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About The National Press Club Awards Dinner The awards dinner will be held at the National Press Club on Wednesday, Aug. 28. The event will start at 6 p.m. on with a reception in the Holeman Lounge, followed at 7 p.m. with dinner and program in the ballroom. Tickets to the awards dinner are $75 for the general public, $65 for members of the National Press Club and can be purchased online. For sponsorship opportunities, please contact [email protected]. About the National Press Club Founded in 1908, the National Press Club is the world’s leading professional organization for journalists. The…
RFE/RL Journalist Alsu Kurmasheva Honored with President’s Award from the National Press Club
Radio Free Europe editor Alsu Kurmasheva has been detained since October 2023 in Russia. Photo: Pangea Graphics (RFE/RL) WASHINGTON, May 3 – The following is a statement by National Press Club President Emily Wilkins on the 2024 recipient of the President’s Award to be presented at the National Press Club Awards Dinner on August 28. “This year the President’s Award at the National Press Club will help call attention to the wrongful detention of RFE/RL journalist Alsu Kurmasheva who has been detained in Russia since October 2023. “Alsu is many things - an editor, reporter, wife and mother.…
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National Press Club statement on Israeli cabinet voting to ban and block Al Jazeera
WASHINGTON, May 5 – Following is a statement from Emily Wilkins, president of the National Press Club, and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on the Sunday decision by the Israeli cabinet to immediately ban Al Jazeera's operations in Israel, seize the international news outlet's local equipment, and block its websites. “The decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to shut down Al Jazeera operations in Israel is the wrong one. It is wrong for the people of Israel, for the people of Gaza, for people in the West Bank, and for the rest of the…
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"Off to Join the Circus" focuses on an overly enmeshed, neurotic Jewish family in the Washington area, and what happens when a teenage runaway returns after 64 years. Members and their guests are invited to attend the free event, but reservations are encouraged due to limited space. To register, click here. Books will be available for purchase at the event. Kalb, a former Washington-based journalist who covered Congress and politics, has written several fiction books for kids and nonfiction books for adults. This is her first novel for adults. In addition to writing books, Kalb hosts the blog…
Member Debbie Kalb to discuss her new novel at book event, Tuesday
National Press Club member Deborah Kalb will discuss her new novel, "Off to Join the Circus," at a member author group book event at 6 p.m. May 7 in the Cosgrove Lounge.
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Journalism Awards contest deadline extended to Tuesday
The deadline for entering the annual National Press Club journalism awards contest has been extended until May 7. Details of the competition can be found online.The contest accepts Club member entries at no cost. The entry fee for non-members is $135. The contest gives you a chance to put your best work up against some of the top journalism from around the country. The competition includes categories for breaking news, political writing, and specialty writing in areas such as aging, culture, press coverage and foreign policy. It also offers awards for the top news photography. Some categories…
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World Press Freedom Day: Speakers call for release of Gershkovich, Tice, Kurmasheva
More journalists could be kidnapped, held or even killed, as was Daniel Pearl of The Wall Street Journal in Pakistan in 2002, not just by militants or terrorists but by actors in the highest levels of countries antagonistic to the United States, WSJ assistant editor Paul Beckett said at the National Press Club on Friday, May 3. Beckett was among the speakers at the Club on World Press Freedom Day who discussed the imprisonment of three U.S. journalists – Austin Tice, a freelance reporter who has been held in Syria for more than 11 years and eight months; Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street…
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