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Film screening, panel discussion on Down syndrome, 6 pm Oct. 7
The National Press Club will host a screening of the film "Just Like You" followed by a panel discussion on Down syndrome on Oct. 7. The reception begins at 6 p.m., and the program concludes at 8:30. The event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. The event is part of Down Syndrome Awareness Month in October. The film "Just Like You" centers on three teens living with the condition and their best friends, who shed light on their lives and why they are just like you in all the ways that truly matter. Following the film, there will be brief remarks from an expert followed…
Type: News
Where Was Congress When S&L's Were Robbed?
This program is part of a series of three panel discussions entitled "Where Were the Watchdogs When the Savings & Loans were Robbed?"
Type: Media
Webb mulls White House run, warns against intervention in Syria
Former Senator Jim Webb, D-Va, wasn't coy with the audience at a National Press Club Luncheon Sept. 23 -- he said he is considering a presidential campaign. Webb and his advisers will weigh the possibilities over the fall and early winter. "We'll take a hard look and get back to you in a few months," he said. In the meantime, he is urging the United States to be wary of involvement in Syria, which is in the midst of a civil war that has helped foment the Islamic State movement that has taken over parts of Iraq. The country needs a clear statement of national security and foreign policy rather…
Type: News
This Week in National Press Club History: Women's National Press Club proposed
This Week In National Press Club History September 22, 2005: Wynton Marsalis, jazz trumpeter and leader of a 1980s movement back to jazz traditions, discusses rebuilding New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina at a National Press Club luncheon. September 22, 2011: John Grisham, writer of thrillers, including “The Pelican Brief” and “The Firm,” receives the 2011 Harper Lee Award for Legal Fiction at the Club. September 23, 1919: Cora Rigby of the Christian Science Monitor’s Washington bureau proposes a Women’s National Press Club. In successive steps for the next half-century, women are…
Type: News
Investigative reporter Corn explains how to add value to news
David Corn, the investigative reporter who revealed what former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney thought about 47 percent of the population, said that adding value to news is the challenge for media organizations in today's online environment. Corn used his publication, Mother Jones, as an example. First, it tries to find a “story in the news that people already care about where we can tell them something different or new about it. Say a 47 percent video about a presidential campaign," he said at a National Press Club event on Sept. 18. "It is always easier to get people's…
Type: News
CVS quits tobacco sales, focuses on improving customers' health, care access
CVS Health CEO Larry J. Merlo touted the company’s decision to forgo $2 billion in annual revenue by ending the sale of tobacco products, a move he said that coincides with other CVS efforts to improve healthcare access and lower costs. “We’re officially tobacco free, one month ahead of schedule, and we’re proud to say we’re the first national pharmacy chain in the country to take this action to support the well-being of our patients and our customers,” Merlo said at a Sept. 19 National Press Club luncheon. The move was made after much consultation. “We weighed both the short term and the…
Type: News
Institute and Club plan three-day program on helping reporters stay secure online, Sept. 25, 27, Oct. 11
The National Press Club Journalism Institute and the Club's Freedom of the Press and Young Members committee are holding a three-day training session to help journalists protect their reporting in cyberspace from unwanted scrutiny. The program will take place Thursday, Sept. 25, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Lisagor Room; Saturday, Sept. 27, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Bloomberg Room; and Saturday, Oct. 11, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Bloomberg Room. Register here. The cost to attend all three days is $40 for Club members and $60 for non-members, and includes a box lunch for the Saturday…
Type: News
Lee Gutkind to lead Journalism Institute seminar on nonfiction writing, 9 am Sept. 29
The National Press Club Journalism Institute is holding a workshop on writing creative nonfiction from 9-11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 29, in the Ballroom. The fee is $5 for Club members and $10 for non-members. Register here. Club members should login for the discount code.Reporting and writing stories that inform, compel and inspire is the mission of the two-hour workshop led by a pioneer and leading figure in the field, Lee Gutkind, who Vanity Fair has called the "godfather" behind the creative nonfiction/true story genre. In this workshop, Gutkind plans to proceed, step by step, through the…
Type: News
New peace group launches at Club Newsmaker
Campaign Nonviolence, a newly formed movement aimed at promoting a culture of peace through the practice of nonviolence, officially launched at a Club Newsmaker Sept. 18. “We are gathered here today, with a profound expression of hope for the president of the future, that we can transform a culture which is so fear-based today, riveted in violence at every level , through direct action and people becoming visible,” said former U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio. The organization plans to offer a “different alternative” at a time when “Washington is enmeshed in violence as a singular solution…
Type: News
Veterans asked to tell their stories to Library of Congress
Club members who served in the armed forces were invited to record their memories of service as part of the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project. Robert Patrick, project director, extended the invitation Sept. 18 during a meeting of the NPC American Legion Post 20. "Everyone's story becomes part of this project," Patrick said, "those who served in the mess hall and motor pool as well as in combat." Established by Congress in 2000, the project has collected some 93,000 video and audio recordings of veterans' stories from World War I to the present. Veterans and their families also…
Type: News