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Get to know the Club team: Bara Vaida, director of Training
Editor's Note: The Club's Membership Team has asked the Club staff to introduce themselves with answers to a creative questionnaire. The Wire will run these periodic profiles. Say hello to Bara Vaida, director of Training How long have you worked at the National Press Club? 10 months. Tell us a surprising or fun fact about you: I am a 500-hour certified yoga instructor. If you became an A-list celebrity what is one thing you would ask for in your green room? My dog. What is the best advice you’ve ever received? Take one minute out of your day, every day, to stop whatever you are doing and…
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Scholarship Team seeks judges for Fall 2024 Lewis Scholarship applicants
The National Press Club Scholarships Team is recruiting working journalists to help judge applications for the Fall 2024 Lewis Scholarship. Judging will be conducted virtually via Zoom over a two-hour period the morning of Saturday, Aug. 3. Judges will review application materials the week prior to the Aug. 3 meeting, then rank candidates as a group that day. The Lewis Scholarship 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 is awarded to one…
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LA Times editor Steve Padilla to offer writing tips, Aug. 2
Re-energize how you view writing — and the way you do it — with tips from nationally sought-after writing coach Steve Padilla. Padilla, who entertained standing-room-only audiences during our Pro Tips writing workshop in 2019, is editor of Column One, the L.A. Times’ showcase for storytelling. Padilla will share his advice over lunch at the National Press Club from noon to 1:30 p.m., Friday, Aug. 2. Join us for lunch — and lots of learning — as we celebrate writing and ways to sharpen our approach to this important skill. Register now for this in-person-only program on Friday, Aug. 2. Tickets…
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Luncheon featuring Commanders' owners canceled
A Headliners Luncheon featuring the owners of the Washington Commanders slated for today -- Monday, July 29 -- was canceled last Friday. The event will be rescheduled for a later date. Managing partner of the Washington Commanders Josh Harris and Tad Brown, chief executive of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, were to have addressed the Club luncheon. Harris led a group that purchased the National Football League franchise last summer for $6.05 billion. He and his team have focused over the past year on improving the fan experience. The team announced in February that it had…
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Update-1 podcast: NPR producer discusses career, offers advice to aspiring journalists
The National Press Club's latest Update-1 podcast features Lincoln Smith (l), a member of the Club's Broadcast/Podcast Team, and Casey Morrell, a producer of NPR's Politics Podcast. How do reporters remain professionally composed while covering stories of great emotion? That's one of the topics Broadcast/Podcast Committee member Lincoln Smith discusses with NPR's Casey Morell on the latest edition of Update-1, the National Press Club's podcast. Morell, a producer of NPR's Politics Podcast, highlights his career, including his previous work for Nevada Public Radio, and talks about how…
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Get to know the Club team: Melanie Ieradi, assistant manager, Broadcast Operations Center
Editor's Note: The Club's Membership Team has asked the Club staff to introduce themselves with answers to a creative questionnaire. The Wire will run these periodic profiles. Say hello to Melanie Ierardi, assistant manager, Broadcast Operations Center How long have you worked at the National Press Club? 13 years. Tell us a surprising or fun fact about you: I used to teach aerobics. If you became an A-list celebrity what is one thing you would ask for in your green room?:Grapefruit flavored carbonated water. What is the best advice you’ve ever received? Enjoy the journey. What is your…
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Former Mongolia leader promotes democracy, press freedom in speech at Club
Former president and prime minister of Mongolia, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, an ardent defender of press freedom, emphasized the vital importance of journalism and freedom of expression in maintaining democratic societies in an appearance at the National Press Club Thursday, July 25. Ellbegdorj, who was a key leader of the 1990 Mongolian democratic revolution that ended 75 years of communist rule in Mongolia and who co-drafted the country's 1992 constitution that guaranteed democracy and a free market economy, strongly advocated release of journalists who are in detention in Russia and Mongolia. “…
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