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Club cancels picnic
The Fall 2011 National Press Club Picnic has been cancelled. Thanks to the few members who responded with offers to volunteer. Unfortunately, the response was not great enough to move forward with planning for the picnic. The Events Committee will discuss at its next regularly-scheduled meeting the potential of organizing an alternate family-friendly event, either at the Club or at an alternate location. If you have specific suggestions or ideas, please share them with Anthony Shop ([email protected]) by 5 p.m. Sept. 14.
Type: News
Club staff remains calm as 2001 attacks occur
September 11, 2001: The National Press Club was handling an all-day conference for 300 participants when news of the attacks came. Tom Glad, director of the library, was in the library as the plane hit the Pentagon. When he saw smoke rising, he hurried to warn everyone to get away from windows and stay inside, not knowing whether or not other planes might be targeting the White House and the Capitol. Many of the conference attendees were from New York and understandably panicked, so the club set up telephone banks and televisions for them to follow the news. The Club staff remained calm…
Type: News
Federal Communications Commission Issues
Type: Media
National Press Club’s Book Fair & Authors’ Night names Jim Lehrer honorary chairman
The National Press Club’s Book Fair & Authors’ Night has chosen Jim Lehrer of the Public Broadcasting System as honorary chairman. The NPC Book Fair is scheduled for Nov. 15 from 5:30 to 8:30 pm at the Club. Nearly 100 authors are expected to participate in the Club's premier literary event of the holiday season. "Whether you are looking for a political memoir, cookbook, biography, children's work or a coffee table volume, you will find it's a great place to start your holiday shopping and have the opportunity to win exciting raffle prizes," said Barbara Bird, Book Fair chair. For the…
Type: News
Former NPC President Bjerga to discuss 'Endless Appetites' Oct. 17
Alan Bjerga, former president of the National Press Club, will discuss his new book, “Endless Appetites: How the Commodities Casino Creates Hunger and Unrest,” on Monday, Oct. 17 at 6:30 p.m. in the NPC's Holeman Lounge. In his book, Bjerga details the changes in food supply, demand and trading that have created a new era of price volatility that has caused riots and overthrown governments. From the trading floor of Chicago to the highlands of East Africa to the rice paddies of Thailand, Bjerga takes readers on a global trek to find the causes of the food-price crisis and the solutions.…
Type: News
NPC plans general membership meeting for Oct. 7
Officers of the National Press Club plan to report to members at the fall General Membership Meeting Friday, Oct. 7 at noon in the Holeman Lounge. A buffet lunch will be served with business beginning at 12:15 p.m. Please RSVP by emailing [email protected] or calling (202) 662-7511 no later than Tuesday, October 4.
Type: News
TV anchors on 9/11 tell Marvin Kalb their personal stories
Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather said he had just gotten out of the shower in his home high in a New York City building when he heard the news on the radio that the first plane had hit the World Trade Center. He first thought of an incident in World War II when a bomber accidentally flew into the Empire State Building. He went out on his balcony and could see black smoke billowing from the World Trade Center. In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, “The Kalb Report” host Marvin Kalb talked with four of the national TV news anchors of Sept. 11, 2001, before a…
Type: News
Press Building beefs up security for Sept. 11 anniversary
Please plan for possible delays from extra security measures being instituted at the National Press Building in the days before and after the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Starting Thursday night, Sept. 8, the building is asking everyone who enters the lobby to provide an ID and to sign in and state their destination. These measures are expected to cause lines to form at key traffic times, such as morning and noon and when big events are taking place at the National Press Club. People without ID or who refuse to sign in may be turned away by security. We will keep you…
Type: News
U.S., EU join forces to fight "pirate fishing"
U.S. and European Union officials announced at a Sept. 8 Newsmaker that they are joining in a global effort to combat "illegal, unreported and unregistered fishing," or "pirate fishing." National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator Jane Lubchenco and EU Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki, who later in the day signed a joint statement on the effort, said it was first of its kind in the "longstanding partnership" between the United States and the EU on fisheries management. Lubchenco said the EU and United States rank first and third as the world…
Type: News
Club welcomes 36 new members
Please join the National Press Club Board of Governors in welcoming these new members to the World's Leading Professional Organization for Journalists: Journalist John R. Grano – Christian Post, Senior Managing Editor; William R. Koenig – Koenig International, White House Correspondent; Fermin Lares – Tal Cual, Washington Correspondent; John Kolucar – Associated Press, Broadcast Sports Supervisor; Kaznhiro Aoyama – Nippon TV, Bureau Chief; Mi-Kung Jung – Dong-A Ilbo Washington Bureau, Correspondent; John Michael Williams – Assistive Technology News, Reproter. Journalist Non-Resident Lena…
Type: News