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Docs in Progress offers National Press Club members discount on Saturday workshop
Docs in Progress is offering National Press Club members a discount on its one-day documentary-production workshop in Silver Spring, Maryland, on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Click here to reserve a seat. Use the code DOCS10 at checkout. The workshop teaches the essential skills to craft documentary-style news stories for broadcast or online publication. Learn the art of storytelling in video journalism and the key elements of a compelling news story, and practice writing pitches. Discover the equipment and tools needed, from video cameras to audio gear, and explore shooting techniques…
Type: News
Headshot Day
Join us at the National Press Club on Friday, Dec. 8 for a day dedicated to capturing the perfect headshot! If you're in need of a professional photo, this event is for you. Our talented photographer will be on hand to provide you with a top-notch headshot that will make you shine. Registration is $40 for a 10-minute session and will include 2-3 edited images on a custom backdrop color of your choice. Images will be available to download and use however you'd like. This event is only open to Club members. We expect it to book fast, so don't miss this opportunity to update your profile picture…
Type: Event
Riveting tales from journalists Judy Woodruff, Al Hunt entertain audience at National Press Club's Silver Owls Hoot
Judy Woodruff and Al Hunt wowed the National Press Club’s Silver Owls Hoot Friday with riveting reminiscences from their decades in journalism. “We are witnesses to history,” said Woodruff about being a journalist. She’s traveling across America now on a special reporting project for PBS to try to understand why America is so divided. Judy Woodruff The Club’s dinner event welcomed 18 new Silver Owls: NPC members for 25 or more years and honored Gold and Platinum members with 50 and 60 years status respectively. Explaining why she loves interviewing people, Woodruff said, “You can have a…
Type: News
Taking Charge as a Freelancer: Pitching, managing finances, and collaborating with editors
Being a freelancer is like running a small business. You are the CEO when it comes to finding stories, keeping the work flowing, and managing the money coming in. But you don’t have to do it alone. Join the National Press Club Journalism Institute for an in-person afternoon workshop of networking at the Club to find your tribe and to learn strategies for winning pitches, managing freelancing as a business, and building the writer and editor relationship to sustain that business. Doors for the workshop open at 12:30 p.m. with the sessions starting promptly at 1 p.m. After the workshop,…
Type: Event
International press freedom award winner tells National Press Club Indian journalists are under attack
Although India prides itself as the world’s largest democracy, its journalists are under increasing attack and most now practice self-censorship to avoid jail or possible heavy fines. That is the bleak assessment of Shahina K.K., a veteran Indian journalist, who is a recipient of the 2023 International Press Freedom Award presented by the Committee to Protect Journalists. She spoke at a program Tuesday at the National Press Club. She is expected to receive the receive the award at a black-tie ceremony in New York City tonight. Shahina faces three charges under India’s anti-terror law and…
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Award-winning Iranian photojournalist on U.S. tour speaks to National Press Club
Yalda Moaiery, an Iranian photojournalist whose work has appeared in outlets such as the Washington Post and the San Francisco Chronicle, discussed her work and Iranian press freedom at the National Press Club on Nov. 9. Yalda Moaiery, an Iranian photojournalist, and Jason Rezaian, global opinions writer for the Washington Post, at the National Press Club on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. Photo: Patrick Host Moaiery was in the United States to accept the International Women's Media Foundation's Wallis Annenberg Justice for Women Journalists Award, which goes to a journalist who has been…
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Have a Wilde time at Wine Dinner, Nov. 21
Chef and writer Rose Wilde, owner of Red Bread, a "social justice organic kitchen," plans to present her new cookbook, Bread and Roses at a multi-course wine dinner on Tuesday, Nov. 21. Tickets are $80 per person (including one cookbook) or $150 per couple (including one cookbook). Buy your ticket today. Chef and writer Rose Wilde, owner of Red Bread Wilde’s debut cookbook “Bread and Roses” was released on Oct. 24 and is a comprehensive guide to choosing ingredients with an impact beyond the plate, resulting in delicious results. Wilde’s recipes are inspired by her global travels and…
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Tomorrow: Run for Austin and then eat pancakes
Today's the last day to register for the 3rd annual Run For Austin Virtual 5K, which is taking place tomorrow, Nov. 18. Runners and walkers will lace up all over the world to raise awareness for journalists Austin Tice and Evan Gershkovich, with special meet-ups here in D.C. and in Tice’s hometown of Houston. The National Press Club Board of Governors plans to host (and serve up pancakes!) at an in-person pancake breakfast at the Club from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. for runners and spectators alike. If you want to participate in the pancake breakfast only, you can sign up here. Routes and running…
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Update-1: Podcast details journalists targeted through computer-hacking laws
Is it possible that journalists can be the targets of police raids because they do their jobs too well? Caitlin Vogus That's one of the questions some freedom of the press advocates are asking after an FBI raid in May on the newsroom home of journalist Tim Burke. The FBI raided Burke’s home after he obtained outtakes of Tucker Carlson’s interview with Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) in which Ye made antisemitic and other offensive remarks. The raid prompted more than 50 organizations, including the National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute, to sign a…
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Navy senior information officer describes communication challenges to American Legion Post 20
On the Internet, false stories travel faster than the truth. That’s the challenge described by Navy Captain Tamara Lawrence, deputy chief of information, at the Nov. 15 meeting of American Legion Post 20 at the National Press Club. “It’s about speed,” Lawrence said. Thomas Young, commander of the American Legion Post 20, presents Navy Captain Tamara Lawrence, deputy chief of information, with the National Press Club/Post 20 mug following her appearance at the Post’s Nov. 15, 2023, meeting. Photo: Kevin Wensing In her line of work, she deals with mis- and disinformation every day, Lawrence…
Type: News