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Re-read “All the President’s Men” with Journalism Institute reading group
Do you love reading and journalism? Join the National Press Club Journalism Institute’s recently launched reading group, which meets virtually on Thursday from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.. From June 17 until July 1, we will read Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward’s "All the President’s Men." We hope you’ll join us as we discuss “the most influential piece of journalism in history,” whether you’ve read the book before or it’s your first time. Please RSVP here if you're interested in joining. You will receive a calendar invitation with the reading schedule and the Zoom link. Contact Julie Moos at jmoos@…
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Communicators to host transportation media panel tomorrow at noon
(Clockwise from upper left) Mike Lindblom, Nick Minock, Eugene Mulero and Jessica Wehrman A panel of reporters hosted by the Communicators Team will discuss the myriad ways transportation impacts people and business every day, making it a prime topic for local news coverage. The virtual “Meet the Transportation Media” Lunch and Learn session will be held on Zoom on Thursday, June 17, at noon. Admission is free for NPC members. Click here to register. Non-member guests may attend by making a $15 donation to support the NPC’s Help The Heroes campaign. The program provides freshly made to-go…
Type: News
Avoid stepping out and on cicadas at a virtual Pub Quiz tomorrow at 7 p.m.
Summertime in DC is here, and so are the cicadas. While the Club slowly returns to full-time business, we at the NPC Pub Quiz are staying put at home this month. Why bother stepping out and stepping on cicadas to get to a pub quiz, when you can gather together with your friends and register online for another *virtual* NPC Pub Quiz? The June quiz is scheduled for this Thursday, June 17, at 7 p.m., via Zoom. Registration is easy. Gather your friends, form a team, designate your team captain, and then register here. If you have a team, make sure everyone registers. and come up with a clever…
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A Conversation with Ambassador Capricia Marshall
The International Correspondents Committee is pleased to announce it will virtually host Ambassador Capricia Marshall, former chief of protocol for the Obama White House, on Tuesday, July 13 at 12 p.m., in a conversation with NPC president Lisa Matthews As Chief of Protocol, Marshall was a key figure in the White House’s diplomatic efforts, preparing the president and his staff for meetings with foreign dignitaries and creating environments that would ultimately lead successful diplomacy. In her role, Marshall welcomed Heads of State from all over the world, organized countless events hosted…
Type: Event
Manhattan Institute: Sen. Tom Cotton on Crime, Policing, and Public Safety in America
In the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, the United States entered into a national debate on crime and policing. Protests and civil unrest swept across America’s largest cities, while violent crime rates spiked in their wake and continue to rise. As politicians at all levels of government faced immense pressure to redirect funds away from police departments and toward other social services, Senator Tom Cotton doubled down on his support for well-staffed, well-trained, and well-respected law enforcement officers to protect against the breakdown of law and order. Senator Cotton has been a…
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Former UN leader Ban Ki-moon to discuss memoir today at 11 a.m.
Former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will discuss his memoir, “Resolved: United Nations in a Divided World,” at a National Press Club Virtual Headliners Book Event on Thursday, June 17, at 11 a.m. Download a calendar invitation or view the event here. Ban, served as the eighth Secretary General of the United Nations from January 2007 to December 2016, a period that included a 2010 earthquake in Haiti and a cholera epidemic linked to UN Peacekeepers, the Arab Spring, nuclear proliferation in Iran and North Korea, the Ebola epidemic, and emerging conflicts in Central Africa. In…
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Former UN leader Ban Ki-moon calls for ‘global citizens’ to cooperate more closely
Club Secretary Gillian Rich introduced former UN Secretary-General Ban KI-Moon. Photo: Alan Kotok Former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for a return to multilateral diplomacy and for people to be “global citizens” during a National Press Club Virtual Headliners Book Event on Thursday. In a discussion coinciding with the release of his new book “Resolved: Uniting Nations in a Divided World,” Ban said global alliances have fractured amid the crises of coronavirus, climate change and refugees fleeing conflict. And he blamed world leaders for not doing enough. “Why are…
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U.S. Press Leaders Condemn Crackdown on Hong Kong's Journalists
WASHINGTON, June 17, 2021--U.S. press leaders strongly criticized on Thursday the latest assault on press freedom in Hong Kong--a police raid on the offices of the Apple Daily newspaper. National Press Club President Lisa Nicole Matthews and NPC Journalism Institute President Angela Greiling Keane issued the following statement: “The people of Hong Kong are well acquainted with freedom of the press and understand its value in making society more efficient and just. They should not have to stand for this attack on journalism and journalists. We stand with our brothers and sisters in Hong Kong…
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