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2 Spots Open for Tony Horton's 5K Team July 17
Only two spots are left on Tony Horton’s 10-member P90X team for the NPC Beat the Deadline 5K on Saturday, July 17. You can join Tony’s Team Challenge, get an official photo with him and receive an NPC/P90X gift bag by donating an extra $100 to the EFNJL, which produces trainimng and awards scholarships for journalists. Register at www.press.org/5k . Run or walk for cash awards and doors prizes that include free dinners at top DC restaurants and delicacies from shops like Curbside Cupcakes. To join a full P90X workout with Horton, reserve your tickets for the Speakers Boot Camp Luncheon on…
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Earlybird Discount for 5K Entry Fee Expires Sunday; All Pay $35 on Monday
Register for the National Press Club's "Beat the Deadline" 5K beforeSunday and save $10. The entry fee for Club members is $25; non-members pay $30. Starting Monday, the fee for all participants is $35. Sign up at http://www.press.org/5k/ and join us on Saturday, July 17. -- Jessica Brady, 5K chairwoman, [email protected]
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YMs Meet with State Dept. Spokesman, 6:30 pm July 13; RSVP Required
State Department spokesman Philip J. Crowley will join the Club’s YoungMembers Committee for cocktails and conversation at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 13. The event is limited to young members of the Club. As the assistant secretary of public affairs, Crowley overseesthe State Department’s press and public relations strategy and conducts the daily briefing. During the Clinton administration, Crowley was on the staff of the National SecurityCouncil. Space is limited. To reserve, e-mail name and member number to Ben Dooley at [email protected].
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WaPo Misfits and K Street Kate Sign up for July 17 5K
The Washington Post's fitness columnists, "The Misfits" Vicky Hallett and Lenny Bernstein, are the latest celebrity signups for the July 17 Beat the Deadline 5K. "K Street Kate's" Kate Michael will also compete with her team in the 5K contest for journalists and their news sources. Come out for the morning race, and you can run or walk with famous faces like 5K Race Marshall Tony Horton of P90X, NBC's Luke Russert, ABC's Jonathan Karl and Rick Klein, and Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito. Participants are eligible to win door prizes, including a three-course dinner for two at Chef Geoff's…
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Seats Available for Video Storytelling Seminars June 24-26
A three-part series June 24-26 for reporters or Web producers will focus on adding a video component to stories. Costs vary and must be paid in advance. Cameras will be provided; see details below. The sessions will offer practical tips for producing video, whether you're using a Flip camera, an iPhone or more sophisticated video equipment. The primary instructor is media trainer/coach Mary Coffman, associate professor of broadcast and video storytelling at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. She will evaluate different kinds of video storytelling, including ways to tell…
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25th Anniversary of Washington, National Press Clubs Merger Saluted
The 25th anniversary of the merger of the National Press Club and the Washington Press Club was celebrated June 24 in an evening of remembrances that included remarks by members of the negotiating team that crafted the agreement that combined the historically rival organizations. In 1985 the WPC had a predominately female membership, and the NPC had members of both sexes but had barred female members until 1971. Negotations -- spirited at times -- had been underway for nearly a month when the agreement was reached to combine the two clubs for journalists effective July 1, 1985. Susan Garland…
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UN Drug Report Shows Shift to New Drugs, Markets
The 2010 United Nations World Drug Report, issued at a June 23 Newsmaker press conference, shows a "shift toward new drugs and new markets," according to Antonio Maria Costa, executive director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. Costa said that while drug cultivation is declining in Afghanistan (for opium) and the Andean countries (coca),and has "stabilized" in the developed world, "there are signs of an increase in drug use in developing countries, and growing use of amphetamine-type stimulants and prescription drugs around the world." The director of the White House Office of National…
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Indian Business Leaders Say More Trade with US Helps Both Countries
Increased trade between US and Indian businesses increases jobs in both countries and helps official relations between the nations, Indian business leaders said at a June 14 Newsmaker press conference. Rajan Bharti Mittal, president of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, and Amit Mitra, the group’s secretary general, said continued investment by Indians in U.S. companies would increase the efficiency of American companies. “If jobs are moving (to India), we have to realize they are wasting efficiency in American companies,” Mittal said. Ranjana Khanna, FICCI’s deputy…
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A Former NPC President Discusses Political Conventions Then And Now
Who better to discuss how political conventions have changed over the years than former Press Club President Jonathan Salant, who was in Philadelphia last week when Update-1 caught up with him at a very noisy Democratic National Convention. Broadcast Committee member Shannon Fisher talked with Salant about the 18 conventions he has covered, beginning with the DNC in 1984 when New York Governor Mario Cuomo became a national political figure with his convention keynote address in which he spoke of "A Tale of Two Cities." Salant also discussed how video and social media, particularly Facebook…
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New Stone Film Seeks to Change Image of Chavez, South America
“I’m not here to fight with you…well, maybe a little, but to shed some light on a great story taking place just beyond our borders,” said filmmaker Oliver Stone, in Washington to tout his new documentary, “South of the Border,” which opens in North America this week. The movie’s thesis: Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez is a good guy who only wants, like many of his South American peers, to peaceably lead their “democratic” nations. Stone, a triple-Oscar winner whose films typically paint the dark side of U.S. foreign policy, glossed over questions about human rights abuses and press censorship,…
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