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NPC Communicators Lunch and Learn: Meet the Energy Media
From a Texas deep freeze to President Biden’s ambitious clean energy agenda, now more than ever journalists are having to decipher complex energy issues for their audiences. On Thursday, August 19, from noon to 1 p.m., the National Press Club’s Communicators Team will host a Lunch & Learn program featuring six journalists for a conversation about the unique challenges today’s energy beat presents, and how PR professionals can best assist them throughout the newsgathering process. The discussion will be moderated by NPC member Kate Tillotson, the communications manager at the National…
Type: Event
Club coed softball team wraps short season with new players looking ahead to 2022
The National Press Club's Big Blue coed softball team made it to the Metropolitan Media Softball League's playoffs for the 12th consecutive season this past weekend, the longest active streak in the league, but fell short of winning the league championship in this COVID-19 pandemic-delayed season. The team defeated the Washington Post team in the first game of the tournament, 13-4, but then lost the next two games in the double-elimination tournament and were eliminated from further contention. In game 2 on Saturday, Aug. 7, the Press Club, which had handed the NPR Microphones their only loss…
Type: News
Austin Tice Freedom Clock to move outdoors for public viewing, Saturday
The Austin Tice Freedom Clock, which was unveiled in the lobby of the National Press Club during the pandemic, will make its first appearance outdoors for the public to see on Saturday, Aug. 14, at noon. The Freedom Clock, which shows a running tally of the time journalist Austin Tice has been held hostage in Syria, will be on the sidewalk at 529 14th Street NW near the entrance of the National Press Building. There will be a short program beginning at noon, but for those who wish to come by and take a photo with the clock and show support for Tice by posting on social media, the clock will…
Type: News
Tice Family Statement on Austin’s 40th Birthday
Austin Tice is an award-winning journalist who has been unjustly detained in Syria since 2012. The following is a statement released by the Tice family on the occasion of his 40th birthday: Our son, Austin Tice, was working as a journalist in Syria when he was arrested near Damascus on August 14, 2012. Aside from a proof of life video a few weeks later, he has been held in secret and in silence. This week, on August 11, our family will celebrate Austin’s 40th birthday. We will celebrate with heartfelt gratitude that such an exceptional man, who has such a big brave heart, was gifted to our…
Type: News
NPC Filmmakers Discussion: Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon, "MUHAMMAD ALI"
Documentary filmmakers Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon will discuss their new PBS documentary, “MUHAMMAD ALI,” at a National Press Club virtual Headliners event on Monday, Aug. 2 at 2 p.m. 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 the Vietnam War. The documentary draws from archival footage, photographs and interviews with…
Type: Event
POSTPONED: July 1 Club Newsmaker on efforts to release Austin Tice, detained journalist
The National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker event with Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, and Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, talking about Biden administration efforts to gain the release of detained journalist Austin Tice, scheduled for Thursday, July 1, at 11 a.m., has been postponed. Recently scheduled votes in Congress will keep the speakers occupied that morning. The event will be rescheduled for a later date. For more information on Tice and his situation, see this story from the Club's Wire newsletter. The Club has led several campaigns to call attention to Tice and his plight. In 2015 the Club…
Type: News
25-year Club member Jonah Gitlitz, ex-CEO of Direct Marketing Assn., dies at 92
Jonah Gitlitz, an award-winning former journalist and president and CEO of the Direct Marketing Association of Washington, died July 29 at the age of 92. He was a 25-year member of the National Press Club and a long-time resident of Washington, D.C. Gitlitz grew up in the Bronx, N.Y., where his father owned a kosher delicatessen. But Jonah said he preferred writing to taking over his father's store. After serving in the Army in Osaka, Japan, during the Korean War, he earned a BS degree in business in 1955 from American University. An AU professor helped him land a job as a reporter with…
Type: News
U.S. Press Leaders: Drop All Charges Against Maria Ressa
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12, 2021--U.S. press leaders said Thursday it is time for authorities in the Philippines to drop pending charges and a conviction against journalist Maria Ressa, founder and CEO of the Rappler news site. The Philippine government has targeted Ressa in a campaign of repression in response to nothing more than her intrepid reporting. The National Press Club honored Ressa and her Rappler colleagues in 2020 with a John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award, an annual honor that recognizes fearless journalism. Earlier this week, a Manila court dismissed one unfounded charge of “cyber-libel…
Type: News