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Austrian Embassy Night
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NPC Luncheon with Brent Scowcroft and the Gerald R. Ford Journalism Awards
Gen. Brent Scowcroft, former National Security Advisor to President Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush, will assess the foreign policy challenges facing the Obama Administration during a National Press Club Speakers Luncheon on June 14. His speech will follow the 24th annual Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation Journalism Awards presentations for distinguished reporting on the presidency and national defense. Gen. Scowcroft, who assisted President Barack Obama in selecting his national security team, has advised presidents on military and security issues since Richard Nixon's administration…
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Events Committee Meeting
Type: Event
Meet the Press Club
It’s not Sunday, but it’s time to Meet the Press Club. Mingle with your fellow members, new or veteran, print or broadcast, reporter or communicator, all are welcome. Meet the Press Club is an exclusive, for members only, event and is specifically designed as a forum for Club members to network and establish business contacts among fellow members. While there is no formal program for this “Happy Hour” gathering, members will be encouraged to bring forward ideas for better ways to network within the Club. That includes interactions among journalists and communicators as well as those focused…
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Neil Gaiman
New York Times bestselling author, Neil Gaiman, will discuss his book, “American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition,” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 23 in the NPC Ballroom. As a fundraiser for the Club’s Eric Friedheim Library, this will be a ticketed event. First published in 2001, “American Gods” became an instant classic and has been described as a synthesis of “mystery, satire, sex, horror, and poetic prose” (Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World). The Tenth Anniversary Edition is a commemorative volume that has been updated and expanded. Gaiman, who began his writing career as a…
Type: Event
Northern Dimension of European Union
The Finnish prime minister discussed the role of northern European countries in the future of the European Union. After his prepared remarks, he took questions from the audience of journalists.
Type: Media
Natural Gas Drilling
Energy Challenges Surrounding Natural Gas Drilling Environmental Experts to Discuss Need, Impacts For Natural Gas Drilling at National Press Club The National Press Club Newsmakers Committee will host a panel to discuss the challenges, impacts and need for natural gas drilling at a Newsmaker forum in the club's Lisagor Room at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 24, in the National Press Building, 529 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C. Experts to discuss this issue will be anti-drilling activist Adrian Kuzminski and Resources for the Future (RFF) official Alan Krupnick. Kuzminski argues that the cumulative…
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Who Needs Newspapers? A Report on the Status of Newspapers in the United States
Who Needs Newspapers? A Report on the Status of Newspapers in the United States Are newspapers in America dying? Paul Steinle and Sara Brown are on a mission to find out. Since June 2010, the long-time media professionals have engaged in shoe-leather reporting by visiting newspapers across the country to take the pulse of a cross-section of dailies, weeklies, and ethnic and alternative publications. So far, they’ve visited 44 (50 is the goal) newspapers in 44 states. In the process, they have created a national, multi-media snapshot of the status of the industry on their website,…
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Michael Brown "Deadly Indifference: The Perfect (Political) Storm: Hurricane Katrina, The Bush White House, and Beyond"
Michael Brown, the first under secretary of homeland security and former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will discuss his new book, "Deadly Indifference: The Perfect (Political) Storm," at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 21. There is a $5 charge for non-members. Reservations are required. RSVP at [email protected] or call 202-662-7523. In the book, Brown describes the role of politics in a risk-averse society facing natural or manmade disasters. He has spoken around the world on issues of homeland security, crisis management and disaster response. At the White House during George W…
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