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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr.
U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., will speak about the Air Force mission in an ever-changing national security environment at a National Press Club in-person Headliners event on Friday Aug. 6. The one-hour Newsmaker will be held at 2 p.m. in the Holeman Lounge. The event is open to credentialed media, service members and Club members, but registration is required. Click here to register. Attendees will be expected to have a vaccination card on their phone or recent negative COVID test to enter the Club.The program will also stream live on the Club's website and YouTube…
Type: Event
Club to require masks under D.C. government order. Here's what it means.
The National Press Club will comply with District Mayor Muriel Bowser’s order on mask-wearing indoors beginning Saturday, July 31. The rule change follows new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and the District’s rising COVID-19 rates that now are in the substantial range. While this is a major inconvenience to members who were just getting used to being unmasked indoors, it is a direct result of the delta variant, which is not behaving like the other variants or the original COVID-19 virus. National Press Club President Lisa Nicole Matthews explains how the Club is…
Type: News
Ken Burns and colleagues to discuss their new PBS documentary, 'Muhammad Ali,' 2 p.m. today
Filmmakers Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon will discuss their new PBS documentary, “Muhammad Ali,” at a National Press Club virtual Headliners event at 2 p.m. today, Monday, Aug. 2. Click here to access the event. The archive will be available at the same link after its conclusion. The four-part documentary, in development for six years, will air Sept. 19 through Sept. 22 on PBS. The film chronicles the life of the three-time heavyweight boxing champion both in the ring and outside of it as he became an outspoken societal critic on issues such as racial and religious prejudice, and…
Type: News
Press Leaders' Statement on Public Inquiry Report On Daphne Caruana Galizia Case
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Following is a statement from Lisa Nicole Matthews, president of the National Press Club and Angela Greiling Keane, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute on the news of the report on the public inquiry into the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia of Malta in October 2017. “We are pleased for the family of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and for all journalists that she appears to be getting a better version of justice. The public inquiry produced a report released earlier this week that says the ‘State (Malta) should be held…
Type: News
Broadcast Team Meeting
Are you looking to get more out of your National Press Club membership? Maybe you're looking to meet other Club members? By joining a National Press Club team you're doing both! The Broadcast-Podcast team meets monthly and serves as a forum for members interested in multimedia journalism, including radio, television, podcasting and digital. The team hosts a variety of activities including professional development, podcast creation, social events and lively monthly discussions. Join us for our monthly Broadcast Team meeting, Thursday, August 5 at 12 p.m. ET. This hour-long meeting will take…
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Blues Alley Jazz-Marcus Johnson
BUY TICKETS HERE- https://www.instantseats.com/?fuseaction=home.artist&VenueID=3&artistid=311 Marcus Johnson is truly a musical magician, alchemist and sorcerer. Lauded as one of the most mystifying musicians to ever come out of our Nation’s Capital he demystifies the differences between jazz, funk, soul, hip-hop and rhythm and blues. His musical medicine will sooth what ails you and satisfy your soul. Come join Marcus on a musical odyssey that will reopen your heart to your own imagination.
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Aug. 11 webinar to teach how to detect deep bias in data, present numbers fairly
Numbers, like those in polling and survey audiences, population samples, and research cohorts, are not inherently objective or neutral. They are a sample of real humans and the product of myriad factors. And just because big data is big does not mean that it, or algorithms that stem from large data sets, are representative or unbiased. How do journalists fairly use numbers in reporting? What does it really mean for a sample to be representative? In what ways can reporters vet numbers quickly and reliably for potential bias? Join the National Press Club Journalism Institute and the National…
Type: News