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Freelancing made simple at NPC workshop
Learn the key to freelancing – including how to make money – at a two-panel workshop Friday, Nov. 18 from 9:30 a.m. to noon at the National Press Club. PANEL I: Two successful freelance journalists Katherine Reynolds Lewis and Hazel Beker will share their experiences and wisdom about making money as a freelancer: thinking like a business owner, tracking income and expenses, budgeting, setting rates, contracting, and managing your clients. PANEL 2: Editors of well-known publications, including Foreign Policy magazine, IWatch, investigative news for the Center for Public Integrity and The…
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Prime seats for NPC members at luncheons
Did you know the National Press Club reserves prime seats _ two front tables _ for members and their guests for every speaker’s luncheon? We want to provide our members with the opportunity to be up close to all of the marquee speakers who visit the Club. The seats at these tables are available first-come, first-serve, so make sure you arrive early. The cost of each luncheon is $17 for National Press Club members and $28 for their guests. For more information about your membership benefits please email [email protected].
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Book Fair Nov. 15: It was Col. Mustard in the drawing room with a candlestick
Mystery and Sports buffs will have plenty of choices at the 2011 Book Fair & Authors’ Night on Tuesday, Nov. 15 from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. Former Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., will be there with “Keys to the Kingdom” along with April Smith and her newly released “White Shotgun: An FBI Special Agent Ana Grey Novel,” the fourth in her best-selling series. NPC members Paul Dickson and Len Shapiro will be in the Sports section along with James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales. They will be among close to 100 nationally known writers autographing and selling their books at the festive event. Jim Lehrer…
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If it's Tuesday, it's Rewind
"From the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. This is Rewind," Ken Giglio said when he kicked off the first production of Rewind on January 7, 2011. The nearly one-year-old weekly program is a three-minute video that recaps the previous week's events held at the National Press Club. Rewind is delivered on The Wire and is posted on the NPC home page and YouTube each Tuesday. The 45 productions to date include highlights of luncheon speakers, newsmakers, and other well-known speakers such as Gov. Mitch Daniels, Sen. Jim Webb, retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Sen. Diane…
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NPC History: The president drops in for a chat
This Week in National Press Club History Nov.18, 1910: Former President Theodore Roosevelt stops by the Club in the evening for what were then informal chats rather than formal head table speeches, and talks about his recent game-hunting safari in Africa. Nov. 18, 1987: Soprano Beverly Sills, General Manager of the New York City Opera, and Chairman of the Metropolitan Opera, discusses birth defects on behalf of the March of Dimes at a Club luncheon on November , 1987. Her two children were born with severe disabilities. This Week In National Press Club History is brought to you by the…
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Look Over the Shoulder of Social Media Managers, Dec. 9
Journalists and Communicators alike are grappling with issues related to social media. If you've been searching for best practices, then look no further. Participate in a lunch discussion in the McClendon Room at noon on Friday, Dec. 9 (rescheduled from Nov. 18), with public sector social media managers who can share real-life stories of how they get their jobs done and measure success. Whether you're looking for tips on what tools to use or ideas for how to stay on top of multiple feeds, this conversation will make you a better social media manager. Speakers will include Ashley Nash-Hahn,…
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Job opening: Senate press gallery seeks deputy director
The Senate Daily Press Gallery seeks a deputy director. The position is managerial and administrative, and includes assisting the Senate Press Gallery Director and serving as a media liaison between the Senate and media representatives from newspapers, wire services, and daily web publications. Work includes: training, supervising, and evaluating a minimum of five gallery staff; issuing credentials; monitoring Senate floor activities; helping oversee media arrangements for Senate committee hearings, press conferences and special events; ensuring press access to Senators and Senate events,…
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Something for every literary bent at NPC Book Fair, Nov. 15
You’ll find something for everyone on your literary holiday list at the 34th annual Book Fair & Authors’ Night on Tuesday, Nov. 15, especially in the Literature and Memoir & Bio sections. From Chad Harbach’s best-selling first novel The Art of Fielding to Diplomacy and Diamonds: My Wars from the Ballroom to the Battlefield by Joanne Herring, the Houston socialite portrayed by Julia Roberts in the film “Charlie Wilson’s War.” Former "Morning Joe" producer, Chris Licht will be there with What I Learned When I Almost Died: How a Maniac TV Producer Put Down His BlackBerry and Started to…
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Eat, read, discuss: Books & Brunch meets Nov. 19 (so there's still time to read the book)
The NPC's Books & Brunch group will meet at noon Saturday, Nov. 19, in the Fourth Estate Restaurant to discuss The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. The group welcomes all NPC members and their guests. On Saturday, Dec. 17 the group will discuss Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father by John Mattes. Those who park in the PMI garage on G Street between 13th and 14th streets and buy a meal can have their tickets stamped for free parking. The group alternates between fiction and non-fiction books selected by attendees at each meeting for the meeting two months…
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