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Workshop on Creating Meaningful PR Relationships, 10 am Dec. 10; $45
Techniques and technologies in media monitoring will be the subject of a workshop at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 10, in the Murrow Room. The cost is $45 for members and $55 for non-members. The workshop will explore what to do before, during and after engaging a public relations firm to create a strong, successful client/agency relationship. You’ll learn how to communicate expectations and set protocols, track progress on projects and establish a system for regular updates, and measure results and create metrics. To see a calendar of the series and register, please visit www.press.org/prsmart. To…
Type: News
Speed Networking, 6:30 pm Nov. 22
A few seats remain for Speed Networking at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 22, in the Holeman Lounge. Admission is free for members and $5 for non-members. Representatives from multiple news agencies including Bloomberg, Platts and multiple international news services will be present. RSVP to [email protected] -- Tim Young, [email protected]
Type: News
Sally Quinn to Discuss Religion and Media, 7:30 pm Dec. 1
Sally Quinn will discuss religion in the press at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 1, in the Zenger Room. Quinn founded and moderates “On Faith,” an interactive feature on religion from the Washington Post. There is no admission charge; the discussion is open to Club members and their guests. It is the first in a series of programs on religion and the press sponsored by the Events Committee. RSVP to Dipka Bhambhani, [email protected] or Tony Gallo, [email protected].
Type: News
Children's Holiday Party 11 am Dec. 11; $10
The Children's Holiday Party is from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11. Tickets are $10 per person and includes a kid-friendly buffet lunch, a DJ, a performance by the Clogging Dancers, gingerbread cookie decorating, magic tricks, face painting and, of course, a visit from Santa. Reserve at 202-662-7501. Also, to support the NPC toy drive, please bring an unwrapped toy. For questions, contact Joann Booze at 202-662-7532. -- Joann Booze, [email protected]
Type: News
Irish Group Honors Cosgrove
Former Club President John Cosgrove was one of three people honored Nov. 17 by the Flax Trust for helping reconciliation in Ireland. The Belfast-based charity's aim is to eliminate or reduce tensions caused by religious prejudice. The other honorees were members of Congress.
Type: News
Report Urges Policymakers to Focus on Planning, Storage to Increase Renewables
U.S. policymakers must focus more closely on developing new energy storage technologies as they consider a national renewable electricity standard, according to one of the main recommendations in a report discussed Nov. 16 at a Newsmaker press conference. The report, "Integrating Renewable Electricity on the Grid," was sponsored the American Physical Society and was presented by study co-authors Jim Misewich of Brookhaven National Laboratory and Kathryn Clay, director of research at the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers. The study's focus aimed at integrating renewable energy into our…
Type: News
Club Closed Thurs-Sun for Thanksgiving; Reopens Nov. 29
All facilities of the Club will be closed Thursday, Nov. 25, through Sunday, Nov. 28, in celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Type: News
South Korea: A conversation with Scott Snyder, Senior Fellow for Korea Studies At The Council On Foreign Relations
In his most recent book, South Korea at the Crossroads, Autonomy and Alliance in an Era of Rival Powers, Scott Snyder charts a course for America and South Korea in the years ahead. In this episode of Update-1, NPC Broadcast/Podcast Team member Lincoln Smith interviews Snyder about the essentials of his new work, which spotlights South Korea’s complex relationships with both the United States and China. Interpretive and in-depth, the book also explores South Korea’s significance as a nation, seemingly possessing an often conflicting desire to be independent, yet maintaining a deep need for…
Type: Media
Photojournalist Donates Pulitzer Photo to NPC
Carol Guzy, a Washington Post photojournalist, presented the Club with a copy of one of her three Pulitzer Prize-winning photos at the Nov. 17 meeting of the Photography Committee. The 1999 photo she presented to the Club shows Agim Shala, 2, being passed through a barbed wire fence into the hands of grandparents at a refugee camp in Kukes, Albania. His grandparents, who had no idea if their family was alive, reacted with unbridled delight. The photo is among those by Guzy and two othersthat won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography “for their intimate and poignant images depicting…
Type: News
Early Voting in Club Elections Opens
Club members can vote for candidates in NPC elections from Wednesday, Nov. 17, by casting an absentee ballot in the membership office on the 13th floor. The membership department will check and validate each member who wishes to vote absentee. Members also can request that an absentee ballot be mailed to their residential addresses by phoning Sarah Driggs at (202) 662-7511 or by e-mailing [email protected]. Voting will take place in the Club from 8 a.m. To 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 10. All completed absentee ballots must arrive at the NPC by mail, messenger or in person by the time polls close…
Type: News