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Boston's Harvard Club offers special guest rates for NPC members
The Harvard Club is offering special guest rates for reciprocal members including National Press Club members. Take advantage of these low rates and spend a couple of nights in Boston. The following offers expire March 31, 2015:--$189 per night (plus taxes) Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays, including Continental Breakfast for two--$209 per night (plus taxes) Wednesdays through Saturdays, including Continental Breakfast for two For more information or to make reservations, mention this offer when contacting the Harvard Club's Front Desk at 617-536-1260 or at [email protected]. These…
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NPC members save 15% on room rentals at the Club!
Correction: An earlier version of this story stated that the 15% discount was "for booking events." The story has been corrected to reflect that the discount applies only to the room rental rates. As an NPC member, you get a special 15% discount on room rental rates for your employer (or yourself personally) at the Club. It applies to everything from press conferences, business or industry meetings and conferences, to cocktail receptions, dinners, holiday parties and other social events. Visit www.press.org/host or contact the NPC’s Business Office at 202-662-7541 or email [email protected]…
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W. Rice Odell, Washington newspaper and longtime NPC member, dies at 86
W. Rice Odell, 86, a former Washington newspaper reporter, author of books about environmental issues, and member of the National Press Club for 23 years, died Feb. 3. His death, at a hospital in Washington, was caused by complications from a stroke, according to his son, Colin Odell. Born in Lake Forest, Ill., Odell moved in 1950 to the District and lived there for the rest of his life. In the 1950s and 1960s, he covered consumer issues and courts as a reporter and columnist for the old Washington Daily News. He later wrote environmental newsletters for the Conservation Foundation and was…
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NPC Events Committee meeting, Thursday, March 12
Do you like to have fun? Do you have great ideas for events? Are you interested in getting involved with the Press Club? If you answered yes to any of these questions, join us in the Reliable Source on March 12 at 6:30 p.m. for an Events Committee meeting. After the meeting, you are welcome to stay for the Pub Quiz at 7:30 p.m. For more information and to RSVP, contact Events Committee Chair Joan Coyle at [email protected].
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Press Club award recognizes best coverage of defense, aerospace, airline industry
Journalists who write about aerospace, defense and the airline industry should enter their best work for 2014 to compete for the Michael A. Dornheim Award. This award is presented in celebration of the career of the late Michael A. Dornheim, a longtime reporter and editor at Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine. Contestants can offer up to six examples of their work for print or online. The prize for the winning entry is $1000. The deadline to submit entries is April 1, and the contest is open to Press Club members and non-members. Offering entries is free for NPC members, and costs…
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Experts on violent extremism, terrorism to discuss rise of ISIS, March 24
Jessica Stern and J.M. Berger, two of America’s leading experts on violent extremism and terrorism, will discuss their book, "ISIS: The State of Terror," from 6:30 to 8 p.m. March 24 at a National Press Club Book Rap in the First Amendment Lounge. Registration is required. Tickets are $5 for Club members; $10 for the public. This event is a fundraiser for the NPC Journalism Institute. No outside books for memorabilia. All sales are final. Drawing on their unusual access to intelligence sources and material, law enforcement, and groundbreaking research into open source intelligence, Stern and…
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Did you know? Trivia night every month at the Club
Did you know that the National Press Club hosts a monthly trivia night? Test your knowledge at the next edition of Pub Quiz on Thursday, March 12 at 7 p.m. in the NPC, at Reliable Source's Truman Lounge. No need to reserve. Bring your own team or show up and join one. Pub Quiz is open only to Club members and their guests. For more information about your membership benefits, please send an email to [email protected].
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The Choice for Estonia
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This Week in National Press Club History: Club bar gets DC's first liquor license
March 1, 2013: Women’s History Month is celebrated at the National Press Club with a panel of former female presidents of the National Press Club, including Vivian Valberg, the first female president of the Club (1982), Sylvia Smith (2008) and Donna Leinwand Leger (2009), and moderated by 2012 President Theresa Werner. March 2, 1933: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the twenty-first Amendment that repeals Prohibition. The National Press Club bar is the first to reopen in the District of Columbia, and is granted Liquor License #1. March 4, 1964: President Lyndon B. Johnson unexpectedly…
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Best journalism that examines media to be honored by National Press Club
The best coverage of media issues will be honored by the National Press Club with the Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism. The award, part of the NPC's journalism contest, is sponsored by former U.S. News & World Report reporter Arthur Rowse. The award honors excellence in examining the role and work of the news media. All entries must focus on criticism of journalistic practices or reporting on the industry, and must encourage responsible media behavior. The entry can include up to 5 articles or broadcasts (not necessarily in the same outlet) and must be accompanied by a letter…
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