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Did you know? Club is wireless
Did you know that the entire Club is wireless? Go online anywhere in the Club whether you are working in the Journalism Institute or the business center, or enjoying a beverage in the Truman Lounge. Simply click here and login to get the wifi password. For more information about your membership benefits send an email to [email protected].
Type: News
Help Wanted: Business reporter
Gallup.com is looking for a Washington-based business writer to create content for an audience that includes some of the world’s top leaders. A bachelor’s degree and two years of journalism experience are required, preferably in the business and financial industries. Three to five years of journalism experience is preferred. A master’s degree is a plus. Also preferred are a strong command of AP style and current editorial practices, a broad understanding of national and international news developments, proficiency in content management systems and Google Analytics are preferred, strong…
Type: News
Barbecue and jazz scheduled for Reliable Source June 25
Club members and their guests are invited to attend a summer barbecue buffet, accompanied by music from the Greater U Street Jazz Collective. These professionals played jazz here at the Club, and are being brought back by member request to perform in the Reliable Source/Truman Lounge on Thursday, June 25, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The price of the buffet is $25 for Club members and $35 for nonmembers. Menu to follow soon. Domestic, imported beers and Club red and white wine are available to complement dinner. Please purchase tickets at http://www.press.org/events/reliable-source-jazz-night-and-…
Type: News
State Department official commends Club for freedom of the press advocacy
The State Department's assistant secretary for public affairs commended the Press Club and President John Hughes for making press freedom a major theme this year and outlined steps the State Department is taking to protect journalists in increasingly hostile environments at a meeting of American Legion Post 20 on May 18. Douglas Frantz, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and editor before entering government service, said press freedom is an issue that is "professional and personal for me," after having covered conflicts from the first Gulf war to the fighting in Afghanistan.…
Type: News
Samuel H. Murray, 91
Samuel H. Murray, a Club member for 55 years, died May 17 at the age of 91. He lived in North Potomac, Md.
Type: News
Claims of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction was CIA failure, former deputy director says
The claim that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction was one of the Central Intelligence Agency’s biggest failures of the last 20 years, former deputy director Michael Morell said at a Newsmaker May 18. Morell said that most of the world’s intelligence agencies made the same mistake. Morell talked about the CIA’s successes and failures, which are discussed in his new book, “The Great Was of Our Time: The CIA’s Fight Against Terrorism‑‑‑From al Qaida to ISIS.” Morell’s presentation focused primarily on the Middle East, particularly Iraq and Syria. The ability of the CIA to stop attacks on the…
Type: News
Freedom of Information Day
The program was sponsored by the National Press Club and the Society of Professional Journalists. The complete title of the program is "Freedom of Information Act - Strategies and Developments."
Type: Media
NPR's Steve Inskeep to discuss Andrew Jackson at May 28 Book Rap
National Public Radio’s Steve Inskeep will discuss his new book “Jacksonland,” the narrative history of two men — President Andrew Jackson and Cherokee chief John Ross — who led their respective nations at a crossroads of American history, at a May 28 NPC Book Rap in the conferencerRooms. Tickets are $5 for NPC members and $10 for the general public. Register at www.press.org/events/inskeep. Members can also pre-order the book and have the fee waived, an option that appears on the ticket form. Five decades after the Revolutionary War, the United States approached a constitutional crisis.At…
Type: News
This week in National Press Club history
May 18, 1956: President Sukarno of Indonesia defends the postwar rise of nationalist movements in Asia and Africa, and reminds a Club luncheon of his leadership in Indonesia’s struggle against Dutch colonial rule, which resulted in independence in 1945 after a nearly 20-year effort. May 19, 2010: Ten former Club presidents and many nostalgic Club members gather to celebrate the rededication of the National Press Building and the renovated Club 25 years ago. Art Wiese, 1979 president, reveals how he picked out the names of the rooms in the new Club, decided on color schemes, and declared that…
Type: News
TV producer who helped expand shield protections in Michigan to speak at Club
In 1986, TV producer Bradley Stone spent nearly 48-hours behind bars in Detroit for flouting a subpoena to turn over tapes of interviews with gang members. Stone, who now works at WSB-TV in Atlanta, will discuss his experience when he joins a panel of fellow "jailbird" journalists at 6 p.m. Monday, June 1, at the Club for a landmark symposium on the need for stronger legal protections for reporters. The two-hour event in the Murrow Room is open to the public and is sponsored by the Club’s Journalism Institute and Freedom of the Press Committee. Tickets are $5 for Club members and $10 for the…
Type: News