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Time change: Rolling Stones keyboardist, author Chuck Leavell, 2 pm March 29
Rock and roll legend Chuck Leavell, longtime keyboardist and musical director for The Rolling Stones, will discuss his new book about sustainable, smart growth, “Growing a Better America,” at a Newsmaker at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, in the First Amendment Lounge. Leavell, who has played piano for more than 90 major recording artists, is in the midst of recording a CD in tribute to the pioneering blues piano players from whom he derives his musical inspiration. Keith Richards and John Mayer joined Leavell this month in Los Angeles to lay tracks for the CD, and Leavell returned the favor,…
Type: News
Social media provides new challenges, opportunities for broadcast media, Diane Sawyer tells Club
Television newscasts can co-exist – and thrive – in the Internet age if the networks use the Internet’s resources to create a compelling newscast, Diane Sawyer, ABC World News anchor, told host Marvin Kalb on March 22. “I don’t see it as a competition with the Internet,” Sawyer said on the latest edition of the Club’s “The Kalb Report.” “We have to be out there creating a unique and important conversation, answering questions in unique and important ways so that you want to come to us.” Speaking to a capacity crowd in the ballroom that spilled into the Holeman Lounge, Sawyer said that social…
Type: News
Club revises awards rules to reflect multiplatform journalism
The National Press Club has changed the rules for its national journalism contest in an effort to assure it keeps pace as the Internet changes how news is gathered, disseminated and defined. The Club's Board of Governors has revised the "general eligibility" to ensure that good journalism won't get excluded because of its platform. The entry deadline is April 1 (http://press.org/about/awards). "This lays out a path for good journalism to be recognized," said board member John Hughes. For example, the definition of eligible work was changed from stories that were "published or broadcast" in…
Type: News
Tales from the Tap Room: Club 'deans' discuss tumultuous times, 6:30 pm March 28
The National Press Club's three most senior former presidents will share a combined 265 years of experience and wisdom at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 28, in the Holeman Lounge. John Cosgrove, Allan Cromley and Donald Larrabee, the Club's three "deans," will reminisce and tell anecdotes about the tumultuous years when they led the Club. The free event, called "Tales from the Tap Room," is sponsored by the Club's History and Heritage Committee. Cosgrove led the Club in 1961, the first year of John Kennedy's White House residency, and JFK turned up unexpectedly at the Club to attend the Cosgrove…
Type: News
Freelance Committee meets, 8:30 am March 29
The National Press Club Freelance Committee will meet at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 29, in the McClendon Room. The Club's free breakfast will be available. RSVP to [email protected]. The Freelance Committee will host regular monthly meetings and events for Club members who are or are interested in becoming freelance news journalists. "The goal of the committee is to help Club members who are freelance news and feature journalists without a newsroom, to meet their particular needs and to help them develop as a vital part of the news reporting network in Washington and around the world," said…
Type: News
Immigrants And Their Impact On The U.S. Economy
Broadcast/Podcast Committee member Irv Chapman discusses the issue of immigration with Andrew Selee, president of the Migration Policy Institute. Selee describes the role immigrants have played in the American economy and the policy choices that could be enacted if policymakers could overcome political objections from crucial factions in the electorate. Salee also discusses what President Trump has and has not been able to accomplish from his immigration wish list, as well as the changing mix of migrants across the southern border.
Type: Media
Lobster Night at Fourth Estate, March 30; $25
Please join us from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, for our monthly Lobster Night at the Fourth Estate Restaurant. Your dinner, a steamed quarter-pound lobster, is served with drawn butter and a choice of oven-roasted potatoes or fries and coleslaw or green salad. Cost is $25 for National Press Club members and $30 for non-members. Dinner reservations are required 24 hours in advance to assure service, but some may be available to walk-in diners. Call 202-662-7638 or email [email protected] to reserve your spot.
Type: News
Pensions & Investments seeks Washington reporter
Pensions & Investments seeks a Washington reporter to break news and develop trend and analytical stories on institutional investing. Experience covering Capitol Hill required. Experience covering finance and/or investing preferred. Send resumes and three best clips to Nancy Webman, [email protected].
Type: News
Club expands membership for spouses, domestic partners
The National Press Club has expanded membership for spouses and domestic partners into a full category. The improved category provides your spouse and domestic partner with his or her own membership number and a permanent card. This will allow for a seamless annual renewal as well as extend complete membership benefits to your spouse or domestic partner. To set up the membership, please email [email protected]. The annual cost for the Spouse/Partner membership is $120 and is pro-rated. Please make sure to include an email address and any pertinent information regarding your spouse’s or…
Type: News
Prescription drug savings plan offered to members
National Press Club members who do not have health insurance or who pay for their own prescriptions under a high deductible policy may want to look at a MedRxSave for Affinity Groups, a new pharmacy savings plan from the Club’s health insurance advisor, Affinity Group Underwriters. Members pay a one-time activation fee of $5.00 and can save hundreds of dollars per year on their prescriptions. For more information, go to www.affinitybenefits.com/npc or call 877-673-9797. No-cost, no-obligation advice and quotes on all types of health, life, disability and travel insurance are also available…
Type: News