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NPC Newsmakers Committee
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NPC Budget Committee
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Career Spring Cleaning
Former Washington Post editor and Penn State University lecturer Jackie Jones will offer `spring cleaning' for careers in a four-week coaching session that starts April 5. Career counselor Jones will discuss planning and assessing goals, updating plans and getting re-energized in sessions for up to eight people. The group will meet from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursdays, April 5 to 26, in the Bloomberg Classroom. The cost is $80 for members, $200 for non-members. Payment must be received in advance to reserve a slot, and there are no refunds. Because space is limited, participants must reserve at…
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Ronald S. Lauder
Predicting What Israel Will Do in an Unpredictable Middle East World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder to offer insight and analysis as the Arab Spring becomes a memory and as Israel aims to “brand” itself before the international community President of the World Jewish Congress and former U.S. ambassador Ronald S. Lauder will appear at a National Press Club Newsmaker at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 10, where he plans to warn that any effort by a drifting and unstable Egyptian government to abrogate its peace treaty with Israel will have disastrous and immediate consequences for the Middle…
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NPC Luncheon with Former Reps. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) and Jim Ramstad (R-MN)
Former Reps. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) and Jim Ramstad (R-MN) will discuss the Mental Health Parity Act at a National Press Club luncheon Wednesday, March 14. Authors of the legislation named after the late Sen. Paul Wellstone, they will talk about the challenges surrounding its implementation. The law prohibits health insurance companies from discriminating against those who have a mental illness. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m. Remarks will begin at 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $19 for Club members, $30 for guests of members and $37 for…
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Social Media for Entrepreneurial Journalists
"Social Media for Entrepreneurial Journalists"Mandy Jenkins, Social News Editor at The Huffington Post and Instructor at Georgetown University, will lead a discussion for entrepreneurial journalists looking to enhance their personal brand through social media. Participants are encouraged to review Mandy's presentation online advance: http://www.slideshare.net/mandyjenkins/social-media-for-entrepreneurial…. Prepared remarks will be limited to 15 minutes to maximize time for an informal discussion among the participants and Mandy. Seating is limited. Members should register in advance. There is…
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Baratunde Thurston "How to Be Black"
Baratunde Thurston, of Jack and Jill Politics and The Onion, will discuss his new satirical book, “How to Be Black.” Thurston shares his 30-plus years of expertise in being black, with helpful essays like “How to Be the Black Friend,” “How to Speak for All Black People,” “How To Celebrate Black History Month,” and more, in this humorous guide to race issues. This fun read is also critiques the media's portrayal of blackness as one-dimensional. Through humor, Thurston teaches readers how to be black by reminding them that there really is no one way to do it. Baratunde Thurston is the director…
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National Security Act and the Constitution
Mr. Vidal spoke about how the National Security Act and U.S. policy in the early stages of the Cold War has shaped U.S. history over the past fifty years. He stressed that decisions, such as to rearm Germany and contain Communism, were made with no consent from the population and caused the fiscal and social burdens of the present. After his remarks, he took questions from the audience.
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Election Coverage Boot Camp: Prepping for the Polls
Election Coverage Boot Camp: Prepping for Polls The National Press Club Journalism Institute and the Regional Reporters Association are kicking off a yearlong series of programs for reporters covering the 2012 campaign with a panel discussion on covering polls. The program will be held in the Lisagor Room at the National Press Club on Feb. 2 at 9:30 a.m. Topics will include: How campaigns and the media use polls for different purposes How to read the numbers and find stories that might not be in the press release How to avoid being played, and to tell good…
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Robert L. Johnson
Business Leader Robert L. Johnson to Discuss Minority Unemployment Rates; Wealth Gap Announces new online company to increase opportunities for minority job seekers, businesses (Washington, DC) – Business leader Robert L. Johnson, founder and chairman of The RLJ Companies, will discuss minority unemployment rates, limited access to capital and an accelerating wealth gap between white and black American during a National Press Club Newsmaker news conference, 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 1, 2012, National Press Building, 529 14th St., NW, Washington, D.C.Johnson will discuss ways corporations…
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