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Job opportunity: International journalist fellowship seeking grant writer
A contract employee position is open for a grants writer for an international journalism fellowship program based in Washington, D.C. at www.presspartners.org Responsibilities include: · Writing letters of intent and grant proposals to foundations and corporations; · Managing a busy grants calendar across multiple program areas. Qualifications include: · Bachelor's degree and three years of experience and provable track record in successful grant research and writing. · Excellent written communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work…
Type: News
This Week in Press Club History: Guess which glamorous celebrity made her first of three Club appearances in 2005
June 22, 2005: Ashley Judd, actress, humanitarian, and political activist with a masters degree in public administration from Harvard, makes her first appearance at the National Press Club. At a Club luncheon in her role as ambassador for Youth AIDS, Judd explains the how the global initiative that generates funding for grassroots programs in 65 countries and raises awareness to help fight the spread of HIV/AIDS among the world’s most vulnerable population. Judd, an 8th generation Kentuckian, appears again at a Club luncheon on June 9, 2010, this time warning of the dangers of mountaintop…
Type: News
Piano Lessons with Chris Barnes aka @FixWMATA, Tuesday, July 9 at 6:30 p.m.
Looking to improve your Twitter presence? Want to learn how to increase online support for your cause? Want to talk about how WMATA is (mis)managed? Come meet the person behind one of the metro area's most prolific and well-known Twitter profiles at the next edition of the Young Members Committee's Piano Lessons, Tuesday, July 9 at 6:30 p.m. in the McClendon Room. Chris Barnes, aka @FixWMATA, is a citizen watchdog activist who has been profiled by WUSA9 and quoted in the Washington Examiner and Washingtonian. Barnes, arguably the leader among WMATA critics on Twitter, is a thought leader and…
Type: News
Goodwill to announce job initiative for female veterans at Newsmaker, June 20 at 10 a.m.
Goodwill will launch a new initiative to expand its support of military veterans at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 20 at at a National Press Club Newsmaker news conference in the Club's Murrow Room. Goodwill will help 3,000 women veterans in the next two years find jobs and address the challenges they experience as they return home. Announcing the new initiative and discussing the unique challenges facing women veterans seeking employment will be: Jim Gibbons, president and CEO, Goodwill Industries International; Assistant Secretary Keith Kelly, Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS), U.S…
Type: News
Get included in the Club's 'expert' source book
Want to be on TV and opine on subjects you're an expert in? The National Press Club's Professional Development Committee is compiling a source book of the Club's journalist members to send to TV and radio bookers, and freelancers who are seeking to interview reporter-experts. We are starting with journalist members though may expand into other categories of membership if this sourcebook works. To be included, please email your name, email address, best phone number(s) to reach you at and your areas of expertise, including why you are qualified to speak on the subject, and your news…
Type: News
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, chair of National Governors, to speak at Sept. 17 luncheon
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, chairwoman of the National Governors Association, will lay out her 2013-2014 national initiative and provide a preview of the year ahead for NGA at a National Press Club Luncheon on Tuesday, Sept. 17. The National Press Club luncheon begins promptly at 12:30 p.m. Remarks will begin at 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 2 p.m. Luncheon tickets cost $21 for NPC members and up to one guest, and $35 for non-members. Tickets must be purchased at time of reservation. To reserve tickets, please click here. For questions regarding reservations,…
Type: News
U.S.-Panamanian Relations
Type: Media
AP CEO Gary Pruitt at June 19 luncheon to address press freedom in wake of Justice Department media probe
Associated Press President and CEO Gary Pruitt will explain steps he believes need to be taken to ensure freedom of the press when he speaks Wednesday at a National Press Club luncheon. Pruitt's appearance comes after news that the Justice Department secretly obtained phone records of several of AP’s reporters and four of its offices. The National Press Club has called on the Obama administration to publicly explain why it took this action. The Justice Department told the AP that it had obtained last year two months of personal and professional phone records but did not say why. Pruitt says…
Type: News
Project leader, South African science minister to discuss building of giant telescope at June 20 Newsmaker
Dr. Bernie Fanaroff, former aide to South African President Nelson Mandela, and South African Minister of Science and Technology Derek Hanekom will discuss the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project at a Newsmakers news conference at 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 20 in the club's Bloomberg Room. The project will build the largest radio telescope ever, taking scientists closer to the instant of the "Big Bang" than previously thought possible. For more information, contact Peter Hickman at 301-367-7711 (cell), 301-530-1210 (office), or by email at [email protected].
Type: News
Gettysburg Battlefield trip: 'Like stepping back in time'
NPC members traveled back in time to three days of Civil War history on the Club's June 8 visit to Gettysburg National Park, in advance of the park's July 1 observation of the 150th anniversary of the epic battle. Civil War historian Dave Richards expertly guided 46 NPC members and guests, pointing out heroes sung and unsung, including Col. Patrick O’Rourke of the 140th New York Infantry, Union Gen. George G. Meade, Gettysburg resident John Burns, Confederate infantrymen who participated in “Pickett’s Charge on Cemetery Ridge, and Confederate Brig. Gen. Lewis Armistead. Under Richards'…
Type: News