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Israel, Berlin, Dresden highlight fall travel
Two great trips are coming up in the fall for National Press Club members and their guests. Sign up so you won't be left behind! September 11-20 are the dates for the trip to Israel, featuring five nights in Jerusalem with sightseeing around the city, plus a trip to Masada. The group will stay in top hotels in Tel Aviv, Tiberias, and Jerusalem. The price, including round-trip economy class airfare from Washington National, is $4425.00 per person, double occupancy. Single room supplement is $950.00. Berlin and Dresden are the destinations for a trip November 3-10. Four nights will be spent in…
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Club holds general membership meeting, noon May 13
A General Membership Meeting of the National Press Club will be held at noon Friday, May 13, in the Holeman Lounge. Officers will report on the Club’s operations since the last meeting. In addition, changes in the Articles of Incorporation to reflect that retired members serve on the Board of Governors will be considered. A sandwich buffet will be served.
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Go from couch to 5K: Training clinics begin May 12
Need a little help to find your stride for the June 11 National Press Club Beat the Deadline 5K? Sign up today for the special No Boundaries Beginners Running Clinics hosted by Fleet Feet Sports Adams Morgan in conjunction with New Balance and OnPoint Fitness. Classes are valued at $75 per person, but will be offered for $5 for Club members and $10 for non-members. All participants will receive a gift from Fleet Feet Sports and New Balance. Register today at www.press.org/events/no-boundaries-5k-runwalk-training-clinic-0 Discount code for members: npcfleetfeet Classes are limited to 50…
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Sen. Barack Obama addresses Social Security in Club speech in 2006
This Week In National Press Club History April 26, 2006 -- Sen. Barack Obama addressed the National Press Club on the topic of Social Security and its future and thanks the Club for its work. April 29, 1993 -- The Dali Lama reports to a Club luncheon that conditions in Tibet are deteriorating because his country has no oil and help must come from moral principles. This Week In National Press Club history is brought to you by the History & Heritage committee, which preserves and revitalizes the Club’s history through displays, panel discussions, lectures and the oral history project. For…
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Center for Public Integrity launches daily investigative news site
The Center for Public Integrity is launching a daily news site, iwatchnews.org, with a plan to sell 25,000 to 50,000 subscriptions in the first year for $50 a year through Center memberships, according to an executive and two journalists who spoke about their initiative at the National Press Club on April 25. The Center is 20 years old, but iwatch news is just a few weeks old and is still in the testing phase. The goal, the speakers said, is to make money from a digital platform while doing what old media does best – investigative journalism. Executive director Bill Buzenberg, who came to the…
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Tickets available for Oct. 28 dinner honoring Jim Lehrer
Tickets are on sale for National Press Club members only for the Oct. 28 Fourth Estate Award dinner honoring Jim Lehrer, longtime host of the PBS NewsHour. Ticket prices are $125 for Club members. Every member can buy one guest ticket at the member price. Reserve at [email protected] or (202) 662-7501. Tickets for non-members, at $195 each, will not be sold until later. Lehrer has set a standard for broadcast excellence at PBS for more than 35 years. He is also well known for moderating 11 debates over the course of the past six presidential elections. He will be the 39th recipient of…
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Washington Post fitness columnist Vicky Hallett joins 5K
The Washington Post’s Vicky Hallett, one half of the MisFits, the Post’s fitness columnist duo, will race in the National Press Club's Beat the Deadline 5K on Saturday, June 11. Known as the irreverent columnist with a knack for getting people off the couch and into the gym, Hallett takes questions and gives fitness advice for “Ask the Misfits” column and also edits the Fit section of The Washington Post Express. Hallett joins a celebrity lineup of CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux and Jill Dougherty, P90X creator Tony Horton, supermodel Kim Alexis, Newsweek’s Eleanor Clift, PBS’s Hari Sreenivasan, Fox…
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The Challenges Faced By An Award-Winning Filipino Journalist
Maria Ressa, one of the journalists Time magazine honored as it's "Person of the Year" in 2018, also is a co-founder and editor of Rappler, a news website that was ahead of the curve in her native Philippines by offering hard news and video via internet and mobile. Before being recognized by Time, she was interviewed for Update-1 by Irv Chapman, a longtime member of the National Press Club, during her visit to Washington to accept the International Center for Journalists award for her fearless coverage of the blood-stained war on drugs conducted by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who is…
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Beyond point-and-shoot: Producing Web video, 8:30 am May 13
Reporters or communication specialists with new responsibilities for adding a video component to their Web postings, whether it’s an interview clip or a longer packaged piece, can learn how to produce quality Web video in a two-part workshop beginning at 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 13. Part I of the workshop, sponsored by the Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library, will run from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Part II will run from 1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. The cost is $75 for Club members, or $125 for both sessions. Non-members pay $125, or $225 for both sessions. Please reserve at professionaldevelopment…
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Author to debut "The Devil's Light," 6:30 pm, May 4
Richard North Patterson will debut "The Devil's Light" at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 4. Admission is free for Club members; $5 for non-members. Reservations are required. RSVP at [email protected] or call 202-662-7523. In his new thriller, the author slips into the minds of the mad and the messianic to illustrate how an apocalyptic nightmare could become tomorrow's history-bending reality. Among the questions he explores: What if al-Qaeda covertly obtains a rogue nuclear warhead with the intention of deploying it on the tenth anniversary of 9/11? Patterson is the author of 18 best-selling and…
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