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Sandy Ullman celebrates number 96
The Reliable Source hosted a unique celebration on March 11, when Sanford “Sandy” Ullman was feted by his National Press Club poker pals and Club staff on his 96th birthday. The celebration was complete with cake and candle (singular), compliments of Mesfin Mekonen, Reliable Source manager. Still active in the Club, Sandy became a member in 1971, when he came to Washington at the end of a distinguished and diverse career in journalism, writing, public relations and the military. Sandy claims to be the oldest surviving journalist in the Club because he was editor and publisher of the Rockaway…
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Scholarship Committee Seeks Judges
The Scholarship Committee will judge applications for the National Press Club's Scholarship for Journalism Diversity on April 9 or April 16. We'll go with the date that works for the most people. If you are interested in helping, contact Scholarship Committee Chair Andrea Snyder ([email protected]) by Friday, March 18. This scholarship, the Club's biggest, totals as much as $10,000 over four years and is awarded to a high-school senior who plans to become a journalist. It is designed to foster diversity in the field. The Club awarded this scholarship to Mary Susman last year. See http…
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Photoshop classes scheduled for April 6, 13; $20
Snap, download -- then what? Sign up now for a hands-on Photoshop workshop next month at the National Press Club. Beginning Photoshop will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, and intermediate Photoshop will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 13. Participants can attend either session or both. Participants will need to bring a couple of recent digital photos on a thumbdrive; laptops will be provided or participants may bring their own as long as they have Photoshop software. Please bring at least one photo with a person as the subject and one photo featuring of a location or…
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IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman Talks Taxes, April 6
As Americans are completing their taxes, Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Doug Shulman will address a National Press Club luncheon on April 6. Shulman, now in his third year of a five-year term, will outline his agenda in a speech entitled “On the Horizon: A Vision for the Future of Our Tax System.” The 47th IRS commissioner, Shulman is responsible for collecting $2.4 trillion in tax revenues. Lunch will be served served at 12:30 p.m. with the speech beginning at 1 p.m. and ending at 2 p.m. Tickets are $18 for Club members, $29 for guests of members, and $36 for general admission. To…
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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…
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Massachusetts Gov. Patrick introduces new book, April 13
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick will introduce his new book, "A Reason to Believe: Lessons From an Improbable Life," at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 13. In January 2007, Patrick became the first African American governor of Massachusetts, one of only two African American governors elected in American history. That was just one triumphant step in a long, improbable journey that began in a poor tenement on the south side of Chicago -- from a chaotic childhood to an elite boarding school in New England to a sojourn doing relief work in Africa to the boardrooms of Fortune 500 companies and now to…
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Eat, Meet, Love? Wine dinner with Washington Post's "Cooking for One" columnist, March 29, $70
Join the Washington Post Food section's Joe Yonan for a six-course meal featuring recipes from Yonan's new cookbook, "Serve Yourself: Nightly Adventures in Cooking for One," at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, at the Fourth Estate restaurant. Yonan, who has two James Beard Awards, will share his methods for creating simply good food in great variety and in portions to suit the 31 million single adults feeding themselves every day. Couples and groups are welcome. You can, after all, double the recipes. But there will be special tables set aside for single diners so they can meet, greet and eat! The…
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Assessing Trump and Putin's Political Communication And The Media's Coverage Of Them
The now-famed Helsinki press conference with Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin captured the world's attention and reflected their approaches to political communication. It also illustrated the American media's struggle to cover U.S.-Russia relations during a turbulent time. Professor Sarah Oates from the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism studies how traditional and online media can support or subvert democracy. In this episode of Update1 with Broadcast/Podcast Committee member Viola Gienger, Oates assesses the communication styles of the two presidents and…
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Defected Libyan ambassadors pledge effort to oust Gaddafi
Libyans from across North America pledged their support of the movement against Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi at a March 11 event that brought at least 18 news organizations -- including Press TV of Tehran -- to the National Press Club ballroom. Both defecting Libyan ambassadors -- Abdel Rahman Shalgam from the United Nations and Washington-based Ali Aujali -- were also there. The ambassadors made clear their support for the Libyan Republic's Interim Transitional National Council (ITNC), which is representing the protesters. They now represent the Council in the United States. "We are not…
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Find out how to get your stories found online, 6:30 pm March 16
Vanessa Fox, a former Google staffer and founder of Webmaster Central, will discuss search engine optimization at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, in the Murrow Room. RSVP to [email protected] Fox will provide a primer on the best ways to get your stories to show up in Internet searches. In an event sponsored by the Professional Development Committee, she'll cover how search engines determine results; key ways of integrating search best practices; connecting with readers through search while maintaining the integrity of the story; how to optimize Google News, images, video and…
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