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NPC Book Event: Daniela Pierre-Bravo, "The Other"
Bestselling author and MSNBC reporter Daniela Pierre-Bravo discussed her book, “The Other” at a National Press Club in-person Headliners Book Event on September 15, 2022.
Type: Media
NPC Newsmaker: Rep. Joaquin Castro
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, released the results of a federal report on the underrepresentation of Latinos in the media industry, including the film, television, news and publishing sectors, at a Headliners Newsmaker event on Oct. 5, 2022.
Type: Media
Learn to identify food deserts, solutions in your community at Journalism Institute training, Oct. 21
Most people know what it is to feel 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 returned to classrooms this fall, they’ve done so…
Type: News
Sign up for the Run For Austin Virtual 5K by Oct. 24 to receive race t-shirt
The National Press Club will host the second annual Run For Austin Virtual 5K on Saturday, Nov. 12, to raise awareness and public support for journalist Austin Tice, who has been unjustly detained in Syria since 2012. Runners, walkers, hikers and press freedom supporters can register here. New this year, participants who register by Oct. 24 will be shipped a complimentary race t-shirt with their registration. Alternatively, T-shirts can be picked up in-person at the Club on Oct. 10 and Oct. 11 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. The Run For Austin is the next campaign in ongoing efforts from the…
Type: News
Speakers
Blessed Mhlanga is a Harare-based senior political reporter at NewsDay Zimbabwe, head of news and current affairs at HSTV Zimbabwe and talk show host at FreeTalk. Mhlanga is passionate about elections, investigative and political reporting. His mantra is “smiling is a way of life.” Mhlanga was arrested and detained by Zimbabwean police while he was covering the attempted arrest of an opposition politician during the 2018 presidential campaign. In 2019, Mhlanga won a Zimbabwe Election Reporting Award.
Culton Scovia Nakamya is an award-winning Ugandan journalist based in Kampala and founder of the HerStoryFoundation. Her work has focused on human rights, health and education with a solutions-based approach. Nakamya strives to bridge the underrepresentation of women in the media and empower women and girls through storytelling. She was arrested and briefly detained by police while reporting on the arrest of opposition presidential candidate Bobbi Wine.
Pearl Matibe is a Washington-based State Department and White House correspondent, and media commentator with expertise on U.S. foreign and defense policy, including national security. She is a contributing writer for the Wilson Center’s Africa Program’s blog Africa Up Close. Matibe has done extensive coverage of, and been published widely on, U.S.-Africa relations and democracy.
Angela Quintal is the Africa Program Coordinator at the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Before joining CPJ in 2016, Quintal worked as an editor and journalist for more than two decades in South Africa. She was presidential correspondent during Nelson Mandela’s term as South Africa’s first democratically elected president. She has served as the secretary-general and treasurer of the SA National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) and before joining CPJ was media freedom committee chair in South Africa for Wan-Ifra’s program on strengthening media and society. Quintal is a recipient of SANEF’s Steve…