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Get tips on the freelance trade at July 16 Freelance Soiree in Truman Lounge
Need help getting started freelancing? Want to network with other freelancers? Looking for tips on how to find the best markets, negotiate a contract, set rates and promote your brand? You’ll find that and more at a new series of casual get-togethers sponsored by the National Press Club's Freelance Committee. These occasional soirees are informal discussions of various topics of interest to freelancers. Some of the topics are geared to those just starting out. Others address the needs of experienced freelancers. Whatever the topic, these meetings are great opportunities to relax with a drink…
Type: News
'Act of War' author Brad Thor raps about writing at Press Club
A favorite mantra of author Brad Thor is “everything happens for a reason,” he told a National Press Club Book Rap July 9. The publishing of Thor’s first book got a boost from a chance meeting with a contact with Simon & Schuster while on his honeymoon. His new wife told him to stop worrying about the last leg of the trip –- an overnight train trip from Munich to Amsterdam in a shared compartment. Remember your own mantra, she told him. After spending the night in the shared compartment talking with a woman about books and telling her that he planned to write a novel, she gave him her…
Type: News
Secrecy key to Civil Rights passage, reporter tells NPC Book Rap
One of the keys to passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act was secrecy, Todd Purdum, author of "An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Two Presidents, Two Parties and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964," told a National Press Club Book Rap on July 8. “It sounds paradoxical here in the Press Club, and for a reporter to say that one of the other things that made the bill possible was secrecy,” Purdum, an NPC member since 2006, said. “The handful of people who were there who are still alive tell me that one of the absolutely crucial elements of this was that no one was posturing for the C-Span…
Type: News
Wife of imprisoned Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López to speak, July 21
Lilian Tintori, wife of imprisoned Venezuelan political activist Leopoldo López, former mayor of the Chacao district of Caracas and the leader of the Popular Will opposition party, will speak at a Newsmakers news conference on Monday, July 21 at 10 a.m. in the First Amendment Lounge. Lopez is scheduled for trial in a Caracas court on July 23. Tintori and her attorneys will present a report examining the charges against her husband and placing them in the context of the domestic political situation in Venezuela. A popular political figure, López is seen by many as a potential future president…
Type: News
Club podcast features interview with SPJ ethics chair
The latest edition of Update-1, the Broadcast Committee's podcast, is now available on the Club's website featuring an interview with the Society of Professional Journalists' ethics committee chairman on revisions to the society's longstanding ethics code. SPJ's Code of Ethics has stood for years as a benchmark for newsrooms. Now, that Code is under revision to recognize the changes in news gathering brought on by the digital age, Kevin Smith, chairman of the SPJ Ethics Committee tells Broadcast Committee member Bill McCloskey, also a member of the organization's national board. McCloskey…
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In recent years, Ms. Metil became known for the Irish soda bread she would serve at the annual St. Patrick's Day party at her home. Ms. Metil is survived by her husband, Andrew Metil; mother, Patricia O'Keeffe; brother, John O'Keeffe; and sister-in-law Mary Grove and her husband, William. Her remains will be interred in the All Souls Memorial Garden on the grounds of the Washington National Cathedral. As the memorial garden is open to the public, those who knew her can visit with her at any time.
During her four decades in radio, Ms. Metil entertained and informed listeners under several names for a range of radio stations, including as an anchor for WTOP in Washington from 2002 to 2007, according to an obituary provided by her family. At the time of her death, Ms. Metil was a business reporter with Bloomberg Radio. Her colleagues at Bloomberg Radio described her as "a consummate broadcast writer" who had "a unique talent for taking complex business stories and writing them 'for the ear' in a conversational style. Ms. Metil was an avid cook and traveler. In 1999, she and her husband,…
The Club, the world’s leading professional organization for journalists, represents more than 3,000 reporters, editors and professional communicators worldwide. The Institute promotes an engaged global citizenry through an independent and free press, and equips journalists with skills and standards to inform the public in ways that inspire civic engagement. For more information about these issues, contact Jim Kuhnhenn, NPCJI Press Freedom fellow by phone or email at 202-264-0783 and [email protected] or John M. Donnelly, NPC Press Freedom Team chairman at 202-650-6738 and [email protected].
The Club has repeatedly championed Nega and the cause of press freedom in Ethiopia. Nega is also the recipient of awards from PEN America, the International Press Institute and other organizations. While conditions for media in Ethiopia have improved since last April when a new prime minister took office, journalists still face challenges.