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Marshall Project to receive NPCJI Sheehan Award for investigative journalism
The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system, will receive the National Press Club Journalism Institute’s 2021 Neil and Susan Sheehan Award for Investigative Journalism. The Institute will confer the award Oct. 20 during the virtual portion of its annual Fourth Estate Award Gala. This virtual celebration also will recognize the John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award honorees: Haze Fan, a Chinese citizen who has been detained in Beijing while working for Bloomberg, and Danny Fenster, the managing editor of Frontier Myanmar who has been jailed in…
Type: News
Press Conference and Ben & Jerry’s Flavor Unveiling
BEN & JERRY’S ANNOUNCES ITS SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE’S RESPONSE ACT Unveils new flavor made in partnership with Black-owned businesses to support a new vision for public safety What: Press Conference and Ben & Jerry’s Flavor Unveiling Who: Jabari Paul, Ben & Jerry’s Congresswoman Cori Bush Monifa Bandele, Movement 4 Black Lives When: Monday, September 20 at 10 a.m. Where: National Press Club Ballroom, 529 14th St NW, Washington, DC Why: Ben & Jerry’s is announcing its support of the People’s Response Act in a press conference with…
Type: Event
Op-ed editors show how to amplify original voices, Sept. 24
There is no shortage of opinions online, so how do news organizations choose the voices they feature on their platforms? How do they differentiate their op-eds from the noisy crowd? Who are these op-eds and guest essays intended to serve? Is their purpose to persuade or to preach to the choir, and how often do they reach the audiences they hope to inform? Join the National Press Club Journalism Institute and a distinguished panel for a discussion of these questions and to learn tips for broadening the voices you feature and the audiences they reach. Registration is now open for this program,…
Type: News
Communicator-Journalist Roundtable goes virtual, Sept. 22
The National Press Club Communicators’ Team is changing its Professional Communicator and Journalist Roundtable later this month from a dinner to a virtual session out of an abundance of caution regarding the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The virtual event will held from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22. Register online. We invite Club communicator and journalist members to join us for another lively discussion on current topics that we face in our function and profession. By sharing our concerns, ideas, approaches and strategies, we help each other be more effective in our roles…
Type: News
Discover hidden DC at Club scavenger hunt, Sept. 24
Explore Washington (and get your steps in!) at the Club's first-ever scavenger hunt on Friday, Sept. 24. Learn fun D.C. facts courtesy of author JoAnn Hill's "Secret Washington, DC: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure." Register online as a team for $10 (limit 5 members per team) or register as an individual for $5 and we'll match you with a team. The winning team will get drink vouchers for post-hunt drinks at the Club, plus signed copies of Hill's book. The hunt starts at 5:30 p.m.
Type: News
Gadfly reporter Sarah McClendon subject of American Legion Post 20 meeting, Sept. 22
Gadfly reporter and trail blazing female journalist Sarah McClendon will be the subject of a virtual meeting of the National Press Club's American Legion Post 20 on Wednesday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m. Post 20 Historian Easter Thompson will give a presentation on the life and times of McClendon, who reported on presidents and politics for half a century. She was known for making presidents uncomfortable with aggressive questioning at White House press conferences. An Army veteran, she served during World War II as a public relations officer in the Army Surgeon General's office. McClendon was a…
Type: News
Tacos & Tequila: Celebrate Mexican Independence Day with a Tequila Tasting
Join us on Friday, September 17 as we celebrate Mexican Independence Day with tequila tastings and education. Florina Martinez, the U.S. Representative of the Tequila Regulatory Council will lead a quick educational session about the Tequila Appellation of Origin that will include information about the role of CRT, the territory of production, categories and classes of tequila and some tasting notes. The presentation will end with a tasting of 3 classes of tequila (Blanco, Reposado and Añejo). Follow up with Tacos in the Reliable Source. Reserve your spot at our 6 p.m. or 6:30 p.m.…
Type: Event
Tonight: Reserve your spot for tequila tasting
Join fellow Club members in the Cosgrove Lounge on Friday, Sept. 17 for a tequila tastings and education with Florina Martinez, the U.S. representative of the Tequila Regulatory Council. Martinez will lead a quick educational session about the Tequila Appellation of Origin that will include information about the role of the council, where tequila is produced, and the categories, classes and unique flavors of tequila. The presentation will end with a tasting of three classes of tequila: Blanco, Reposado and Añejo. Follow up with tacos in the Reliable Source. There will be two sessions, 6 p.m…
Type: News
New collection of photographs, drawings, quotes
“He was either a very good poker player or a terrible poker player,” said his son, who had heard it both ways from his father’s friends. “His interest in hunting dated back to his childhood when they would often hunt for food in the Pacific Northwest.” And the hours he spent hunting and fishing with his father were cherished memories of growing up. A new collection of photographs, drawings and quotes now line the walls, each one with a special meaning to Murrow. But the one that meant the most to Casey did not depict his father. It was a photo of Carl Sandburg at the Lincoln Memorial. …
Murrow Mic on permanent display
Casey Murrow had developed a close relationship with Michael Freedman, the Club’s 2020 president, who had been general manager of CBS Radio Network News. That relationship led to the donation of the artifacts last October, as well as Casey lending the Club the microphone that his father used while broadcasting from London. Freedman called it “the Holy Grail” of broadcast journalism because Murrow’s reports from London created the concept and the standards for broadcast news. Freedman and Club Executive Director Bill McCarren arranged for it to be displayed in the hallway leading to the Murrow…