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Give the Gift of Club Membership to a Recent Graduate
Searching for the perfect gift for your journalism school or communications graduate? Help kick start their future with the gift of membership to the National Press Club. With access to top newsmakers, connections to an expansive network of professionals and premier training courses, a Club membership is the gift that can keep on giving for years to come. As the world’s leading professional organization for journalists, the Club is the perfect place to boost a career. Give your 2014 grad a chance to network with the most qualified and practiced names in the business with a membership to the…
Type: News
Former Senate Leader Mitchell to Discuss World Hot Spots and State of Congress
Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, D-Maine, will address ongoing negotiations in world hot spots and the current state of politics and policy in Congress at a Newsmakers event on Tuesday, May 20 at 10 a.m. in the Bloomberg Room. Since leaving the Senate, Mitchell has served as Special Envoy for Middle East Peace and Special Envoy for Northern Ireland, where he brokered the Good Friday Agreement and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He was also served as the chief investigator into bribery at the Salt Lake City Olympic Games and as Athletic Integrity Monitor at Penn State…
Type: News
American Legion Post Hears Stories About the Battle of Midway
Thomas Hone, a retired U.S. Naval War College professor, recounted the U.S. victory in the Battle of Midway that doomed Japan's domination of the Pacific just six months after Pearl Harbor at a meeting of the NPC's American Legion Post 20 on May 15. Hone said that the Japanese were wrong in thinking they could surprise and cripple American forces because the U.S. had broken its secret codes and the Navy had quickly marshaled its forces. Longtime NPC member Austin Kiplinger added to Hone's account with personal recollections of his service as a Navy aircraft carrier pilot in the Pacific…
Type: News
This Week in National Press Club History
May 18, 1908: The National Press Club opens its first, small, rented home on the upper floors at 1205 F St. NW with a successful celebration attended by distinguished guests, including the Japanese ambassador, British Ambassador James Bryce (later Viscount Bryce), many members of Congress and the Cabinet, and Wild West Show’s Buffalo Bill Cody, who entertained guests with tales of taking Sitting Bull to see President Grover Cleveland. May 18, 1956: President Sukarno of Indonesia, who had led that country’s twenty-year struggle against Dutch colonial rule, defends the postwar rise of…
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South Africa's Criminal Justice System Is Topic of May 21 Newsmaker
With global attention focused on the Oscar Pistorius trial in South Africa, criminal justice advocates are concerned that the plight of hundreds of thousands of people locked up for long periods in the South African prisons while they await trial is being overlooked. Nooshin Erfani-Ghadimi, project coordinator of the Wits Justice Project, will speak about problems in the South African criminal and prison systems at a Newsmakers news conference at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 21, in the Bloomberg Room. The Wits Justice Project, a program of the journalism department of the University of the…
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U.S.-Canada Relations
Type: Media
Member Jack Williams honored by Academy of Science
The Washington Academy of Sciences presented NPC Silver Owl member Jack Williams a “Special Award for the Public Understanding of Science” at a dinner on May 8 at the Sphinx Club in downtown Washington, D.C. The award cites Williams's contributions as founding editor of the influential USA Today weather page and as author or co-author of six popular books on meteorology. The society also presented Williams a Certificate of Fellowship in recognition of outstanding achievements and contributions in the field of public understanding of science. Williams was a copy editor at the Gannett…
Type: News
Make haste -- Only a few spaces left for Club trip to Amsterdam, Bruges, Normandy
Space is filling up fast for the National Press Club's trip to Amsterdam, Bruges, and Normandy, Sept. 17-26. The unforgettable adventure will begin Amsterdam with leisurely walks along picturesque canals, exploration of a variety of museums and experiencing other sights in the city colorfully described by author Russell Shorto in his recent book, "Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City." Next up in the Netherlands is a visit to The Hague, followed by a stop Vermeer's Delft. Then it's on to Belgium to see UNESCO World Heritage sites in Bruges. The trip concludes in France…
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Enter your spellbinding images in Club Members' 15th Annual Photo Exhibit
It's time to grab your camera and take some stunning shots that will impress your family, friends, colleagues and Club visitors -- and then enter them in the 15th Annual National Press Club Members' Photography Exhibition Aug. 28-Sept. 30. Entries are due by Friday, Aug. 15. Entries may be submitted beginning Monday, Aug. 4, to the NPC Membership Office. There will be a sign-in sheet. You will need to register your photos with contact information, including your NPC membership number. The exhibition, sponsored by the Club's Photography Committee, is open to all NPC members and will be…
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Filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan Will Tell How 'I Got Schooled' at Luncheon June 11
Hollywood writer-director M. Night Shyamalan will discuss his off-screen campaign to close America’s education achievement gap at a Club luncheon on Wednesday, June 11. Known for such supernatural thrillers as "The Sixth Sense" and more recently the sci-fi action film “After Earth,” he recently published a book, "I Got Schooled," about the work of the foundation he and his wife founded to help inner-city students succeed. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with remarks beginning at 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session. Tickets cost $22 for Club members, who may purchase two…
Type: News