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Communicator, Journalist Roundtable meets in-person at March 15 dinner
The National Press Club Communicators’ Team invites Club members – both communicators and journalists – to our next Communicator and Journalist Roundtable Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, in the Winners Room. For the past year, we have conducted these events virtually without the meal, but now we are returning to in-person dinners. We have a three-course dinner with wine served for $62 per person. Cash bar reception begins at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m. Register online. Join us for another lively discussion with Club members on current topics that we face in our function and…
Type: News
Ukrainian ambassador, archbishop discuss humanitarian crisis, March 15
Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova and Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia will appear at an in-person National Press Club Newsmaker event at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 15, in the ballroom. They will discuss the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Ukraine as the Russian invasion continues, their offices’ activities and how the American public can assist Ukrainians who are defending their land. This event is open to Club members and credentialed press only. Those attending must RSVP through the Club’s website. Proof of…
Type: News
Press leaders call for immediate release of detained journalists in Ethiopia
WASHINGTON, March 14 — Following is a statement from Jen Judson, president of the National Press Club, and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on the continued detention of Ethiopian journalists who have been reporting on the ongoing conflict in the country. “We call on the Ethiopian authorities to immediately release freelance video journalist Amir Aman Kiyaro, and his colleagues Thomas Engida and Temerat Negara who have been unjustly detained without any charges. Amir, who has reported on the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia for the Associated Press, has been…
Type: News
Tonight: Jason Rezaian heads panel discussion highlighting his podcast, '544 days,' about his detention in Iran
National Press Club member Jason Rezaian will appear with other panelists at a special Club event highlighting his podcast about his detention in Iran, "544 Days," Wednesday, March 16, at 6:30 p.m. Reserve your seat here. The rescheduled live-panel discussion, sponsored by Crooked Media, is expected to feature select clips from the podcast with reactions, reflections, and in-depth context from participants including Rezaian, a Washington Post reporter, and his mother, Mary Rezaian, who appears on the podcast and spent time in Iran during her son's detainment. Also slated to the panel is the…
Type: News
National Press Club hosts screening of documentary on women-run news network in India, March 14
The National Press Club will host a special screening of the Oscar-nominated film “Writing with Fire” at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 14. The documentary tells the story of Khabar Lahariya, the only news network in India run by women. The fierce band of Dalit (low caste) women serve as an anchor for truth and justice and a pillar of democracy. With wit and grace, they defy the bounds of gender and caste and redefine what it means to be powerful, in their homes and for the world. The event, which is open to Club members and their guests, begins at 6:30 p.m. with a conversation with the film’s…
Type: News
Putin's Control Of Russia's News Media
Lucian Kim has covered Russia and Eastern Europe since 1996 for the Christian Science Monitor and other publications. He recently moved to Washington after five years as Moscow correspondent for National Public Radio, receiving a fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson Center. Interviewed by longtime National Press Club member Irv Chapman, in this edition of Update-1 Kim traces how Vladimir Putin tightened the screws over time on Russia's news media as he faced critical coverage of popular discontent, notably over rigged elections a decade ago, and now has eliminated independent media entirely. And…
Type: Media