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Mr. Keillor appears during a return visit to the United States from Denmark. He discusses his 13 years as host of A Prairie Home Companion on National Public Radio and his new book Leaving Home: A Collection of Lake Wobegon Stories.
Type: Media
Get It Online series to discuss how social media is revolutionizing TV
Join us on May 21 at 8:30 a.m. for a moderated discussion about the Social TV of today and tomorrow. In this age of dual screens, watching a Twitter feed during a live, broadcast event can be as important as the broadcast itself. From Oreo’s “You can still dunk in the dark” Super Bowl ad to real-time audience participation of American Idol, social channels are enhancing the narrative of live events, and in many cases, grabbing the headlines. Networks are even building social-driven audience interaction directly into their programs, allowing audiences to engage with characters. This event, a…
Type: News
Pigeons to Tweets: Foreign correspondents help shape U.S. policy, author says
Foreign correspondents shape Americans’ images of countries and thereby set the range of possible national policies, Giovanna Dell’Orto, professor at the University of Minnesota and former Associated Press reporter, told a National Press Club audience April 30. She summarized the conclusions of her fourth book on journalism history, “American Journalism and International Relations: Foreign Correspondence from the Early Republic to the Digital Era.” The book analyzes 20 events from the revolutions of 1848 to the Mumbai, India, attacks of 2008. Dell’Orto underlined the importance of foreign…
Type: News
Funeral, wake information announced for former NPC waiter Andrew Price
Andrew Price, a much-loved waiter at the National Press Club who retired Aug. 3 after 45 years of service, died Friday of a heart attack, his family said. He was 66. The family will hold a wake Friday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Stewart Funeral Homes at 4001 Benning Road, NE, Washington, D.C. 20019. A funeral service will be held Saturday, May 4 at noon at the Church of the Holy Trinity, 4628 Minnesota Ave, NE, Washington, D.C., 20019. Mr. Price grew up in Scotland Neck, N.C., and came to Washington in his late teens, working first as a dishwasher at the Shoreham Hotel and later at the…
Type: News
Head table seat available for Chris Evert luncheon, May 7
One seat is available for a NPC member who would like to sit at the head table for the sold out luncheon featuring tennis great Chris Evert on Tuesday, May 7. Members who are interested should email [email protected] to request the seat. If you are selected for the seat, you will be asked to submit at least two questions for the speaker by May 4. Head table guests must arrived at the Club by noon on the day of the luncheon. The luncheon ends at 2 p.m.
Type: News
NPC Softball: How sweep it is!
The National Press Club softball team rolled through a key divisional double header, beating National Journal 18-6 in five innings and Bloomberg 9-4. The Press Club now has a 3-1 record, 2-0 in the Wheaton Forest Division. In recent years, National Journal has played the Club very close. We've beaten them four times in a row, but always by a single run. This time, we came out on fire. The top four hitters in the lineup, Richard Strauss,Clay Kaufman, Mike Young, and Sarahanne Driggs, combined to go 16-16 with 15 runs scored against NJ. Really, that's just absurd. No one will ever beat us when…
Type: News
Malaysia's May 5 election 'too close to call,' former U.S. envoy says
Malaysia's 13th general national election on May 5 will be "the most important---and most hard-fought" in the country's history, a former American ambassador to the Southeast Asian nation, said at an April 24 National Press Club Newsmaker. John R. Malott, president and chief executive officer of the Japan-America Society of Washington, D.C., said the United Malays National Organisation and its coalition partners, who have ruled the country since its independence from the United Kingdom in 1957, face a united and strong opposition "which believes it has a real chance of coming to power". There…
Type: News
This Week In National Press Club History
April 29, 1964: Carl T. Rowan, journalist, author and distinguished public servant during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and 1999 NPC Fourth Estate Award winner, is the luncheon speaker. William Raspberry, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the Washington Post, and Simeon S. Booker, join Rowan as Fourth Estate Award winners in 1994 and 1982, respectively. April 29, 1985: The Washington Press Club, originally the Women’s National Press Club formed in 1919, merges with the National Press Club after a long struggle. In 2013, Angela Greiling Keane of Bloomberg News is elected the…
Type: News
NPC Communicators Dinner with APCO Worldwide CEO Kraus, May 8
APCO Worldwide Founder and Chief Executive Officer Margery Kraus will share her perspective on the public relations industry and how technology, including social media, will influence its future, at an upcoming National Press Club Communicators Dinner. The event starts at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 8, in the Winners Room of NPC's Fourth Estate Restaurant. Tickets are $50 for NPC members and $60 for non-member guests. To secure the member discount, log onto the Club’s website before purchasing tickets: http://press.org/ Then follow this link to purchase the tickets: http://www.press.org/…
Type: News
'Facebook Essentials: Managing Facebook Settings' May 8
Are you a Facebook user bewildered by the frequent changes to the site? Do you want to learn more about how to manage your privacy settings? Do you know you can control who can contact you and see your content?What's the difference between a profile and a page? Come to "Facebook Essentials: Managing Facebook Settings" on May 8,9:30-11:00 a.m. in the NPC's Bloomberg Room for answers to these andother questions. Attendees should already have a Facebook account, orset one up prior to the session. Registration is required athttp://www.press.org/events/facebook-essentials-managing-facebook-…
Type: News