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International Correspondents Happy Hour
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Join your fellow foreign correspondents for cocktails and conversation at the International Correspondents Team's monthly happy hour. The happy hour is open to all National Press Club members who would like to get involved with the ICC’s programs, including the press attaché mixer and monthly embassy nights.
Type: Event
Reception for new members is tonight, starting at 5:30 p.m.
Members who have recently join the National Press Club are invited to a New Members reception to help acquaint them with the facility and fellow members, Wednesday, May 8, starting at 5:30 p.m. in the Bloomberg Room. If you are a New Member, reserve your spot here. In addition to meeting other new members, they can shake hands with Club leaders and the team of professionals who will help support them in their first years as members of the Club. At the event, there will be opportunities for staff to: Assist in setting up mobile security access to the Club Offer guided tours to help new…
Type: News
Escape the rain, engage your brain at Thursday night Pub Quiz
As April showers bring May flowers (and more showers), come in to the National Press Club from the rain on Thursday and join your friends and fellow Club members for an evening of food, drink and trivia! That’s right, the May Pub Quiz is this Thursday, May 9. The place: The Club’s Truman Lounge. The time: 6:30 p.m. Our friends at Brainstormer Trivia will be creating the questions. What’s more, there’s a special surprise in store at this Pub Quiz. What is it? You’ll have to be there to find out! For 20 years, Pub Quiz has been a monthly staple at the Club and Brainstormer Trivia, which has…
Type: News
Menu
Salads Cucumber and Tomato Salad "Best of the Olive Bar" Pasta Salad Bulgur with Tangy Artichoke Salad Hummus Hot Entrée Buffet Braised Hake Fish with Fennel and Tomato Slow-Roasted Lamb Shank Spiced Pork Tenderloin with Hazelnut Vinaigrette Greek Sheet-Pan Chicken Mediterranean Roasted Vegetables Mediterranean Yellow Rice Desserts Baklava Lemon Tarts Mixed Berries with Aged Balsamic Vinegar Specialty Cocktails | $11 each Mediterranean Pink Lady: Triple sec, limoncello, egg white, ice, campari Mediterranean Mule: Ginger beer, limoncello, fresh fig, ice cubes, fresh thyme Mediterranean…
Mediterranean Seafood Buffet
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Club Members and guests are invited to indulge in the delicious Mediterranean seafood buffet at the Reliable Source. There’s no need to fly to the Mediterranean for the best food and music. You can enjoy both at the National Press Club’s Reliable Source restaurant on Thursday, May 23. The popular Club hangout will feature a special Mediterranean seafood food and drink menu starting at 5:30 p.m. Then, at 6 p.m., enjoy music by Renée Tannenbaum, Vocalist. For those driving, free parking is available weekdays at One Parking, 1325 G St. NW, after 5 p.m. with a $25 purchase of food and beverage.…
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Covering trans and LGBTQ+ issues, TODAY
Trans people and DEIB programs are in the crosshairs of state leaders, legislatures, policymakers, and school boards. Journalists must be prepared to report and share the impact of these efforts, as well as how political candidates are using them to influence voters. What are the key issues at stake and the major themes playing out? What are the most reliable sources of unbiased information? And how can reporters better understand multiple perspectives and the nuanced questions involved? Register now to join a discussion on Friday, May 10, aimed at answering these questions as well as…
Type: News
Humanitarian aid much needed in Gaza while efforts to reach ceasefire continue, UNGA president says
National Press Club President and CNBC Correspondent Emily Wilkins (right) listens as Dennis Francis, president of the United Nations General Assembly, formulates his response to a question while discussing the UN agenda. Photo: Robert Braggs Describing the situation involving embattled Israel and Hamas as “very unusual,” United Nations General Assembly President Dennis Francis said at a National Press Club Headliners event Monday, May 6, that the U.N.’s inability to craft a ceasefire is “not a failure” on its part. "We have two parties, there's a conflict raging between two parties. One…
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Club names 2024 scholarship winners
The National Press Club has chosen five exemplary students as the recipients of its scholarships that honor promising future journalists serving their communities. Watch the Wire next week as it plans to profile a student in each edition. The following are the 2024 scholarship winners: Sofia Andrade of Miami, Florida, was recognized with the Summer Lewis Scholarship, which provides housing and a $4,000 stipend to support a student journalist of color interning at a news media outlet in Washington, D.C. Andrade has accepted a summer internship with The Washington Post’s Features team for the…
Type: News
Kazakhstan Embassy hosts Club's ICC participants for cultural learning experience, meal
The Embassy of Kazakhstan hosted the National Press Club's International Correspondents Committee April 29 for an evening of experiencing the culture and cuisine of the Central Asian country. Photo: Rustem Kozhybayev of Kazinform Most Americans know very little about Kazakhstan, the country’s ambassador to the U.S., Yerzhan Ashikbayev, observed in remarks to the visiting members of the National Press Club's International Correspondents Committee. Some 30 ICC members were invited to the embassy on April 29 to close this information gap. “I want to bring fact-based information to the media…
Type: News
Defending Press Freedom in South Asia
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is an international non-profit and non-governmental organization focused on safeguarding the right to freedom of information. Headquartered in Paris France, RSF "defends the right of every human being to have access to free and reliable information," As of April 2024, RSF reports 503 journalists and media workers around the world. have been unjustly detained. In this edition of Update-1, Broadcast Podcast Committee member Lincoln Smith talks with Celia Mercier, the head of RSF’s South Asia desk, about RSF and her work, including her focus on press freedom in…
Type: Media