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Expert panel to weigh effect of federal public affairs practices on open government
The National Press Club will host a panel next week to debate whether federal public-affairs offices hinder more than help the cause of open government. The panel includes a number of experts from the fields of journalism, public relations and academia who can give voice to multiple perspectives. The event is sponsored by the National Press Club’s Press Freedom Committee and will convene Aug. 12 from 6:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. in the Club’s Lisagor Room. Click here to register now. Although executive branch communications offices can be useful, at times indispensable, in helping the press cover…
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Texas' Sen. Davis willing to filibuster, take on critics to stand up for families, education
"Texas isn’t listening to families,” Texas State Sen. Wendy Davis told a National Press Club audience Monday. Davis, who filibustered in the Texas Senate for more than 10 hours to block Senate Bill 5, legislation that would have created more restrictions on abortion regulations in Texas, said her actions were meant to draw attention to the disconnect between state leaders and Texas families who struggle with lack of health insurance and poorly funded public education. Davis said the filibuster enabled her to “be a voice for people who could not speak for themselves,” and fueled discussions…
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Pulitzer Prize winners to discuss NYPD's secret spy unit at NPC book event Sept. 10
Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman, winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting, will discuss and sign copies of their new book "Enemies Within: Inside the NYPD's Secret Spying Unit and bin Laden's Final Plot Against America," at a National Press Club book event on Sept. 10 at 6:30 p.m. This is a ticketed event and registration is required here. Tickets are $5 for NPC members; $10 for the general public. The Club member admission fee is waived with a pre-order of a copy of the book, an option that appears on the reservation page. Limit one member ticket per Club member. This event is…
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Next Kalb Report examines March on Washington 50 years later
Join host Marvin Kalb on Tuesday, Aug. 27 at 8 p.m. as he talks with civil rights leader Julian Bond, PBS NewsHour anchor Gwen Ifill, Morehouse College President Dr. John Wilson and Dorothy Gilliam, the first African-American woman reporter for The Washington Post, about the 1963 March on Washington and the significance of Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. As a reporter for CBS News, Kalb was 20 feet from King as he made his memorable speech. “It thrilled me then, and it resonates to this day with its message of hope for the best of America,” Kalb said. Marking the 20th…
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This Week in National Press Club History: A very short speech
Aug. 4, 1967: This week Andrew Price begins his 45 years of service on the staff of the National Press Club. His trademark was serving head table guests gracefully at important luncheons, among them Robert F. Kennedy, Kirk Douglas, Boris Yeltsin and Henry Kissinger. At his retirement party in 2012, former president Art Wiese noted that many things had changed since then (a 25-cent coffee was now $2.55), but "one thing that hasn't changed," he continued, "is the kindness, attention to detail, and general loveliness of this very nice man...He has served nine U.S. presidents, and 45 Press Club…
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‘Hello D.C.!’ Voice of ‘Yakko Warner’ entertains Press Club
Daytime Emmy Award-winning voice actor Rob Paulsen told the National Press Club Aug. 1 that “with all due respect to Lou Gehrig, I am the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.” “I was very fortunate. I think you are looking at a lottery winner,” Paulsen said. “I get paid to do things that used to get me in trouble in the seventh grade.” Paulsen entered the room with a Loud “Hello D.C.!” in the voice of Yakko Warner and the enthusiastic crowd went wild. Yakko is a character on Animaniacs, the show that changed Paulsen’s life, he said. “If (Teenage Mutant Ninja) Turtles changed my career, and…
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Bush: Foreign Policy Developments
The vice president discusses the INF treaty, the possibility of President Reagan going to Moscow for a summit, human rights, Nicaragua, and Soviet relations.
Type: Media
Special deals for members on Caps tickets, Disney on Ice
Special deals for the Washington Capitals and Disney on Ice tickets are available for National Press Club members. To take advantage of the deals, please contact Vlady Entin at [email protected] or call him directly at 202-527-7979. Washington CapitalsCapitals Partial Plans and Premium Packs go on sale Monday, Aug. 5 at 10 a.m. Click here for detailed information on the partial plans and here for detailed information on the premium packages. After reviewing, simply fill out the form next to the partial plan information and let Vlady Entin know of your preferences for the 2013-14…
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International chefs meet Obama, serve 200 disadvantaged people, eat lunch in Amish barn
White House executive chef Cristeta Comerford told a National Press Club Newsmaker audience Aug. 1 that 20 top chefs would experience American diversity on a week-long visit to the United States. The chefs, who work for heads of states around the world, prepared a charity lunch for 200 disadvantaged people in New York, ate a barn lunch prepared by Amish people in Lancaster, Pa., and visited restaurants reflecting Irish and Spanish cuisines, she said. In New York, the visitors also met UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon. Because the chefs "are clamoring for a great American hamburger," one will…
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Rep. Fudge addresses the state of African-American women in America
Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, a third-term representative and the new chair of the Congressional Black Caucus,defined the state of the African-American woman in America today as a source of “provocation, misunderstanding, and misinterpretation,” at a National Press Club Newsmaker Aug. 1. Fudge was invoking Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress, who explained the "twin jeopardies of race and sex" facing black women during a 1974 University of Missouri national conference on black women. Fudge, a political veteran, said African-American women in America today routinely…
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