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NPC Headliners Book Event: Joan Donovan, Emily Dreyfuss and Brian Friedberg, "MEME WARS"
One of the leading experts on media and disinformation, Dr. Joan Donovan, Research Director of the Shorenstein Center on Media Politics and Policy at Harvard, will be joined by co-authors Emily Dreyfuss and Brian Friedberg at a National Press Club in-person Headliners Book Event on Thursday, Sept. 29 at 6:30 PM. Donovan, Dreyfuss and Friedberg will discuss their new book “Meme Wars: The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America” that dives into how bad actors are using hate-based memes and social media to spread disinformation online and to organize various communities…
Type: Event
Applications for housing and stipend scholarship for aspiring journalists of color due Oct. 20
Aspiring journalists of color can apply now for a new scholarship that provides free housing and a monthly stipend to support student journalists of color who plan to intern at news media outlets in Washington, D.C., in spring 2023. Applications are open for the National Press Club’s new Lewis Scholarship, which aims to improve accessibility to experiential learning opportunities in the nation’s capital for students of color. This scholarship, administered through the National Press Club Journalism Institute, will extend the Lewis family’s commitment to increasing representation in…
Type: News
NPC Headliners Book Event: Owen Ullmann, "Empathy Economics: Janet Yellen's Remarkable Rise to Power and Her Drive to Spread Prosperity to All"
Veteran Washington journalist Owen Ullmann will share insights about Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the subject of his new biography, "Empathy Economics: Janet Yellen's Remarkable Rise to Power and Her Drive to Spread Prosperity to All," at a National Press Club Headliners book event on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 6:30 p.m. Yellen is the first person to hold all three of America’s top economic policy positions: Treasury Secretary (the first woman to hold the job), chair of the Federal Reserve (also the first woman to hold the job) and of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. In "Empathy…
Type: Event
Member-Author Group explores issues surrounding ‘Truth and Lives on Film’ on October 20 at 7 p.m.
John T. Aquino plans to discuss the second-and-updated edition of his book "Truth and Lives on Film: The Legal Issues in Depicting Real Persons and Events in a Fictional Medium" at a virtual event on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. The event, sponsored by the Member-Author Group of the National Press Club, is open to everyone. To be admitted, you must RSVP by email to Heather Forsgren Weaver at [email protected] to receive the link and be put on the guest list. Only those on the RSVP list will be admitted t"o the event. Real people have been portrayed in film since the early days…
Type: News
The event, open to members and their guests only, will recognize Mekonen's 50 years of service to the Club. Generations of members have been greeted by Mekonen as they arrive for lunch, dinner and even Taco Night. Reserve your spot here. Entertainment will be provided by a Club favorite, The Greater U Street Jazz Collective. We will learn how Mekonen, a student from Ethiopia, arrived at the Club in January 1972, looking for work to get him through college. With the fall of Ethiopia’s Emperor Haile Selassie in 1974, Mekonen could not return home. Thus began a career that has stretched through…
Celebrate Mesfin Mekonen's 50+ years of service at the Reliable Source, Oct. 21
The National Press Club History & Heritage team will salute Mesfin Mekonen, manager of the Reliable Source restaurant and bar, on Friday, Oct. 21, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Reliable Source.
Type: News
Assault On Press Freedom Intensifies In Latin America And Beyond
From Asia to Latin America, journalists are increasingly being harassed, imprisoned and even killed for pursuing the truth wherever the story takes them. In this edition of Update-1, Broadcast/Podcast Team Co-vice Chair Adam Konowe interviews Rachel Oswald, chair of the National Press Club’s press freedom team, and Dagmar Thiel, team member and head of the Latin American press freedom advocacy group Fundamedios. They provide updates on the cases of Austin Tice in Syria, Maria Ressa in the Philippines, Frantzsen Charles and Tayson Lartigue in Haiti, plus numerous others covering the full…
Type: Media
Authors laud election workers, analyze rise of election deniers
Major Garrett (l),CBS News’ Washington correspondent, and co-author David Becker, executive director of the nonpartisan Center for Election Integrity, explained the origins of election denialism and how to combat it at an Oct. 11 National Press Club book event. Photo: Phil Pasquini Major Garrett, CBS News’ Washington correspondent, and David Becker, executive director of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation and Research, said they set out to write their new book, "The Big Truth: Upholding Democracy in the Age of THE BIG LIE,” as a “love letter” to election workers. They spoke at…
Type: News
Lunch and Learn: How to increase organic social media engagement, Oct. 20
Tudor Mihailescu, co-founder of SpeechifAI. See how encouraging followers to comment when sharing social media posts increases visibility for companies and organizations at the next Lunch and Learn hosted by the Communicators Team on Thursday, Oct. 20 at noon. NPC Member and co-founder of SpeechifAI Tudor Mihailescu will talk about the challenges with suggesting followers comment and share posts and how an innovative digital platform is helping to increase organic social media engagement. Click here to register for this professional education session, which is free for all Club members.…
Type: News