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Deadline to submit entries for Club's Journalism Contest only days away
Time is running out! The deadline to get your entries in for the National Press Club Journalism Contest entries is Tuesday, May 31. Have your work for 2021 recognized by the nation’s leading media organization. Club members can enter at no charge, while non-members pay $135 per entry. Find more information and submit entries online. The categories are: breaking news (print and broadcast), consumer news (newspaper, periodical and broadcast), news photos, humor writing, animal reporting (print and broadcast), media coverage (print and broadcast), diplomatic coverage (print and broadcast) and…
Type: News
A Former Moscow Correspondent Discusses Putin and The Ukraine Invasion
What motivates Russian President Vladimir Putin? In this edition of Update-1, Broadcast Podcast team member Lincoln Smith discusses Putin and the Russian people with David Satter, a former Moscow correspondent for the Financial Times and a former special correspondent on Soviet affairs for The Wall Street Journal. They talk about the challenges of reading Putin's mind and whether he's an enemy or a friend to the Russian people. Satter offers his thoughts on why Russia invaded Ukraine and Putin's long-term goals. He also talks about Russia having a history of underestimating enemies, with the…
Type: Media
New category, Cultural Criticism, highlights Club's annual Journalism Awards competition; entries due Tuesday
The National Press Club's annual Journalism Awards competition features a new award this year, the Nell Minow Award for Cultural Criticsm. Named for Club member Nell Minow, a longtime journalist and movie critic, the Nell Minow Award honors excellence in cultural criticism. The prize recognizes original critiques addressing the state of society or unique commentary on the human experience (as related to arts, media, politics, identity, and community). The award joins the many other categories in the Journalism Contest. Entries should be from work in 2021, and the deadline is the end of…
Type: News
NPC Headliners Luncheon: Elder David A. Bednar, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Elder David A. Bednar, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will speak at a National Press Club luncheon on May 26 at 12:30 p.m. Bednar will speak about what the Church is doing to address food shortages in sub-Saharan Africa, its response to the war in Ukraine, and how it educates nearly a million young people a year. This is the first time a representative of the Church has addressed a Press Club audience in 22 years. The Latter-Day Saint Church is one of the fastest growing religions in America. Nearly 17 million people worldwide…
Type: Event
NPC Communicators Legends Dinner with Doug Poretz
Doug Poretz, an accomplished communications executive and entrepreneur who co-founded Qorvis Communications, will be the featured guest at a National Press Club Communicators Legends Dinner on Thursday, June 9. Poretz launched a public affairs office for Alexandria City Public Schools in Virginia during the racial integration of the school system, depicted in Remember the Titans. His career now spans more than 50 years in public relations, launching his own firms and working in-house at some of the largest publicly traded companies. Among his entrepreneurial endeavors was a one-person…
Type: Event