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Spring membership meeting today
The Club's spring membership meeting takes place today at noon with a buffet lunch in the conference rooms and reports by NPC officers. For those of you who cannot attend in person, the meeting can be viewed at http://www.press.org/membership/meeting. Login required. The video will remain posted for later viewing. Members planning to attend are requested to RSVP to [email protected].
Type: News
Navy secretary Mabus tells Club Luncheon that U.S. is reversing ship decline
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus told a Club Luncheon audience April 30 that the government is reserving a decline in the number of ships but will have to find money to maintain the nation's ballistic submarine force. A former governor of Mississippi, home to one of the country's major shipbuilding facilities, Mabus predicted that the Navy will remain in the forefront to technical innovation to help maintain freedom of the seas for the U.S. and all of the world's trading nations. He said that 90 percent of the world's trade relies on shipments by sea and that the U.S. can respond to efforts to…
Type: News
Spring Hoot on Friday features Tom Toles
The Silver Owls' Spring Hoot on Friday will feature Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Tom Toles, who will both demonstrate his drawing skills and play with his journalist-laden band, Suspicious Package. As a musician, Toles plays drums and sings lead and harmony. As a cartoonist for the Washington Post, Toles has won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer in 1990, and the Herblock award in 2011, named for the legendary Washington Post cartoonist Herb Block. The Hoot, which is open to all NPC members and guests, begins with a 6:30 p.m. cocktail party followed by a 7:30 sitdown dinner. The…
Type: News
Europe in Transition - A Norwegian View
The prime minister is a member of Norway's Conservative Party. He discussed the changes in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Mr. Syse refers to the relationship of European countries within NATO and the European Community. Norway is a member of NATO but not of the European Community.
Type: Media
Newsmaker today will focus on former Maldives president
Laila Ali, wife of imprisoned former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, will speak at a Newsmaker event at 10 a.m. today in the Murrow Room, publicly releasing a filing with the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention urging it to find that Nasheed is being held in violation of international law. Examining the case with Ali will be her international lawyers, Amal Clooney and Jared Genser. After many years as a dissident journalist, prisoner of conscience, and democracy activist, Nasheed became the first democratically elected president of the Maldives in 2008. His environmental efforts…
Type: News
Spring membership meeting May 1
The Club's spring membership meeting will take place at noon on Friday, May 1, in the conference rooms. A buffet lunch will be served and the Club officers deliver reports to the members. Members planning to attend are requested to RSVP to [email protected].
Type: News
Professional Development Committee looking for members
If you're interested in helping the club and the Journalism Institute decide what kind of training to do and helping to organize it, the Professional Development Committee is looking for you. The committee is seeking new members. Committee members not only suggest training ideas, but are often involved in implementing them, lining up guests etc. The committee meets once a month and the next meeting will be the morning of May 12 in the Reliable Source. Please bring your ideas, enthusiasm and energy. In the meantime, feel free to contact committee co-chairs Paul Merrion ([email protected]) or…
Type: News
Broadcast Committee to meet May 7
Club members interested in multimedia content are invited to attend the next Broadcast Committee meeting from 12-1 p.m. Thursday, May 7, in the McClendon Room.A brief guided tour will be given of the Broadcast Operations Center immediately after the meeting. Here are some questions and answers about the committee: Q. Does one have to qualify or be invited to attend?A. All NPC members are invited to attend. Just not all at once since we can fit about 30 people in the McClendon Room. Seriously though, we have a variety of terrific committee members ranging from those who've worked decades in…
Type: News
Grassley defends delay in confirming new attorney general at April 27 Newsmaker
In a wide-reaching discussion at a Newsmaker Monday (April 27), Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) defended the months-long wait to confirm Loretta Lynch as attorney general at an April 27 Club Newsmaker. Grassley pointed out the committee unanimously approved the nomination, but that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) put off a floor vote until after the chamber approved legislation to combat human trafficking. A final vote on the latter bill was delayed by Democratic opposition to an anti-abortion provision. Grassley conceded that the delay in confirming Lynch “…
Type: News
Celebrate spring with special food and drinks on Cinco de Mayo at the Reliable Source
Come celebrate spring with a special Cinco de Mayo celebration at the Reliable Source on Tuesday, May 5, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Here are the specialty cocktails to complement dinner:Paloma, $7Grenada, $7Tamarind Margarita, $7Mexi-tini, $7 Here are the menu items: Tortilla chicken soup with tortilla crisps, $6 Hors d’oeurvresAssortment of empanadas with pico de gallo, guacamole and sour cream, $8 Corn tortilla nachos with ground beef, beans, jalapenos, pico de gallo and cheese, $9(Vegetarian option available) EntreesMexican table sticky bone-in chicken, plantains, beans and rice, $16 Halibut…
Type: News