press Club since 1986 and became a Silver Owl in 2011. In the 1950s and '60s, Nick Longworth was a photojournalist for The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel and The Indianapolis News, covering a wide range of stories from the erection of the Berlin Wall to the 1961 inauguration of…
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Women’s Groups to Send Congress “Our Bodies, Ourselves”
"Our Bodies, Ourselves" was named by the Library of Congress as one of 88 books that shaped America, and now, some prominent women health advocates want to make sure that every member of Congress has a copy. They are concerned that policymakers need better information about women’s health and reproductive issues in making policy. At a Newsmaker at 1 p.m. Monday Oct. 22, in the Murrow Room, Christy Turlington Burns, model and founder of Every Mother Counts, Judy Norsigian, executive director of Our Bodies Ourselves, and Vivian Pinn, the former head of NIH’s Office of Research on Women’s Health…
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Nominations close Friday for club board, officer elections
Nominations for 2013 National Press Club board and officer positions will close at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26. There are four open board positions for members in journalist categories - three three-year terms and a one-year term to fill the unexpired term of current Board Chairman John Hughes, who has submitted his resignation in order to run for Club treasurer. There is also one three-year opening for a communicator member of the board. Press Club officers serve one-year terms, so all five positions -- president, vice president, secretary, treasurer and membership secretary -- are also open.…
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Newsmaker: GPS Tracking of Suspected Criminals Raises Fourth Amendment Concerns
As technology matures, privacy issues are being subjected to legal tests that could force a Supreme Court Fourth Amendment review, according to Virginia attorneys Christopher Leibig and Steve Shannon who addressed their concerns during a National Press Club Newsmaker event Thursday. Global Positioning Systems in particular are being used more frequently by law enforcement officials seeking to track the movements of suspected criminals. Although law related to GPS tracking has matured in recent years, many issues surrounding the technology remain unsettled and are being argued in courtrooms…
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Campaign veterans to discuss social media and elections Tuesday, Oct. 30
Experts in politics and digital media will discuss social media's role in the 2012 Presidential Campaign Tuesday, Oct. 30. The event will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the Holeman Lounge with continental breakfast and coffee; the program will begin at 9 a.m. Americans now follow real-time debate commentary via Twitter, advocate for their candidates on Facebook and join Internet memes with Tumblr. Balancing tried-and-true strategies with bold experimentation, the campaigns of both President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney have invested heavily in social media as part of their fundraising,…
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35th Annual Book Fair & Authors’ Night Nov. 13
You are invited to join the “Friends of the Book Fair” in support of the National Press Club Journalism Institute’s 35th Annual Book Fair & Authors’ Night at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13 in the Ballroom. For a contribution of $25, you will join fellow book lovers in promoting awareness of books and reading. As a “Friend of the Book Fair,” your generosity will support the National Press Club’s Journalism Institute, a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization that provides training, research and resources for news professionals and scholarships for the next generation of journalists. Contributors…
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