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Then and now -- a big difference in D.C. baseball, say veteran observers
Former Club President Michael Freedman, left, author Fred Frommer, center, and former announcer Phil Hochberg contrasted D.C. baseball past and present April 1. Photo: Joe Luchok. Still giddy over the Washington Nationals’ World Series championship 17 months ago, baseball fans in the Nation’s Capital were disappointed by the April 1 announcement that the team’s much-anticipated 2021 opening game was postponed because of the coronavirus. In the past, though, the disappointment might not have been as pronounced. For nearly a century, baseball in D.C. was either abysmal or non-existent, and …
Type: News
National Press Club to highlight three major cases on World Press Freedom Day, May 3
≈ The National Press Club will host a virtual event at 10 a.m. Monday, May 3 – World Press Freedom Day - highlighting the cases of three journalists who need our help: Maria Ressa, Austin Tice and Emilio Gutierrez-Soto. To register for the event click here. All three journalists - Ressa, Tice, and Gutierrez-Soto - are past recipients of the Club’s John Aubuchon Award — the Club's highest honor for press freedom. Each is still struggling for freedom. Attendees will experience a virtual platform that looks and feels just like a visit to the Club, The World’s Leading Professional Organization…
Type: News
Today: Former New York Times food columnist Mark Bittman to discuss new book, "Animal, Vegetable, Junk"
Best-selling author Mark Bittman, former food columnist for The New York Times, will discuss his new book “Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, From Sustainable to Suicidal” at a National Press Club Headliners virtual book event at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 13. This one-hour program will stream live on the Club’s website and YouTube Channel as part of the National Press Club’s Virtual Headliner series, and is accessible to both the press and general public free-of-charge. You can access the event, download a calendar reminder or order a book (discounted for Club members) here. Viewers are…
Type: News
Dark PR: Disinformation for Hire
The National Press Club Communicators Committee invites you to join the first in a series of critical conversations on disinformation and how we can address it as journalists and communicators. Disinformation, or the intentional spread of false information, is not new. However, the use of social media platforms and big data have taken it to a unprecedented new level, as the Cambridge Analytica scandal brought to light following the 2016 election. Propaganda is no longer the domain of governments and politics. Disinformation for hire efforts have been exposed at leading public affairs agencies…
Type: Event
Washington Informer publisher Denise Rolark Barnes plans Press Club virtual conversation, Thursday, Sept. 17, 6 p.m.
Denise Rolark Barnes, publisher of the Washington Informer, plans to discuss the publication aimed at African-Americans, digital news services and the critical role of ethnic/racial community news outlets on Thursday, Sept. 17 at 6 p.m. This one-hour program, sponsored by the National Press Club Events Team, will stream live on the Club website and on the Club's YouTube Channel. It is free to both the media and the general public. Viewers are invited to submit their questions in advance or during the livestream at [email protected]. Rolark Barnes manages the daily operations of the award-…
Type: News
Panel to review public relations trends during pandemic
A panel of communications industry experts plans to review the latest trends in public relations influenced by the coronavirus pandemic at the National Press Club Communicators Team's Lunch and Learn beginning at noon on Thursday, Sept. 17. Paul Duning, Phil Rabin and Jeffrey Davis of Capitol Communicator plan to discuss the transformation of the public relations profession that started before the onset of the coronavirus but has accelerated because of it. Registration is free and open only to Club members. Click here to register. The panelists are expected to examine the restructuring of…
Type: News
CNN international correspondent plans to discuss her career at Press Club virtual event on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 1 p.m.
In her 15-year career spanning four television networks, Clarissa Ward has crisscrossed the globe covering one major international event after the next. Her reporting has taken her everywhere from Putin’s Russia to earthquake-ravaged Japan to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. In recent years, Ward repeatedly braved the frontlines of conflict-ridden Syria with a fierce determination to show the human cost of war. Ward, CNN's chief international correspondent, plans to chronicle her career in a one-hour program that will stream live at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30. The free event, sponsored by the…
Type: News
Journalism Institute honors The Atlantic’s Ed Yong pandemic coverage with investigative journalism award
Ed Yong, the staff writer at The Atlantic who has been covering the coronavirus and its impact, will receive the National Press Club Journalism Institute’s 2020 Neil and Susan Sheehan Award for Investigative Journalism. Yong’s in-depth analytical writing has explained, week after week, everything from the mask debate to long-haulers to how the coronavirus has seeped into America’s fault lines, and why the United States has been hit more severely than most other countries, with one-quarter of the world’s confirmed COVID‑19 cases and deaths, but just 4 percent of the global population. He has…
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Journalism Institute program on Sept. 16 plans to explore how to create a safer, equitable future for news
On-camera arrests, physical assaults in the field, verbal attacks and threats online, and an ongoing health crisis that has communities struggling in response. Safety for journalists has taken on a renewed sense of importance as newsrooms grapple with the convergence of hostility toward those in the field and systemic racism that pervades even the most revered journalistic institutions. This program, “Journalists in peril: Creating a safer, equitable future together,” plans to feature Alex Marquardt, senior national security correspondent at CNN; Sarah Matthews, a lawyer with the Reporters…
Type: News
NPC Communicators Lunch and Learn: PR Trends During the Pandemic
A panel of communications industry experts will review the latest trends in public relations influenced by the global pandemic at the next NPC Communicators Virtual Lunch and Learn on Thursday, Sept. 17 at 12 p.m. EDT. Paul Duning, Phil Rabin and Jeffrey Davis of Capitol Communicator will discuss the transformation of the public relations profession that started before the onset of the coronavirus but has accelerated because of it. The NPC Communicators Team is hosting the session. Registration is free and open only to NPC members. The panelists will examine the restructuring of legacy…
Type: Event