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Young Members Chair Hoban named top Club volunteer
Brennan Hoban, chair of the Young Members Team, won the 2019 Berny Krug Award as the National Press Club's top volunteer. Photo: Alan Kotok. A showdown between journalists and politicians in September in the National Press Club ballroom determined the best spellers in the capital. Throughout the fall, there were sessions featuring young journalists who spoke about White House coverage, multimedia reporting and the cybersecurity beat. A party in the Reliable Source evoked the era of American history when women gained the right to vote and jazz was the music sensation sweeping the nation.…
Type: News
Obituary for David A. Straz, Jr.
David A. Straz, Jr., a retired Tampa banker and billionaire philanthropist, who was a 21-year communicator member of the National Press Club, died Nov. 18 in Tampa. He was 77. Straz, who lost a bid for mayor of Tampa earlier this year, died in his sleep while on a fishing trip with friends. He started his career sweeping floors at a Milwaukee bank and went on to build and sell a chain of banks in Wisconsin and Florida, retiring to run a major charitable foundation supporting education and the arts. He was ambassador-at-large and honorary consul for the Republic of Liberia and donated $1.5…
Type: News
Future of Health Care
Sen. Frist spoke about health care. He discussed Republican initiatives to address health care issues in the U.S., the long-term projections of health care costs, health insurance issues, and the Republican legislative agenda. He responded to audience questions.
Type: Media
Survey respondents' $20 incentive coupon expires Dec. 31
Members who completed the National Press Club's survey in July and picked up their $20 Reliable Source coupon must use or lose this coupon by Dec. 31. If you filled out the survey and haven't yet picked up your coupon, you may do so by visiting the membership office. The coupon is good towards food and drink during lunch or dinner service only. Must be used in one visit. Not redeemable for cash. No cash value. Tax and gratuity not included.
Type: News
Smithsonian secretary says it helps America understand itself
Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G Bunch answering questions from the audience about his new book “A Fool’s Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama and Trump" at the National Press Club. Photo: Victoria Gaither Lonnie G. Bunch III, the new Smithsonian Institution secretary, sees its network of 19 museums, 21 libraries, 9 research centers, a TV channel, magazine, and National Zoo, as an “educational engine” that helps America “see itself through many different lenses.” Introducing the Smithsonian’s first historian and African-…
Type: News
Ethiopian journalist sees his country in struggle between democracy and threat of genocide
Eskinder Nega, a once-imprisoned journalist, told a National Press Club audience Monday that his native Ethiopia is struggling between the persistent threat of genocide and the elusive reality of democracy. "Right now, we're not thinking of democracy, a luxury," Nega said. "Right now we're dabbling," with elections scheduled next year. "Genocide is the paramount issue," he asserted. Nega was sentenced to 18 years in prison in 2012 on charges of having violated the government's Anti-Terrorism law, but, in 2018, with support from the Club, he was released along with about 1,000 other prisoners…
Type: News
NPC in History – birth of the Kalb Report
During the first Kalb Report, September 1994. From left, Moderator Marvin Kalb, Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala, U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson, and National Economic Council Director Robert Rubin. This past week, The Kalb Report produced its 100th program in the 26 years since it was launched in September, 1994. In addition, the program’s executive producer for all 100 programs, Mike Freedman, was elected 2020 National Press Club president on Friday. In honor of those two events, I want to recount how the program was launched. When I ran to be the 1994 president, I said I…
Type: News
Podcast covers vital role of non-profit news
Jason Alcorn, NewsMatch Project Director Jason Alcorn Non-profits newsrooms provides necessary services to communities across the country and they are the focus of this edition of Update-1. In this podcast NewsMatch Project Director Jason Alcorn talks to National Press Club Broadcast/Podcast Committee member Shannon Fisher about the role of non-profit news and the struggle independent news organizations have funding local watchdog journalism. NewsMatch is an annual gift matching campaign started by the Knight Foundation, an organization with a mission of informing communities to keep…
Type: News
Nonprofit News And The Vital Role It Plays
Nonprofit newsrooms provide necessary services to communities across the country, and they are the focus of this edition of Update-1. NewsMatch Project Director Jason Alcorn talks to NPC Broadcast/Podcast Committee member Shannon Fisher about the role of nonprofit news and the struggle independent news organizations have funding local watchdog journalism.
Type: Media