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Earn $50 for Recruiting 5 Members
Need some talking points as you talk up the Club's benefits while recruiting colleagues and friends to join? We're here to help you earn a $50 Fourth Estate Restaurant gift certificate for recruiting five new Club members. Members enjoy networking opportunities with our 3,400-plus members with expertise in journalism and marketing, top-notch professional development and training programs, free research assistance from our Eric Freidheim National Journalism Library, access to our outstanding restaurants and bar, access to our on-site fitness center and personal trainer (free with your…
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Job Opening: Asst. Professor of Multimedia Journalism, Central Mich. University
Central Michigan Univesity has an opening for an assistant professor of multimedia journalism. Partial duties: teach three undergraduate courses per semester; work with students to develop online publications and lead the department in multimedia convergence. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. (ABD considered) in a mass communications-related discipline or, for consideration in the professional track, a distinguished professional record in multimedia and an MA/MFA with an emphasis in multimedia and college teaching experience. Submit application materials to Multimedia Search…
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Condoleezza Rice at Oct. 15 Luncheon
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will speak at an NPC luncheon on Friday, Oct. 15. Her appearance will coincide with publication of her book, "Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family," about her childhood in racially segregated Birmingham, Ala. The luncheon begins at 12:30 p.m. Reserve at (202) 662-7501 or [email protected] . Cost of the luncheon is $17 for Club members, $28 for their guests and $35 for the public. Pre-signed books will be available for purchase at the event for $27. Proceeds go to the Club's non-profit arm, the Eric Friedheim National Journalism…
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Multimedia Class Aug. 10-12; $30 for Members
Several spots are available in the online class, Getting into Multimedia 103, Aug. 10-12. The cost is $30 for NPC members, $50 for non-members who are teachers. This class will cover how to maximize your website, from engaging readers to selling ads on your site. This class will look at comments and reader-submitted content, Google AdWords and other Web 2.0 tools including tools used for research, information display and connecting with your audience. This is the last in a series of three classes on learning and improving multimedia for professional journalists and educators. You do not need…
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World Food Prize Winner at Sept. 13 Luncheon
Anti-hunger and poverty advocate the Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World and this year's winner of the World Food Prize, will speak on “Eliminating Hunger: the People and Congress” at a Club Luncheon on Monday, Sept. 13. Beckmann, an economist and Lutheran minister, was named a World Food Prize laureate in June. The award, established in 1986 by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Norman Borlaug, is considered the Nobel Prize equivalent for food and agriculture. Beckmann has led Bread for the World since 1991. The luncheon begins at 12:30 p.m. Reserve at (202) 662-7501 or…
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New Orleans Mayor to Speak at Aug. 19 Luncheon
Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast and nearly sunk New Orleans, newly-elected New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu will report on the city's progress and potential at a National Press Club luncheon on Thursday, Aug. 19. Landrieu, two-time lieutenant governor of Louisiana, brother of Sen. Mary Landrieu and son of former New Orleans Mayor Moon Landrieu, won the mayor's office in a landslide election in February. The hurricane that flooded New Orleans in 2005 drove many residents and businesses from the city. Now the city is facing the economic impact of the BP oil spill in…
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Education Sec'y Sees "Quiet Revolution" in US Schools
Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Tuesday there is a quiet revolution being driven by educators and administrators “challenging the defeatism and inertia that has trapped generations of children in second-rate schools.” Duncan, speaking at a National Press Club luncheon, decried schools that are “drop-out factories” and graduate less than half their students. Overall, a quarter of the nation’s students do not graduate from high school -- 1.2 million young people a year, he said. He credited the “No Child Left Behind” education law with exposing dirty laundry within education but said its…
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Documentary on Military Chaplains, 6:30 pm July 28
"Chaplains Under Fire," a documentary on military chaplains, will be screened at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 28, in the conference rooms. Directed by Lee Lawrence and Terry Nickelson, “Chaplains Under Fire” examines the lives and work of military chaplains and the church-state tensions at the heart of the chaplaincy. As part of the NPC Summer Documentary Series, a panel discussion with the film’s directors will follow the screening. The final documentary in the series is "Who Killed Chea Vichea" by Bradley Cox, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4. The film follows the investigation of the murder of…
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Silver Owl Alexander Adler Dies
Alexander Adler, a Club member from 1966 to 2008, died June 22. The family requested donations in lieu of flowers to the National Museum of American Jewish Military History, 1811 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20009.
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This Week in National Press Club History
July 25, 2007: First Lady Laura Bush thanks a National Press Club luncheon “for all you do for our country.” July 29, 1996: Dr. Jack Kevorkian gives a fiery speech at a Club luncheon in defense of doctor-assisted suicide. July 30, 1984: Louis Farrakhan, Nation of Islam leader, addresses a Club luncheon. In protest, Theodore White returns his Fourth Estate award. This Week In National Press Club History is is prepared by the History and Heritage Committee, which preserves and revitalizes the Club’s history through displays, panel discussions, events, lectures and the oral history project. For…
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