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Workshop for experienced social media managers 6/12
Have you heard about ambient social recommendation apps? What about the latest social discovery tools? The National Press Club Journalism Institute will host a Webbmedia Group workshop for experienced social media managers featuring the most important trends in networks, analytics and apps. Attendees will look at several case studies highlighting how brands are using -- and in some cases, abusing -– social media. Register at http://www.press.org/events/social-media-trends-social-media-managers. A discounted price is available for National Press Club members. Amy Webb, lead trendspotter and…
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Pique your Pinterest with NPC Journalism Institute, Adfero on 6/22
Learn how Pinterest can be used to help brand your cause. This professional development session will take place on Friday, June 22, at 9 a.m. in the Bloomberg Room. Emerging social media platforms like Pinterest can help you reach your target demographic and connect with the lifestyle associated with your brand or organization. This session provides a primer on the ways you can use these new tools to share your organization’s core values, news, and story. Register at http://www.press.org/events/get-pr-smart-how-pinterest-and-google-could…. The class is $35 for club members and $45 for non-…
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Co-creator of The Daily Show to discuss how she found her comedic voice 6/14
Lizz Winstead, co-creator of "The Daily Show," comedienne and social critic, will discuss how she found her comedic voice at a National Press Club Book Rap in the Conference Rooms on June 14, 6:30 p.m. This event is free for Press Club members, $5 for non-members. To register and pre-order copies of the book, please go to www.press.org/events/winstead. Members should enter promotional code “comedy” for free tickets. From her childhood longing to be a priest, to her role in developing "The Daily Show" and her life today (complete with two difficult dogs), Winstead has tapped an outrageous and…
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Panel finds peace, justice in first conviction by international court since Nuremberg
A guilty verdict against former Liberia President Charles Taylor shows that “no one is above the law,” Richard Downie, deputy director and fellow of the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said at June 5 panel. Taylor, who received a 50-year sentence May 30, is the first head of state to be convicted by an international court since the Nuremberg Trials following World War II. The panelists discussed the global impact Taylor’s conviction by the Special Court for Sierra Leone in the Hague at an event co-hosted by the National Press Club's International…
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Jerusalem Post journalist gets to "bottom line" on blogging at June 19 lunch
The Events Committee will feature Niv Elis of the Jerusalem Post for its next “Get it Online” lunch discussion Tuesday, June 19, from noon to 1:15 p.m. in the McClendon Room. This event will be especially pertinent for journalists who seek to begin blogging or to improve their blogging. Niv Elis is a breaking news editor, web columnist and featured blogger for The Jerusalem Post. His blog "The Bottom Line" (http://blogs.jpost.com/users/bottom-line) applies his expertise in policy, economics, conflict and Middle East affairs to provide an insider's view of the policy behind the politics, and…
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Get your social media training, Facebook and Pinterest, June 21
If you’re feeling behind the curve on using social media tools, now’s your chance to catch up! The National Press Club Journalism Institute is offering Facebook and Pinterest 101 June 21 from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Bloomberg Classroom at the Club. Join the Institute for a beginner’s session where you’ll learn how to discover trend stories, share your work with a wider audience and more about using these social media tools. Please make sure to have Facebook and Pinterest accounts set up before the session. Pinterest requires a Facebook account and invitation to join, so please contact…
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National security on a shoestring? Levin, Cartwright, Langstaff probe possibility
Senator Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Gen. James E. Cartwright, retired vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and David H. Langstaff, president and chief executive officer of TASC Inc., will discuss tough national security budget decisions June 12 at 10 a.m. at the National Press Club. This Newsmaker panel of government and private-sector defense industry experts will discuss evolving and unpredictable security threats, how the defense industry can build more capable, agile systems faster and for less, and how the nation can balance budget…
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Is California tax initiative a national model? Jacobs to discuss proposal June 12
California voters will decide in November whether taxes should be raised on individuals who earn more than $250,000 per year to boost funds for schools and social programs and retire the state deficit. Rick Jacobs, founder and chairman of the California-based Courage Campaign, one of the groups that led the effort to bring the tax initiative to the ballot, will discuss the issue at a National Press Club Newsmaker Tuesday, June 12, at 10 a.m. in the club's Zenger Room. Will California’s vote serve as a model for those in state and federal government who want to increase revenue? Will the…
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Ingredients of National Security
Type: Media
Hometown high school recognizes Press Club's Priebe
National Press Club member Louis Victor Priebe, although a Washington resident since 1970, is clearly a man who still loves his hometown of Enid, Oklahoma. Now the community he was raised in is letting him know that the feeling is mutual. Priebe, the recipient of the 2011 Berny Krug Award, has recently received Enid High School’s ``Pride of the Plainsman Award," an honor given to alumni and benefactors who have excelled in their individual career fields. A public relations veteran who graduated from Enid High in 1959, Priebe says that he was particularly struck by the award’s selection…
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