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Lunch and Learn: Enhancing Education and Communication through Virtual Reality
NPC Communicators Team
Join the Communicators Team to see how virtual reality (VR) is being integrated into communication programs as a new way to reach target audiences during an online “Lunch and Learn” session on Friday, July 28 at noon. While the debate continues about whether artificial intelligence is either a boost or a bane to communication scholars and practitioners, the Communications, Journalism, and Speech program at the University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) has been quietly experimenting with VR in the classroom this past year. Dr. Mitch Marovitz, an NPC Communicator member who leads the program…
Type: Event
NPC Scholarship Team seeks judges for Fall 2023 Lewis Scholarship applicants
The National Press Club's Scholarships Team is recruiting volunteers to help judge applications for the Fall 2023 Lewis Scholarship. Judging will be conducted virtually via Zoom over a two-hour period the morning of Saturday, July 29. Judges will review application materials the week prior to the July 29 meeting, then rank candidates as a group that day. The Lewis Scholarship, which launched in 2023, 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. — an estimated value of $10,000. The scholarship…
Type: News
Club members invited to ICC happy hour in Reliable Source, July 20
Foreign correspondents and other journalists will gather for drinks and conversation at the National Press Club International Correspondents Committee's monthly happy hour, Thursday, July 20, starting at 5:30 p.m. in the Reliable Source. Reserve here to mingle, network and discuss current events. For Club members only. Any member who is interested in getting involved with the committee and its programs and participating in its activities, including the biannual embassy press attaché mixers (next one is scheduled for Nov. 2) and monthly embassy nights, is welcome to join the gathering. Have a…
Type: News
Journalists To Hold 24-Hour Read-a-Thon of Evan Gershkovich’s Work at National Press Club
WASHINGTON, July 19 – Following is a statement from Eileen O’Reilly, president of the National Press Club and Gil Klein, President of the National Press Club Journalism Institute on the upcoming 24-hour read-a-thon of the work of journalist Evan Gershkovich of the Wall Street Journal. “Starting Wednesday, July 19 at 8 a.m. journalists will begin reading the journalism of Evan Gershkovich. Many of the journalists will be his colleagues from the Wall Street Journal but Press Club members from other outlets will join in as well. We are doing this to call attention to Evan’s case and to give…
Type: News
Hutchinson positions himself as law and order supporter as he stumps for GOP nomination
Former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson brought his long-shot White House bid to the National Press Club Monday, July 17, appearing at a Headliners Newsmaker event to outline an eight-point plan to reform federal law enforcement – and to draw a distinction between himself and the current GOP frontrunner. “Donald Trump has done great harm to our rule of law in this country and to federal law enforcement,” Hutchinson said. “He has undermined their credibility in the eyes of the public.” Casting his policy proposal as a counterweight to the former president’s fiery attacks on the FBI, Hutchinson…
Type: News
NPC Headliners Luncheon: SEC Chair Gary Gensler
SEC Chair Gary Gensler will address artificial intelligence and securities regulation at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon at 12:30 p.m. Monday, July 17. The Securities and Exchange Commission has indicated on its regulatory agenda that it intends to propose rules in the next few months “related to investment adviser conflicts in the use of predictive data analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and similar technologies in connection with certain investor interactions.” Gensler was nominated by President Biden and confirmed by the Senate in April 2021 to head the five-…
Type: Event
Images posted on internet are training AI algorithms, Photo Team hears from computer scientist
A computer scientist told the National Press Club's photojournalism group recently that the billions of photos posted on the internet are training algorithms for generating images made with artificial intelligence. Robert Pless, computer science professor and a specialist in computer vision at George Washington University, described the algorithms and their development by leading generative AI image software at a meeting of the Club's Photo Team July 12. Pless told the attendees that generative AI uses algorithms called large language models trained by massive text and image collections to…
Type: News
Read-a-thon of Gershkovich stories to call attention to his detention in Russia is underway; help by tweeting it
The National Press Club is helping to draw attention to Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's wrongful detention in Russia by publicly reading his stories for a 24-hour period, which started at 8 a.m. today, July 19. The read-a-thon, taking place at the Club as well as at The Wall Street Journal’s London and Singapore bureaus, is streaming live on the Club's website, YouTube channel, and Twitter. You can show support for him and the read-a-thon by taking to social media to share the livestream on your personal accounts and use the hashtag #IStandWithEvan. A variety of media assets…
Type: News