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Economics reporter position open at the Kiplinger Letter
Kiplinger editors are looking for a reporter to cover the financial services industry and other aspects of U.S. business and the economy for the country’s largest weekly business newsletter and Web site. The candidate should be a clear thinker, with an ability to see past the news to what comes next; the insight and knowledge to grasp what the news means; and the writing skills to convey that clearly and concisely. Someone with a thorough understanding of U.S. economic issues, established sources and the willingness and ability to anticipate macroeconomic developments and assess their likely…
Type: News
U.S. Olympic committee chief to speak at Oct. 21 NPC luncheon
Scott Blackmun, chief executive officer of the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC), will speak at a National Press Club luncheon on Tuesday, Oct. 21. Blackmun, who has served as the USOC's top officer since 2010, is substituting for Bob Bowlsby, the commissioner of the Big 12 Conference, who had to cancel his NPC appearance because of a minor health issue that is preventing him from traveling. The NPC luncheon will begin promptly at 12:30 p.m. and Blackmun’s remarks will begin just after 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session. For questions about reservations, email reservations@press.…
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Voter ID laws a matter of debate as experts argue their case at NPC Newsmaker
Voter identification laws' effects on turnout, and whether these laws disenfranchise voters, were the focus of a spirited debate among two election experts at a National Press Club Newsmakers news conference on Thursday, Oct. 16. Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, said voter ID laws discriminate by disenfranchising voters. At the opposite end, Hans von Spakovsky, manager of the Election Law Reform Initiative and a senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation, argued that voter ID laws are common sense solutions that prevent fraud without suppressing voter turnout.…
Type: News
Running for an officer post or board seat? Please note today's deadline
If you would like to serve the National Press Club by running for a board seat or be a Club officer, today, Oct. 17, is the deadline for your nomination sheets to be displayed outside the president's office. Each year, there's a race for five officer posts -- President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Membership Secretary -- and for any board terms coming open. This year, there are two three-year journalist board terms opening up, one three-year communicator term and a one-year journalist term. If you plan to run in any of these nine races, and have yet to put your nomination sheet out…
Type: News
Veteran broadcast journalist to offer tips for video and audio production, Nov. 5
Veteran broadcast journalist Tom Hendrick will offer practical tips for producing quality video and audio, whether you’re using an iPhone or more sophisticated video equipment, at a National Press Club Journalism Institute event on November 5. The professional development training session will take place from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the NPC's Bloomberg Room. It is intended for print journalists as well as young reporters who may not have had formal training. Registration is $5 for Club members and $10 for the public. Click here to register. Members should login for the promo code. The training will…
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Defying Vatican, dissident Catholic priest to bring reform message to NPC Newsmaker
The Vatican has ordered Fr. Tony Flannery to remain silent and forbidden him to minister as a priest because his views ran afoul of the Church’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. But the dissident priest is speaking out about the need for inclusiveness in the 21st Century Catholic Church. He will address a Newsmakers news conference on Tuesday, Oct. 21 at 11 a.m. in the National Press Club's Zenger Room. Fr. Flannery will bring his call, for ordination of women as priests, loosening of Church stances on contraception and homosexuality and administering the sacraments to individuals…
Type: News
Running for an officer post or board seat? Please note Friday, Oct. 17 deadline
If you would like to serve the National Press Club by running for a board seat or be a Club officer, Friday, Oct. 17, is the deadline for your nomination sheets to be displayed outside the president's office. Each year, there's a race for five officer posts -- President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Membership Secretary -- and for any board terms coming open. This year, there are two three-year journalist board terms coming open, one three-year communicator term and a one-year journalist term. If you plan to run in any of these nine races, and have yet to put your nomination sheet…
Type: News
National Press Club joins petition urging protection for digital reporting
The National Press Club has joined some 7,000 media organizations, journalists and other individuals in calling on President Barack Obama to protect what the campaign calls the “Right to Report in the Digital Age.” In backing the petition, the NPC has argued that surveillance, intimidation, and restrictions on journalists threaten to undermine their ability to gather and report the news. “Given our mission, we could not remain silent while the journalists we aim to serve have increasingly been stifled through the overreaches of government surveillance, crackdowns on whistleblowers and ensuing…
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Kennedy Center's Rutter promises push against Washington's conservative tastes
Deborah Rutter, the new president of the Kennedy Center, told a National Press Club luncheon Wednesday that she will try to push Washington and the Center into new areas of interest and service. "I'm told Washington is very conservative in their tastes," Rutter said in one of her first public appearances since becoming president in September. "I'm going to push you on that.” Rutter did not lay out specific plans for the Kennedy Center, but in her prepared remarks entitled "Storytelling," she told of two incidents in her own experience that perhaps gave clues to her approach as an arts…
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Saltzman presents Washington reporters in movies and TV, Nov. 13
Even before Jimmy Stewart invaded the National Press Club bar to try to beat up a reporter in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” Washington reporters have been portrayed countless times in the movies and on television. Joe Saltzman, a journalism historian at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School, has studied this in detail. He will report his findings to the Club in an entertaining presentation on Thursday, Nov. 13 at 6:30 p.m. These portrayals are often riddled with stereotypes and mythologized, Saltzman says, and that influences the public’s perception of what Washington…
Type: News