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Book signing: historian McManus chronicles the D-Day assault and triumph
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the most important battle in modern history: the Allied invasion of Europe. Acclaimed historian John C. McManus gives a white-knuckle account of the 1st Infantry Division’s harrowing D-Day assault on the eastern sector of Omaha Beach in his new book “The Dead and Those About to Die.” The discussion and book signing is scheduled for May 5, 2014, from 7:00-8:30 p.m. in the Conference Rooms. This is a ticketed event and registration is required. Click here to register. This event is a fundraiser for the NPC Journalism Institute. Books must be purchased…
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Did You Know: Young Members Committee hosts Piano Lessons
Did you know that the Young Members Committee hosts monthly Piano Lessons featuring top journalists and communicators? Piano Lessons is a small-group setting of members that discusses a variety of topics ranging from social media reporting, better interviewing techniques and how to expand your professional network. The discussions are led by leaders and ground breakers in the journalism and communications fields. Please send an email to Anna Miller at [email protected] to reserve your spot for the next Piano Lesson featuring PBS’s Tom Davidson on March 24 at 6:30 p.m. in the Truman Lounge.…
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This Week In National Press Club History
March 4, 1997: Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestine National Authority, makes a second appearance at the National Press Club, this time at a morning Newsmaker. It is the first session to be carried live by the Club on the Internet, in addition to conventional broadcasting. Because it is a faster and more flexible venue, the Newsmaker program has attracted many front-page events over the years. March 4, 2013: National Press Club President Angela Greiling Keane presents a plaque thanking the Washington Post for supplying historic newspaper mats and offset plates for the Club’s walls. The…
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Press Coverage of Presidential Campaign
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Panel on how to professionalize your freelance business
Are you using all the tax breaks available for your business? Do you know how the D.C. government can help you with business planning? Do you have all the professional insurances needed? To answer these questions, the National Press Club's Freelance Committee invites you to an informative panel: "How To Professionalize Your Freelance Business" on Thursday, April 3, 2014, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m in the First Amendment Room. The panel will be moderated by media producer, trainer and consultant Hannes Luth of Wunderbar Media LLC. This event is sponsored by the NPC Freelance Committee. For…
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CANCELED: Ukrainian prime minister to speak at National Press Club tonight
DUE TO A SCHEDULING CHANGE, THE PRIME MINISTER HAS CANCELED THIS EVENT. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk will speak and take questions about the situation in his home country at the National Press Club at 8 p.m. today, after his meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House. Yatsenyuk became prime minister last month after the Ukrainian Parliament removed President Vicktor Yanukovych from power after a peoples’ revolt. Yatsenyuk’s first weeks in power have been dominated by Russian military moves in Crimea. Yatsenyuk – who has vowed not to give up “a single centimeter of…
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Joan Trumpauer Mulholland and surviving "Freedom Riders" at NPC Newsmaker
Hear the plight of Freedom Riders, the vanguard of the Civil Rights Movement, from some of its surviving members - and relive the violence and prejudice of America's South - at a National Press Club Newsmakers news conference on Thursday, March 20 at 10 a.m. in the Zenger Room. In the early 1960s, Freedom Riders rode interstate buses, in racially mixed groups, into segregated areas to challenge local enforcement of segregation through "Jim Crow" laws, in defiance of Supreme Court rulings and official federal policies. Those Freedom Rides and the violent reactions they provoked bolstered the…
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Looking for the best consumer journalism by newspapers, periodicals and broadcasters
Some of the top competition in the National Press Club journalism contest is for best consumer journalism in the categories of newspapers, periodicals and broadcast.The periodical competition includes magazines, journals, newsletters and online reporting, and broadcast spans network, syndicates, cable and broadcast TV and radio stations. The prize for each category is a $750 award. The deadline for entries is April 1. These awards recognize excellence in reporting on consumer topics, with a special emphasis on pieces that illuminate solutions or strategies that prompt action by consumers,…
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Congresswoman, activists call for action against honor-based violence on women
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), sponsor of the bipartisan International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA), joined a panel of concerned women to condemn the horror of honor violence against women and its insidious encroachment onto Western territory, at a March 11 National Press Club Newsmaker. “We know that one in three women worldwide will be beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime,'' Schakowsky said. ``Violence keeps girls from attending schools, which is one of the reasons that over 30 million girls around the world go without any education.” She pointed out there are…
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Celebrate Shakespeare's 450th birthday with NPC member and lexicographer Dickson
Celebrate Shakespeare’s 450th birthday with National Press Club member and lexicographer Paul Dickson as he discusses his latest book “Authorisms: Words Wrought by Writers” Wednesday, April 23 at 6:30 p.m. in the Zenger Room. “Authorisms” is a collection of words coined or popularized by authors throughout the ages. Dickson sorts through neologisms by Chaucer (a ha), Jane Austen (base ball), Louisa May Alcott (co-ed), Mark Twain (hard-boiled), Kurt Vonnegut (granfalloon), John le Carrè (mole), William Gibson (cyberspace), and many others. Presenting stories behind each word and phrase,…
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