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Assignment Crisis: A Workshop for News Managers Responsible for Mideast and Japan Coverage
Assignment Crisis: A Workshop for News Managers Responsible for Mideast and Japan Coverage Space is limited and reservations are required. RSVP at: (202) 662-7523 or [email protected] Political violence, social upheaval, and natural disaster pose unique challenges to news organizations. The ongoing crises in the Mideast and Japan are placing foreign staffs, Washington production teams and managers under extraordinary stress. The Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library at the National Press Club, in partnership with the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at the…
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Vanessa Fox: Search Engine Optimization
Prominent consultant, blogger and author Vanessa Fox will share secrets about using search engine optimization in enterprise and investigative reporting. She will also demonstrate techniques for building Internet audiences. Fox helps journalists understand how Google and other search engines crawl the Web, and she pinpoints techniques that enable stories and websites to rise above the rest. She is considered one of the country's foremost experts in building online audiences and acquiring customers. Fox is the author of "Marketing in the Age of Google," and formerly worked for both Google…
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FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate
FEMA Administrator Fugate to Discuss Planning for Catastrophic Disasters; Hurricane Season (Washington, DC) – Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate will speak at a National Press Club Newsmakers press conference at 1:00 p.m. EDT., Wednesday, May 4, 2011 in the National Press Building, 529 14th St., NW, Washington, D.C. As the United States faces significant flooding, tornado and wildfire events and the upcoming hurricane season, Fugate will focus on how FEMA and the federal government have been planning for catastrophic disasters and applying those plans to the…
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General Membership Meeting
A General Membership Meeting of the National Press Club will be held at 12 noon, Friday, May 13, in the Holeman Lounge. Officers will report on the Club’s operations since the last meeting. In addition, changes in the Articles of Incorporation to reflect that retired members serve on the Board of Governors will be considered. Here is the meeting agenda: 1. Meeting called to order (President Mark Hamrick) 2. Approval of the January 21 General Membership Meeting Minutes (Joel Whitaker) 3. Membership Report (Angela Greiling Keane) 4. Treasurer's Report (Myron Belkind) 5. President’s Report (…
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NPC Luncheon with Gary Sinise
Gary Sinise, who stars as Det. Mac Taylor in the CBS television series “CSI: New York,” will announce the formation of The Gary Sinise Foundation at a National Press Club luncheon address on Thursday, June 30. The Gary Sinise Foundation serves the nation by honoring service members, veterans, first responders, their families, and those in need by supporting unique programs designed to entertain educate, inspire, strengthen, and build communities. Sinise, who received an Academy Award nomination for Best Support Actor for his portrayal of Lt. Dan in the Oscar-winning film “Forrest Gump,” will…
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Lorenzo Vidino, Author of Book on the Muslim Brotherhood
Author of Book on the Muslim Brotherhood Will Discuss “The Global Muslim Brotherhood: Myth or Reality?” Lorenzo Vidino, author of “The New Muslim Brotherhood in the West,” will discuss whether the possibility of a global Muslim Brotherhood organization is real or imagined. Vidino, an academic and security expert, specializes in Islam and political violence in Europe and North America. A visiting fellow at the RAND Corp. in Washington, D.C., he held fellowships at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, the U.S.…
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NATO Expansion
Former Polish President Walesa thanked the U.S. for its support of democracy around the world. He supports the expansion of NATO with Poland as a member. After his prepared remarks, he took questions from the audience. Translation into English was by an interpreter.
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Book & Author Committee
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NPC Freelancers Breakfast
NPC Freelancers are invited to meet for breakfast at 8:30am Tuesday, April 26 in the McClendon Room before attending the 2011 Curtis B. Hurley Symposium - The Future of Public Broadcasting: Innovating to Connect Communities from 9am to Noon in the Conference Rooms. Over breakfast we will discuss networking strategies and best practices for meeting editors and publishers. You are welcome to attend either one or both events. Please note that you must RSVP for the Symposium to [email protected]. The 2011 Curtis B. Hurley SymposiumThe Future of Public Broadcasting: Innovating to…
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Magic Show
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