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NPC Luncheon: Billie Jean King
Type: Media
Journalism Institute program offers strategies for journalists to obtain public records during pandemic, Aug. 5
Government records belong to the public, but journalists often face delays and redactions that make it difficult to get the information they need to inform the public about significant issues. Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s more important than ever for journalists to be strategic when they are seeking government records. Registration is open for this National Press Club Journalism Institute program, taking place on Wednesday, Aug. 5, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. EDT. Learn to build sound strategies and approaches to requesting and obtaining public records using the…
Type: News
PREVENTS Public Health Campaign Launch
The White House and Veterans Administration came to the National Press Club on July 7 to launch a program designed to prevent veterans from committing suicide. The event featured Second Lady Karen Pence, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie and U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams. It kicked off a public health campaign to encourage Americans to reach out to vulnerable veterans. The effort is part of the President’s Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End a National Tragedy of Suicide (PREVENTS). The session drew some 45 people as well as hundreds more who viewed it through a webcast.…
Type: Event
National Press Club To Unveil Freedom Clock For Austin Tice, August 14
WASHINGTON – July 31 – The National Press Club will mark the anniversary of the abduction and detention of Award-winning journalist and Marine veteran Austin Tice on Friday, August 14 by unveiling a Freedom Clock that will display a dynamic record of the time Austin has been unjustly detained in Syria. The event will take place in the lobby of the Club by the staircase at noon, Aug. 14. Reservations are required for contact tracing reasons. Please email Lindsay Underwood at [email protected] to reserve. The Clock will be in the lobby of the Club which typically hosts 250,000 visitors…
Type: News
Social Security Privatization
Participants talked about proposed plans to reform the Social Security system, including proposals to partially privatize the system for younger workers. Among the issues they addressed were predictions about the solvency of Social Security, costs of administering the old and new systems, and potential political pitfalls of alterations to the system's administration. Following their remarks they answered questions from the audience.
Type: Media
NPC Virtual Newsmaker: Harold Holzer, "The Presidents vs. the Press"
It is a story as old as the republic itself: the love-hate-tolerate relationship between America’s presidents and the journalists who cover them. On Tuesday, August 25, award-winning presidential historian Harold Holzer will explain how we got to this era of “fake news” and “alternative facts” with insights from his new book, “The Presidents vs. the Press: The Endless Battle Between the White House and the Media – From the Founding Fathers to Fake News,” at a National Press Club Virtual Book Event. This 1-hour program will stream live at 1:00 p.m. ET and is accessible to both the media and…
Type: Event
NPC Virtual Newsmaker: Amb. John Bolton
Did President Trump really ask the Ukranian President to "do a favor" and investigate Hunter Biden in exchange for U.S. aid? Was Trump always antagonistic toward China? On Tuesday, August 18, Ambassador John Bolton, President Trump’s former National Security Advisor and author of “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir,” will share what it was like to be at the right hand of the current president as he made some of the most controversial decisions of his administration. This 1-hour program will stream live at 10:00 a.m. ET as part of the National Press Club’s Virtual Newsmaker…
Type: Event
Annual photo exhibit instructions ready for download, entries begin today
The 21st members photo exhibit, National Press Club's annual celebration of visual storytelling, is rapidly approaching, with the event's instructions and guidelines now available on the Club's web site. Members can download the document by clicking here. Logo image by Laura Coker. Due to limitations of the pandemic, only electronic images are displayed this year. The downloaded document has all of the entry steps and deadlines, but here are highlights ... - Members can enter up to four electronic images in the exhibit. - The entry period runs from Monday, Aug. 3 to Saturday, Aug. 22. -…
Type: News
Fire up the grill – virtually – with Club members Sept. 9
The first Great National Press Club Virtual Steak Out will take place beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9. Reporters are known to do stakeouts, getting up before dawn, staking out the doors to a courthouse, FBI office, police station or the mayor's house. Conducting a stakeout requires patience, planning and delayed gratification. This steak out requires the same things. Longtime police reporter-turned-communications guru Mark Puente will discuss the art of the steak out. Check out his background in all things meat on Twitter at @markpuente. He will discuss preparing a steak, cooking it,…
Type: News
National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives reps call for police reforms, resist defunding
The brutal killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers on May 25 invoked a global outcry for change in policing behaviors and procedures, with some advocating for the defunding of police departments altogether. National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) President Lynda R. Williams, and former President Cerelyn J. Davis, discussed necessary police agency reforms in a National Press Club Virtual Newsmaker on July 30 moderated by Club President Michael Freedman. National Press Club President Michael Freedman (right) asks Lynda Williams, professor…
Type: News