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CNN producer and writer Nina Ridge dies at 38
Nina Ridge, 38, a writer and producer for CNN International in Atlanta, Ga., died of cardiac arrest on Nov. 9. She was a non-resident member of the National Press Club since August 2017. Ms. Ridge was born in Tempe, Ariz., and grew up in the Houston, Texas, area. She worked at the Houston-based American Society of Karate prior to attending the University of Houston where in 2009 she earned a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism. She interned at the Houston Fox TV channel, where she later was an assignment editor, and briefly at the Bilateral US-Arab Chamber of Commerce before becoming a…
Type: News
Book & Author Group invites Press Club member-authors to promote published works at Book Raps
During this time of virtual gatherings, the Book & Author Group would like to offer National Press Club authors a chance to promote their published books at a Book Rap. Authors must be Club members and their books need to be recently published, usually within the last year. The group also considers Club members with plans to publish books in the near future. All topics are welcomed and run the gamut from fiction to non-fiction, poetry to dramatic readings, short stories to graphic novels. Events are usually held in the evenings. Please contact Joe Motheral at [email protected] to be put on…
Type: News
NPC showcases more great journalism with honorable mention award winners
Judges of the National Press Club’s 2020 journalism awards, faced with an abundance of great journalism, also cited a number of entries for honorable mentions. Honorable mentions included VICE News for its broadcast package on "Bringing down Baghdadi;" CBS Sunday Morning, for its look at the growing influence of Dollar Stores, which often run local grocery stores out of business, and Karin Brulliard of The Washington Post for her coverage of the failure of U.S. government agencies, primarily the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to protect a variety of wild and domestic animals covered under…
Type: News
Member Dan Morrison and his son, Sam, publish a travel book for kids
National Press Club member Angus "Dan" Morrison has published a children's travel book with his son, Sam, 13, entitled "Backpacks & Baguettes." The book is part narrative, part graffiti/street art that Sam has encountered on his travels around the world -- graffiti (brought to life by Italian illustrator, Marco Primo) because it's better than any postcard to truly understand a place. The book attempts to see travel through a child's eyes, where everything is new and everyone is a possible friend. Sam, who is British and American and has grown up in Paris and Washington, puts us in his…
Type: News
Award-winning journalist Hinojosa: U.S. suffers from decades of poor immigration policy
The U.S. has suffered from decades of poor immigration policy under both Republican and Democrat administrations, but the problems now are acute, award-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa said Thursday during a National Press Club Virtual Book Rap. "We have an international human rights crisis that has been perpetrated by this government on people whose only crime is not being born in this country," Hinojosa told Club Vice President Lisa Matthews in the hour-long program. President-elect Biden has said within the first 100 days of his administration he will reunite children who were separated…
Type: News
Reuters, VICE News, NBC win top awards in National Press Club journalism contest
Reuters won top awards for consumer journalism and foreign coverage, while VICE News won first place for news photo journalism and best young journalist in the National Press Club’s 2020 journalism awards. NBC News won top broadcast awards for consumer journalism and for foreign coverage. The award winners will be celebrated in a virtual event December 2 at 7 p.m. National Press Club past president Jonathan Salant of NJ Advance Media won for best Washington Regional Reporting. Cameron Joseph of VICE News won the Sandy Hume Memorial Award for young journalists. Michael Bender of The Wall…
Type: News
On this Thanksgiving, let the Club do (most of) the cooking, leaving time to make Chef Susan's oyster pudding
Thanksgiving this year promises to usher in some new challenges as we deal with the boundaries imposed by the ongoing pandemic. Yet somehow joining for a meal, whether via Zoom or out on the patio, on the fourth Thursday in November is etched into the American DNA. With challenge often comes opportunity and this year, that opportunity may be to get out of the kitchen and leave the cooking to us! The National Press Club is offering a pre-cooked Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixings. Our food is prepared from scratch -- no short cuts here -- and we’ve put together a terrific assortment of…
Type: News
NPC Communicators "Lunch and Learn" on how to publish a book, Nov. 19
Two National Press Club Communicator members who are also successful authors will provide advice to aspiring writers about how to publish a book during a "Lunch and Learn" hosted by the Communicators Team on Thursday, Nov. 19, at 12 p.m. Registration to the online professional development session is free for Club members. Participants will receive a link to access the Zoom call before the event. Click here to register. The session will feature Ed Barks and Edward Segal, longtime Club members and veteran communications and business management experts. They each have recently written books for…
Type: News
Housing and Urban Development Issues
Secretary Alphonso Jackson addressed issues facing the Department of Housing and Urban Development at the Republican National Lawyers Association conference.
Type: Media
NPC Communicators Lunch and Learn: How to Publish a Book
According to an old saying, everybody has a book inside them. If you are an aspiring author, you will need to decide how to reach your audience with your book. For some, that means working with a publisher, for others it is going on your own. Ed Barks and Edward Segal are NPC members who have each recently published books about communications and public relations. They will provide perspectives on which publishing method is best for you during a Lunch and Learn session on Thursday, Nov. 19 at 12 p.m. The NPC Communicators Team is hosting the virtual event via Zoom and registration is free for…
Type: Event