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Covering Food Insecurity: Access, hunger, and empathetic reporting about a basic need
Most people know what it is to get hungry. But persistent hunger and a lack of access to convenient and affordable healthy foods is something much more, disproportionately affecting communities already underrepresented in news coverage. Food insecurity can be difficult for journalists to cover consistently because of its seeming invisibility. Food deserts and insecurity throughout the U.S. are growing and have gained attention as cities have experienced higher rates of food insecurity during the coronavirus pandemic. As school-age students return to classrooms this fall, they’ll do so…
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Club marks 50th anniversary of women as members Sept. 16 at Fall Hoot
The National Press Club’s Silver Owls will mark the celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Club admitting women as members at their Fall Hoot Sept. 16. While the 50th anniversary was last year, this is the first Hoot since the coronavirus pandemic. Vivian Vahlberg, who in 1982 became the Club's first female president , will talk about her experiences both as president and as a reporter for The Daily Oklahoman. She covered the 1971 vote from the balcony, where women were still confined. Gil Klein, chair of the Club’s History and Heritage team, will present an illustrated account of the struggle…
Type: News
NPC Communicators Virtual Lunch & Learn: ROI for Strategic Communicators
The National Press Club Communicators Team will host a virtual "Lunch & Learn" program focused on how strategic communications professionals can measure and deliver quality return on investment (ROI) from their campaigns. The 1-hour online discussion will feature Beth Egan, Associate professor of Advertising at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Beth Egan is perfectly situated to speak about return on investment—what it means in the strategic communications context, how we can explain it to our clients and the C-suite in terms they understand, and…
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President's Award
The President’s award is given at the discretion of the President of the National Press Club and honor lifetime achievement in the field of journalism. Read the full statement here.
National Press Club Journalism Awards
Winners: Consumer Journalism-Newspapers Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang from the Miami Herald and ProPublica for ‘Birth & Betrayal’ Consumer Journalism-Periodicals A team of reporters from ProPublica for ‘Unchecked: America’s Broken Food Safety System’ Consumer Journalism-Broadcast Julie Watts of CBS Sacramento for ‘The COVID Lab: State Secrets Exposed’ Breaking News A team from National Public Radio’s All Things Considered for Jan. 6 coverage. Edwin M. Hood Award for Diplomatic Correspondence-Print Phil Stewart and the team from Reuters for ‘the Afghan Air Force’ Edwin M. Hood…
49th Annual National Press Club Journalism Awards Dinner
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The National Press Club will celebrate the best in broadcast and print stories from breaking news and Washington regional reporting to humor, political journalism and many other categories at the 49th Annual Journalism Awards Dinner. A special presentation of the President's Award will honor the late Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Please join us at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, August 31st starting with a reception in the Holeman Lounge followed at 7 p.m. with dinner and program in the ballroom. This event is business attire.
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Mining for News Gold in U.S. Foreign Aid
Learn about a treasure trove of data and insights that most journalists routinely miss in an interactive online workshop for members of the National Press Club on Thursday, Sept. 15, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. US Eastern Time. Edward DeMarco, a former Bloomberg international politics editor in Washington and National Press Club member who went on to work in Africa as a strategist for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for a decade, steers you through a raft of overlooked sources and other information. He’ll provide pointers on how to: Get clues ahead of the curve about U.S…
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Family of Shireen Abu Akleh to hold news conference at National Press Club Thursday
News Advisory Event: National Press Club Newsmaker News Conference with family of Shireen Abu Akleh When: Thursday, Sept. 1 at 2p.m. Where: National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 13th floor Who: Lina Abu Akleh, niece of Shireen, will make a statement and take questions. Details: Lina Abu Akleh is in Washington to receive the President’s Award from the National Press Club in honor of her aunt, Shireen, a veteran correspondent from Al Jazeera who was killed while covering an Israeli military action in the West Bank in May. In addition to being a well-known, and highly…
Type: News
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America VP to speak at American Legion Post 20 meeting, Sept. 8
Tom Porter, executive vice president for Government Affairs at Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, will be the guest speaker at the National Press Club's American Legion Post 20 meeting on Thursday, Sept. 8, at noon in the McClendon Room. The event is open to all Club members. Porter will discuss the recently passed PACT Act, which expands Department of Veterans Affairs health care and benefits to veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxic substances. Porter is a Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve, and his service has included deployments to Afghanistan and the Arabian Gulf as a Public…
Type: News