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Israel's Disengagement from Gaza
Ambassador Ayalon spoke to reporters Israeli disengagement from Gaza and plans to remove settlements for areas of Palestinian control in Gaza. Among the issues he addressed were the reasons for removing settlements, potential impact on the Middle East Peace process, future hopes for economic development in the region, and next steps for the Palestinian Authority. He also answered questions from the reporters, including questions about expected resistance by settlers to removal.
Type: Media
Pro Tips: Writing refresh
Find motivation and some new tools for energizing your writing in this afternoon workshop. After a year of working from home, journalists and communicators around the country are hitting reset on their routines as they consider life after vaccination. Add “Pro Tips: Writing refresh” to your toolkit as you reset. In this 3-hour workshop, we’ll get you motivated with: Tips on energizing tired writing Structuring stories with inclusivity at their core Writing killer headlines that attract, rather than distract While the formal program begins at 1 p.m. ET, participants are invited to join at…
Type: Event
Career Connection: Defining your digital footprint
Making an impression on a potential employer starts long before an email or phone call. By then, your digital footprint has done the talking … don’t let it send someone walking. “Career Connection: Defining your digital footprint” is a weeklong series of hands-on workshops to help you create and maintain the journalism/writing identity you want to showcase to sources, employers, and publishers. The class will meet from noon to 1 p.m. ET daily, from Monday, May 10 to Friday, May 14. Designed to focus on accomplishing practical tasks in short bursts, each daily program will highlight parts of…
Type: Event
Design Hacks: How to create attention-grabbing visuals
Get a head start on designing graphics and other visuals on deadline — even when you aren’t a graphic designer. In our scroll and skim culture, dynamic visuals can make the difference in whether a reader engages with a story. But not every story can attract a graphic design professional’s time in the newsroom, especially in the continuing pandemic news cycle. If you’re a reporter, editor, social media manager now handling (or who wants to handle) quick-turn graphics, get a head start with our hacks for designing visuals when it’s not usually part of your job. Beth Francesco, National Press…
Type: Event
Fauci sees high vaccination rate, possible low infections by summer
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, explains his coronavirus forecast in a National Press Club online interview. Photo:Christy Bowe Anthony Fauci, the nation's top authority on the coronavirus pandemic, said Tuesday that Covid-19 could be under control by summer if Americans keep taking precautions and get vaccinated. The rate of infection has "plateaued," said Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and now President Biden's chief medical adviser, in a National Press Club virtual Headliners event. There…
Type: News
Journalism contest offers cash award for best political analysis
The National Press Club is looking for your best political analysis writing from 2020. Please enter that work in the journalism contest’s Lee Walczak Award for Political Analysis. This award is named in memory of Lee Walczak, a Washington editor, bureau chief and White House correspondent who worked for Bloomberg News and Business Week, and recognizes excellence in political analysis. There is a cash prize of $750 for the winner. The entry should be one article or a series of no more than three articles on a consistent topic. Judges will consider entries that, like Walczak's work, explain…
Type: News
Tell President Biden to bring Austin Tice home to his family
The family of award-winning journalist Austin Tice, who has been detained in Syria since 2012 while covering escalating conflict in the region, needs your help to urge President Joe Biden to free Austin and bring him safely home. Tice, a writer and photographer, veteran Marine Corps captain, and Georgetown Law student, was detained three days after his 31st birthday, more than eight years ago. The U.S. government believes Austin is alive and being held by an affiliate of the Syrian government. Please join the #FreeAustinTice campaign for his safe, swift return by encouraging your Members of…
Type: News
Judge John Roberts Supreme Court Nomination
Former Governor Engler talked about the National Association of Manufacturers' support for the nomination of Judge John Roberts to the U.S. Supreme Court. He talked about Judge Roberts's qualifications and past experiences, as well as the efforts by manufacturers and businesses on behalf of Judge Roberts.
Type: Media
Scientists laid groundwork for COVID vaccine over 30 years, says AAAS president
National Press Club Board member Deborah Silimeo moderated a virtual Headliners event Monday featuring Sudip Parikh, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Photo: Al Teich. Sudip Parikh, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, can pinpoint the exact 2005 study that laid the groundwork for the large-scale development and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines — a celebrated feat of science that promises to stamp out a global pandemic. The study was one of a wave of pioneering studies that won federal funding as Congress, between 1993 and 2003,…
Type: News
Submit your entry for best media coverage by April 15
The Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism is an opportunity to showcase work published in 2020 that covered the media. The deadline for entries in the National Press Club awards contest is April 15. The Rowse awards are offered for print and broadcast and each has a $750 prize. The cost of an entry is free for Club members and $75 for non-members. Details for submission are available online. Entries can include up to five articles or broadcasts (not necessarily in the same outlet) and must be accompanied by a letter explaining the significance of the work and any subsequent actions resulting…
Type: News