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NPC Press Freedom Award Winner Maria Ressa Wins Nobel Peace Prize
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8/ -- 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 Maria Ressa, who today, along with Dmitry Muratov, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. “We were so pleased to hear the news this morning that the Nobel Committee has named Maria Ressa to represent all journalists as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Maria has been an inspiration to the world as she fought for the truth and for her rights and in fact the rights of free people everywhere as…
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Game on for NPC *Virtual* Pub Quiz, Thursday, 7 p.m.
Although the masks are still on and the crowds outside are still thin, the National Press Club's *Virtual* Pub Quiz is still big fun! The game is back after a September hiatus this Thursday, Oct. 14, via Zoom, at 7 p.m. Registration is easy. Gather your friends, form a team, designate your team captain, and then register online. If you have a team, make sure everyone registers via the Eventbrite link and come up with a clever team name. Don’t have a team? Don’t worry. Simply register yourself and the Club will team you up with other players. And nonresident members take note: *…
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Discount tickets available through Friday for PRSA award event, Nov. 4
The National Capital Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) is extending discounted member pricing to National Press Club members for its 2021 National Capital Excellence in Communications Awards virtual event at 5 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 4. The event will will celebrate the new inductees to the National Capital PR Hall of Fame and create opportunities to network. Save and secure your early-bird $25 ticket rate by Friday, Oct. 15. Tickets available online. The program will also feature keynote speaker Lori George Billingsley, The Coca-Cola Company’s global chief DEI officer,…
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Club's Update-1 podcast highlights two imprisoned NPC honorees
American journalist Danny Fenster has been imprisoned in Myanmar since May, while Chinese journalist Haze Fan has been detained in China since December. Fenster and Fan are the National Press Club's most recent John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award winners. John Donnelly In the current edition of Update-1, the Club's podcast, Broadcast/Podcast team member Lincoln Smith interviews veteran reporter John Donnelly, chair of the Club's Press Freedom Team, who discusses the two Club honorees and another detained journalist, Austin Tice. Donnelly also highlights his own career and offers…
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Communicators Team Monthly Meeting
National Press Club Communicator Members help further the goals of the National Press Club through their participation in and support of activities that advance the cause of journalism and in defending freedom of the press. They also help tell the National Press Club story though their participation in and help with developing compelling NPC programming and activities and by inviting and encouraging journalist and communicator colleagues to also become members. The Communicator Team has well-defined activities already with great participation in the design and discussion of communicator…
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Communicators Team Monthly Meeting
National Press Club Communicator Members help further the goals of the National Press Club through their participation in and support of activities that advance the cause of journalism and in defending freedom of the press. They also help tell the National Press Club story though their participation in and help with developing compelling NPC programming and activities and by inviting and encouraging journalist and communicator colleagues to also become members. The Communicator Team has well-defined activities already with great participation in the design and discussion of communicator…
Type: Event
Tickets still available, virtually or in-person, for Fourth Estate Award Gala, Oct. 20
Tickets to the 2021 Fourth Estate Award Gala honoring NBC News’ Lester Holt are still available for Club members and their guests to purchase. Holt will receive the National Press Club’s most esteemed prize, the Fourth Estate Award, at a gala in his honor on Oct. 20, 2021.The celebration will take place at the National Press Club and online, with Holt joining the event live from New York to accept his award. Club members in the Washington, D.C., area can join in person for an elegant dinner and black-tie celebration in the ballroom of the National Press Club, where they can watch the…
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