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NPC members approve $1-a-month dues increase, strategic plan
A $1 dues increase for journalists and communicator members as well as a strategic plan to guide the Club's development from 2014-2018 were approved during the National Press Club's general membership meeting Oct. 4. In other business, Membership Secretary Marc Wojno noted that while there are 40 fewer members this year than last, new member applications are up 31%. Three new reciprocal clubs have been added -- the Hartford (Conn.) Club, Nashville (Tenn.) City Club and the National Press Club of Kahtmandu, Nepal. Other membership benefits approved since the last membership meeting include 50…
Type: News
Funding to aid Syrian humanitarian crisis 'grossly inadequate,' says Mercy Corps CEO
Neal Keny-Guyer, chief executive officer of Mercy Corps, an international NGO and responder to the Syria crisis, called the situation in Syria “the world’s greatest humanitarian crisis,” at a National Press Club Newsmaker, Oct. 8. “The speed of the refugee crisis in Syria is the worst we’ve seen since the Rwandan genocide, and the current funding pledged is grossly inadequate to meet the needs,” he said. More than two million Syrians, of whom more than one million are children, have fled the conflict in their country and taken refuge in Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq, Keny-Guyer said. He…
Type: News
Michigan attorney general to preview affirmative action case at Newsmaker Oct. 14
Michigan attorney general Bill Schuette, who is defending Michigan’s constitutional amendment requiring equal treatment in public college and university admissions before the U.S. Supreme Court, will preview the case at a National Press Club Newsmaker Monday, Oct. 14, at 10 a.m. in the Zenger Room. Schuette will be joined by Jennifer Gratz, the original plaintiff in the precedent-setting Michigan affirmative action case Gratz v. Bollinger regarding the University of Michigan undergraduate affirmative action admissions policy. She is the founder of the XIV Foundation, named for the 14th…
Type: News
Former Brady Campaign head to discuss gun control impasse at Newsmaker Oct. 18
Paul Helmke, former president and CEO of the Brady Campaign/Center to Prevent Gun Violence, will address the political impasse over national efforts to reduce gun violence at a National Press Newsmaker event Friday, Oct. 18, at 2 p.m. in the Bloomberg Room. Helmke - also former president & CEO of the Brady Campaign/Center to Prevent Gun Violence, former Republican Mayor of Fort Wayne, Ind., former GOP nominee for U.S. Senate and currently a professor at Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs -- will discuss specific proposals intended to break the impasse on the…
Type: News
How to break into an agency? Find out Oct. 25
What’s a journalist to do when the federal government agency you want to cover doesn’t want to be covered? Learn how to navigate the political and bureaucratic federal agency waters, how to work with public affairs officers and how to develop sources that can provide the intel you need to write your story. A panel scheduled for 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 25, at the National Press Club will provide you this information, and more. Panelists will be: - Past Club President Jerry Zremski, Buffalo News, who covered the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration…
Type: News
Make merry at Children's Holiday Party Dec. 7
Hard to believe, but the holiday season isn't far away. It's not too early to make plans to attend the National Press Club's Annual Children's Holiday Party on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Festivities will began at with a delicious buffet featuring hot dogs, hamburgers, French fries, pizza, fruit and more. Disk jockey Paul will be there with his great music, and there will be fun games plus our wonderful dancers. But wait! There's more: the famous gingerbread cookie decorating event, magicians with their magic tricks, face painting and, of course, Good Old Santa. Don't miss out…
Type: News
International Finance & Economic Relations
The West German equivalent of the Federal Reserve Board Chairman discusses international economic and monetary policy from a German point of view. His concerns include the lowered value of the dollar and West Germany's trade imbalance with the U.S.
Type: Media
Burr resigns as Board of Governors chair to run for Club Treasurer
Thomas Burr, currently chairman of the National Press Club Board of Governors, has announced his intention to run for Treasurer. As required by the Club's governing documents, he has submitted his resignation from the Board, effective the day before the annual meeting in January. As a result of Burr's resignation, there are now three journalist positions open on the Board. Burr's term expires January 2014, so the person filling his term will be running for a one-year term. There is also one Communicator position open. Persons interested in running for any of these positions, or for President…
Type: News
So you want to write a book
Join a book agent and four Club members/book authors to discuss how to pitch and write a book at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, in a program co-sponsored by the Professional Development Committee, Freelance Committee and National Press Club Journalism Institute. Book agent Deborah Grosvenor and authors Tom Dunkel, Alison Fitzgerald, Eleanor Herman and Tom Young, all of them members of the Club, will talk about their experiences and offer tips. Former Club President Jonathan D. Salant, chair of the Professional Development Committee, will moderate…
Type: News
Journalists, communicators to meet at 'summit' Oct. 18
Journalists and communicators may be separate categories of communications professionals, but they will get together Friday, Oct. 18, for the National Press Club's Communicators Summit to discuss how they are using social media to do their jobs. The summit, sponsored by the Communications and Marketing Committee, will take place in the Zenger Room starting with a networking breakfast at 8 a.m. Admission is $30 for NPC members and $50 for non-members. NPC President Angela Greiling Keane of Bloomberg News will deliver welcoming remarks at 8:30 a.m., followed by a panel of journalists describing…
Type: News