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News Leaders Statement on Death of Documentarian in Mariupol
WASHINGTON, April 5 – Following is a statement by Jen Judson, President of the National Press Club and Gil Klein, President of the National Press Club Journalism Institute on the killing of Lithuanian documentarian Mantas Kvedaravicius in Ukraine Sunday. “With the death of Lithuanian documentarian Mantas Kvedaravicius last weekend we count 10 journalists killed during Russia’s war on Ukraine – a staggering number. Kvedaravicius was reportedly killed while trying to leave Mariupol. This tragic incident further emphasizes that Russia is firing upon civilians as they attempt to evacuate cities.…
Type: News
Conversations with Correspondents: Sally Hayden on Libya’s detention centers
Sally Hayden, an Irish journalist focused on migration, conflict and humanitarian crises, will discuss her new book “My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World’s Deadliest Migration Route” at a virtual event at 12 p.m. on April 29. With unprecedented access to people currently inside Libyan detention centers, Hayden’s book is based on interviews with hundreds of refugees and migrants who tried to reach Europe and found themselves stuck in Libya once the EU started funding interceptions in 2017. It is an intimate portrait of life for these detainees, as well as a condemnation of…
Type: Event
Hear from son of famed Cold War spy pilot at April 11 American Legion Post 20 meeting
Francis Gary Powers Jr. will be guest speaker at the National Press Club's American Legion Post 20 at noon Monday, April 11, in the McClendon Room. It will be the post's first in-person meeting since the start of the coronavirus pandemic two years ago. Powers is the son of Francis Gary Powers Sr., the CIA pilot whose U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960, setting off a highly publicized international Cold War incident. He is the author of two books, Letters from a Soviet Prison (2017) and Spy Pilot (2019), which aim to dispel misinformation surrounding the U-2 incident.…
Type: News
The Story’s Core: Using ledes and nut grafs to attract and keep readers
Learn to captivate readers from the first sentence in this hands-on writing workshop
**This workshop has been rescheduled to Friday, April 29 at 11:30 a.m. ET** Every story competes for attention and must earn its readers by making a clear promise to deliver relevant information. Headlines may hook us, but ledes draw us in, and nut grafs keep us. As journalism changes, this is constant: Readers must know what’s at stake in a story and why it matters to them (or should). This hour-long, hands-on workshop for reporters and editors will demonstrate how to make those stakes clear by: Deconstructing the difference between ledes and nut grafs Identifying common mistakes in…
Type: Event
Ukraine, Libya, and the Global Enduring Disorder
This event is co-hosted by the Middle East Institute (MEI) and the NATO and the Enduring Disorder Project. It is Open to the Public. Speakers: JASON PACK (Senior Analyst at the NATO Foundation and President of Libya-Analysis LLC) and AMBASSADOR JONATHAN WINER (Former US Special Envoy to Libya and Non-Resident Fellow at the Middle East Institute) Ukraine, Libya, and the Global Enduring Disorder Event Description: The world seems to have gone directly from a hegemonic US-led international system to an interregnum in global order. The traditional phase of multipolarity—or a restoration of…
Type: Event
Jamaican PM seeks closer cooperation with U.S.
Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness told a National Press Club Newsmaker April 1 that the U.S. can help transform the Caribbean nation into an economic powerhouse within the next decade. “We need the support of our critical partners. Jamaica will not be able to do it alone,” Holness said. “We need to look forward, be practical, be strategic and work with our neighbor, which is the strongest economy in the world.” Jamaican Prime Minister said his country needs U.S. help in order to transform its economy in an April 1 National Press Club Newsmaker event, which was moderated by Club…
Type: News
Club completes private sale of N.C. Wyeth painting
The National Press Club and Journalism Institute have accepted an offer for a painting by famed early 20th century illustrator N.C. Wyeth that for the past few years has hung in the library conference room. Club President Jen Judson said the painting netted several hundred thousand dollars, but the exact amount could not be announced because it was a private sale. The painting is of an Old West scene with seven rough men, three of them handcuffed, riding in a buckboard. Wyeth was a frequent contributor to the Saturday Evening Post, and this painting was used to illustrate a story in the…
Type: News