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Help judge NPC scholarship awards
Help us pick the winner for the Dennis and Shirley Feldman Fellowship! We will be judging applications on Saturday, June 18, at 10:30 a.m. Judging will be conducted virtually via Zoom over a two-hour period. Participants will have the chance to review application materials the week before Saturday’s meeting. The Dennis and Shirley Feldman Fellowship recognizes a student pursuing graduate studies in journalism with a one-time stipend of $5,000 to help defray tuition costs. This year’s applicant pool is highly competitive and we’d love to have your help in selecting a finalist and runner-up!…
Type: News
Martin, Burns extend scope of “This Will Not Pass” to cover two-year political crisis
The chaotic final year in office for President Trump inspired two New York Times national political correspondents to expand the scope of a book about the 2020 election to include an exploration of the end of the Trump presidency and the beginning of President Biden’s term. “There was a cascade of extraordinary events, one after the other, that made us revisit our calculation for the book,” Jonathan Martin, co-author of “This Will Not Pass” said at a National Press Club Headliners Book Event on June 14. “It’s a two-year account of this period of crisis in American politics.” That’s why he and…
Type: News
Australian Naval attaché outlines strategic risks in Pacific
China’s increasing strategic ambitions mean unprecedented challenges for the United States, Australia and their allies. Royal Australian Navy Commodore Darren Grogan offered that assessment on Tuesday when he spoke by video to the National Press Club’s American Legion Post 20. Grogan serves as his country’s naval attaché in Washington, D.C. He noted that a major Australian policy document says the Pacific region is in the midst of the most consequential strategic realignment since World War II. Australia’s 2020 Defence Strategic Update also says competition between the United States and China…
Type: News
The American Society of Travel Advisors "The Travel Industry Forecast"
The American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) presents new consumer research on travel trends during its program, “The Travel Industry Forecast”. Special guests include ASTA’s President & CEO, Zane Kerby along with Eric Drésin, the Secretary General of the European Travel Agents’ and Tour Operators’ Associations, ECTAA, who will provide an update on the European travel market. Jon Last, President of the Sports & Leisure Research Group will unveil key findings from ASTA’s exclusive travel consumer research study, followed by a panel discussion of esteemed travel industry executives…
Type: Event
Irish Ambassador Daniel Mulhall will join Books & Brunch discussion Saturday
Irish Ambassador Daniel Mulhall will join in the Books & Brunch discussion Saturday of his latest book, "Ulysses: A Reader's Odyssey." Mulhall, Ireland's ambassador to the United States since 2017, has written and lectured extensively on Irish literature. Throughout his diplomatic career, he has drawn on literature to tell Ireland’s story internationally. He has a keen interest in Irish history and is the author of "A New Day Dawning: A Portrait of Ireland in 1900." Books & Brunch meets at noon on Saturday, June 18, via Zoom. To RSVP and receive a Zoom link, please email Fay…
Type: News
Club closed for Juneteenth
The National Press Club will be closed Monday, June 20, in observance of Juneteenth National Independence Day.
Type: News
Tickets cost $5 for Press Club members and $10 for the general public. Buy tickets online. Pre-ordered books will be available for pickup and signing at the event. Attendees will also be able to purchase books at the door. The murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on May 25, 2020, set off a series of protests in the United States and around the world, awakening millions to widespread abuses by the nation’s police forces. Samuels and co-author Toluse "Tolu" Olorunnipa, Washington Post political enterprise and investigations reporter, drew on more than 400…
Jones, whose Washington-based charitable organization helps low-income residents with food, clothing, medical care, and legal and social services to reduce the burden of poverty, will bring a local focus to the themes in the book. Members, guests and visitors must show proof of vaccination at the entrance to the Club. This can be a physical copy of your vaccination card, or a photo of it on your mobile device. Read more about Club safety measures.
Washington Post's Robert Samuels plans to discuss George Floyd biography at Headliners Book Rap on June 23, 6 p.m.
Washington Post reporter Robert Samuels plans to discuss his book, His Name is George Floyd in conversation with Bread for the City CEO George A. Jones at a National Press Club in-person Headliners Book Rap on Thursday, June 23, at 6 p.m.
Type: News
Today: Conversations with Correspondents features Politico’s Christopher Miller, Ukrainian journalist Tanya Kozyreva
Christopher Miller, world and national security reporter at Politico who has lived for more than 12 years in Ukraine and Eastern Europe, and Tanya Kozyreva, a Ukrainian journalist who has been a Pulitzer-Prize nominee and is an incoming Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, plan to discuss what it’s like to cover Russia’s war on Ukraine from the frontlines during a National Press Club virtual event at noon today, Tuesday, June 21. Register online. Politico reporter Christopher Miller Miller joined Politico in April after several years with BuzzFeed News covering the frontline of the war in…
Type: News