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Member benefit: free breakfast buffet every morning 7:30 to 10
National Press Club members who stop by the Reliable Source for breakfast are offered freshly baked pastries and bite-sized muffins in addition to fruit, bagels and other goodies on the continental breakfast buffet. Executive Chef Susan Delbert’s staff bakes pastries every morning so they are served out-of-the-oven warm to members who arrive early. The self-serve breakfast buffet is free for Club members and provides a pleasant way to read the morning papers or to conduct a business meeting. Breakfast is available from 7:30 to 10 a.m. Club members are required to sign in at the maitre d'…
Type: News
Club strategic plan tops membership meeting agenda, Oct. 11
The National Press Club's draft five-year strategic plan is now available online for member review. Nine months in the making, the National Press Club’s draft five-year strategic plan is now available for review by Club members. The draft will be discussed and voted upon at the Oct. 11 general membership meeting at noon. After the largest survey of Club members in its history, as well as roundtable discussions among present and past leaders, the Strategic Plan Task Force, led by Vice President Mike Freedman, made a series of recommendations. The draft plan is available online to Club…
Type: News
NPC Communicators Team
Type: Event
International Historical Conference: "Poland First to Fight"
We would like to invite you to attend the International Historical Conference entitled “Poland First to Fight.” It will take place at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. from November 18th –20th, 2019. The purpose is to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II. The conference will gather historians, journalists, filmmakers, senior officials, museum curators, and publishers. Chair of the Program Committee is Prof. Marek Kornat from the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The war began on September 1, 1939 with the German attack on Poland,…
Type: Event
Pro Tips: Writing Workshop 2019
Whether you’re a journalist or a nonfiction author--or you aspire to be one--you’ll leave this multi-session half-day workshop with concrete skills that will help you take your work to the next level. Participants will create the program that best suits their interests and needs, selecting from a choice of sessions for each of four hour-long time slots, running from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Confirmed sessions include: How to make an investigative story go viral. How do you get readers to stick with you through a hefty, lofty, longform investigative piece? By writing it with them in mind. Washington…
Type: Event
Global Perspectives on Space Law and Policy
On Friday, October 18 from 10:45 am to 5:00 pm to the University of Nebraska College of Law presents the 12th Annual Nebraska Space Law Conference: “Global Perspectives on Space Law and Policy.” Throughout the day, panels of experts will share insights on commercial space legislation, spectrum challenges for space activities, and of course, military activities in outer space. 11:00AM – 12:10PM: Commercial Space Legislation – U.S. and Global Developments 12:40PM – 1:30PM: Space Agency Legal Counsel Fireside Chat 1:45PM – 3:00PM: Spectrum Challenges for Space Activities – What’s on the Line for…
Type: Event
Philanthropy and the Performing Arts
Type: Media
Eudora Welty Lecture: Jesmyn Ward
On Wednesday, October 16 at 7:30 pm the O.B. Hardison Poetry Series presents the Eudora Welty Lecture with best-selling author Jesmyn Ward at the National Press Club. Sponsored by the Eudora Welty Foundation, this annual lecture celebrates creative origins in the spirit of Welty’s treasured One Writer’s Beginnings. Tickets for this event are $25 and can be purchased at the Folger Box Office at (202) 544-7077 or by visiting www.folger.edu/poetry. Jesmyn Ward is a MacArthur Genius and two-time National Book Award winner. In 2017, she became the first woman and first person of color to win the…
Type: Event
Oktoberfest Buffet and Music Night
Type: Event