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Sherlock Holmes Night success is no mystery
The game was afoot Dec. 7, as Sherlock Holmes afficionados filled the Reliable Source -- which had been transformed into Holmes' 221B Baker Street and the Punch Bowl Pub -- to watch Robert Downey Jr. play the master sleuth in the 2009 movie, search for clues in a scavenger hunt, enjoy an exhibit of Sherlockian posters by artist Francesco Francavilla, and win raffle prizes including Sherlock Holmes posters, books and passes to the new Downey movie, "A Game of Shadows." Several attendees donned Victorian garb to enter the costume competition, which was judged by Club members Peter Blau, also a…
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Ben & Jerry promote economic parity as cure for social ills
Ice cream entrepreneurs Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield have made it big in business but are standing side-by-side with the Occupy Wall Street movement, they said at a Dec. 12 Newsmaker. “I have seen people who were committed, thoughtful, dedicated, people, people who played by the rules, who lost jobs, lost everything," Greenfield, co-founder with Cohen of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., said of the Occupy participants. "They had nothing to show for it except huge debt. We are operating in a system that is not working for people. The people at the top get all the opportunities.” Ben &…
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Onion editors analyze most "important" news of 2011, 7 pm Dec. 16
Join the National Press Club's Young Members at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16, in the Ballroom for The Onion Report, a satirical take on the year's most "important" news stories hosted by The Onion editors Brian Janosch and Baratunde Thurston. Tickets are $10 for members, $15 for non-members, with all proceeds going to support the National Press Club Journalism Institute, a non-profit foundation dedicated to promoting journalism education and a free press. Since 1756, The Onion has served as America's Finest News Source, providing unparalleled reporting and insights on the major events shaping our…
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Carter announces presidential campaign at Club event, 1974
This Week In National Press Club History December 12, 1974: Jimmy Carter announces his candidacy for the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination to the National Press Club. Two years later, Ronald Reagan announces to the Club that he will challenge incumbent Gerald Ford for the Republican presidential nomination. December 13, 1929: The National Press Club occupies new quarters on two top floors of the National Press Building with a 99-year lease at $1.00 a year. This Year In National Press Club History is brought to you by the History & Heritage Committee, which is dedicated to preserving…
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CQ Researcher seeks to fill editor/writer position
CQ Researcher, an award-winning weekly in Washington, seeks a seasoned editor/ writer to help shape 10,000-word in-depth reports on policy topics and create and coordinate content for an expanding website. The successful candidate will have a minimum of five years of substantive editing experience and the demonstrated ability to handle major projects on time; the ability to write quickly and accurately for a regularly updated news-oriented website; and basic technical skills to coordinate the website's digital and social-media platforms. This is a one-year salaried position. Founded in 1923,…
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Club members get 15% discount on 13th floor rooms
All Club members receive a 15% discount on room rentals on the 13th Floor. The available space is a perfect location for press conferences, business events and meetings or social functions. We have an experienced Events staff available to assist you in planning an upcoming event. You can contact them directly by emailing [email protected] to learn more about room availability and catering services. For more about your membership benefits please email [email protected].
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UNESCO chief to assert that funding cuts hurt U.S. global influence, 9 am Dec. 16
UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova will assert at a National Press Club Newsmaker at 9 a.m. Friday, Dec. 16, that the United States is undermining its influence in the world by reducing its contributions to the organization. Three days after raising of the flag of Palestine in a ceremony at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, Bokova will discuss the U.S. decision to cut funding to the organization following the vote of UNESCO’s General Conference to admit Palestine as a member state on Oct. 31. Under a 21-year-old law, the U.S. government was required to immediately cut its contribution to UNESCO…
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Theresa Werner becomes first broadcast freelancer elected Club president
Click here to view detailed election results Theresa M. Werner swept to victory in the National Press Club's 2011 election Friday, Dec. 9, becoming the first broadcast freelancer elected president of the Club and soundly defeating her two opponents in a hotly contested race to head the world’s leading professional organization for journalists. Werner, currently chairman of the Club’s Board of Governors, defeated Vice President Keith M. Hill and Young Members Chairman Tim Young for the Club’s top member position, garnering 264 votes to 61 votes and 55 votes for Hill and Young, respectively.…
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Huntsman lashes out at Obama, GOP rivals, offers reform plan
Insisting that "the American people are getting screwed," Jon Huntsman Jr. took off the nice-guy gloves at a National Press Club Newsmaker appearance Dec. 8 to blast President Barack Obama and his chief rivals for the GOP presidential nomination. The former Utah governor and ambassador to China tried to boost his low standings in the polls by taking direct aim at the leading GOP primary candidates, calling Mitt Romney the "panderer-in-chief" and Newt Gingrich "lobbyist-in-chief." Appearing at a quickly arranged Newsmaker, Huntsman said Americans face two great deficits: A huge federal deficit…
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