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Ireland’s Sinn Féin party leader Mary Lou McDonald to speak at Newsmaker, Dec. 2
Ireland’s Sinn Féin party leader Mary Lou McDonald will speak will speak at a National Press Club’s in-person Headliners newsmaker on Thursday, Dec. 2. McDonald will discuss Brexit’s effect on the island nation’s economic and political stability, the rise of Sinn Féin and the prospects for reunification of Ireland. To submit a question in advance for the speaker, put MCDONALD on the subject line and email to [email protected]. Register online. McDonald has said she believes Sinn Féin is on the cusp of winning enough voter support to help make her taoiseach, essentially prime minister of…
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Journalists, communicators explore diversity, equity, inclusion efforts, noon Dec. 2
The National Press Club Communicators’ Team will host a virtual “Critical Conversation” on the topic of diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at noon Thursday, Dec. 2. The event will explore what organizations are doing to promote and implement DEI efforts among their employees and how they are communicating about them both internally and externally. This discussion will help both communicators and journalists, as well as the public, learn what some organizations are doing so that they can implement or enhance DE&I in their own workplaces. Admission is free for National Press Club…
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Club postpones event highlighting Rezaian's podcast
A special National Press Club event highlighting Club Member Jason Rezaian's podcast about his detention in Iran, 544 Days, has been postponed. The panel discussion, originally to be held Dec 3, has not been rescheduled. The Club will notify registered attendees when a new date has been set. 544 Days is a 9-part limited podcast series from Crooked Media about a newspaper trying to get one of its own out of prison; government officials torn between one citizen’s life and a whole region’s security; and a family dragged into the bizarre and sometimes hilarious world of high-stakes…
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Sinn Féin leader: A unified Ireland possible within decade
One hundred years after Northern Ireland stayed with the United Kingdom when Ireland won independence, the goal of one united Ireland could be achieved within five to 10 years, Sinn Féin party leader Mary Lou McDonald said at the National Press Club on Thursday. Expectations have changed, and Brexit has elevated the idea of reunification, she told interviewer Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak, a past president of the Club. Sinn Féin party leader Mary Lou McDonald said a unified Ireland is within reach at a Dec. 2 National Press Club Newsmaker event. Photo: Marshall H. Cohen The idea is not "just a…
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Club member Lovenheim hosts future of food event, Dec. 7
National Press Club member Peter Lovenheim, Washington correspondent for the Rochester (NY) Beacon, will moderate a virtual panel exploring the future of food at noon Tuesday, Dec. 7. The one-hour Zoom event, sponsored by Lovenheim’s paper, is open to Club members. It is free but prior registration is required, and space may be limited. Register online. "I'll Have the 16-oz., 3-D Printed Steak, Please" From meat grown from cells in a lab and 3-D printed into steak, to milk made from oats and burgers from pea protein, we're in an era of rapid food innovation. Are these and other new foods…
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Club maintains indoor mask policy until Dec. 8
Following is a statement from National Press Club President Lisa N. Matthews on the Club’s indoor mask policy: “With all the new information related to the Omicron variant of the Coronavirus, the Club has decided to leave its current indoor mask policy in place another week until at least Dec. 8. Until then, we are asking members, staff, and guests to keep masks in place while in the Club (unless actively eating or drinking). We have made this decision out of an abundance of caution and because the Omicron situation is so new and moving so quickly. We should know a lot more in a week. For…
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