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Photos: World Series Trophy Visit
Type: Media
Longfellow: A Rediscovered Life
Charles Calhoun was interviewed about his book Longfellow: A Rediscovered Life, published by Beacon Press.
Type: Media
Journalism Institute opens new reporting, writing, leadership programs
Starting this week, The National Press Club Journalism Institute will host weekly programs to help journalists and communicators focus on craft development and community during these challenging times. On Friday, April 17, join us to explore writing about personal loss in a time of collective grief. Keith Woods, NPR’s chief diversity officer, and Tom Huang, The Dallas Morning News assistant managing editor for journalism initiatives, will discuss their experiences with “Grieving together, alone” and take questions from 11:30 a.m. to noon in a Zoom webinar. It’s one of five free community…
Type: News
Round 1 voting for 2020 Book Brackets closes tonight
Cast your vote by tonight in the first round of the 2020 Book Brackets, hosted by the National Press Club Journalism Institute. Your selections will determine which of 64 journalism books will move forward in this single-elimination, vote-driven contest. Round 1 voting closes at midnight Tuesday, April 14, to decide which titles advance. Anyone can vote in any round, whether or not you made a prediction or voted before. The winning title — and the runners up — will be featured at the National Press Club's Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library as the Institute curates titles for the…
Type: News
Books & Brunch to meet via Zoom, April 18
Books & Brunch will meet via Zoom at noon on April 18 to discuss "Olive, Again" by Elizabeth Strout. To join the online discussion, please email Fay Iudicello at [email protected]. Once your RSVP is confirmed, you will receive an invitation to the Zoom meeting for your calendar. Of course, it's BYOBrunch. If you have not used Zoom and you need instructions, please email Donna Leinwand Leger at [email protected] for instructions.
Type: News
Writing Through: Grieving Together, Alone
Join us to explore writing about personal loss in a time of collective grief. Keith Woods, NPR’s chief diversity officer, and Tom Huang, The Dallas Morning News assistant managing editor for journalism initiatives, will discuss their experiences with “Grieving together, alone” and take questions from 11:30 a.m. to noon Friday, April 17, on Zoom. Registration is open. Both journalists have written about the loss of a parent at a time of collective grieving. The first part of this program will be a 15-minute conversation between them, connecting the writing process and the grieving process…
Type: Event
Pandemic expedites publication of Club member’s book on crisis management
Edward Segal , a member of the National Press Club and specialist in crisis management, said publication of his new book, "Crisis Ahead: 101 Ways to Prepare for and Bounce Back from Disasters, Scandals, and Other Emergencies," (Nicholas Brealey Publishing) has been expedited because of the impact of the coronavirus on companies, organizations, and the economy. It will be released as an e-book on April 21 and as a paperback on June 16. "Crisis Ahead" includes a discussion of the early crisis management lessons that can be learned from the pandemic and the template for a crisis management and…
Type: News
Coronavirus poses new challenges for reporters, news organizations
Timely and reliable news reporting is more important than ever now as the coronavirus pandemic spreads rapidly across the world. The challenge is a daunting one for journalists faced not only with the task of sorting through complicated and often contradictory information but also the risk of contracting COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by the new virus. And even as people turn to the news media for information on the crisis, many U.S. newspapers are letting go of reporters and editors as advertising all but disappears. In this edition of the National Press Club podcast Update-1,…
Type: News
An elegant early spring dessert
Orange you gonna serve dessert? One of the joys of entertaining folks at home will be realizing we are back to some sort of normalcy and not eating with friends facing a laptop screen. Dessert is one of the great treats of life. When you did cook dinner for friends, do you run out of energy for dessert? Default to bakery cake or tubs of ice cream? I would guess at least once, after making your special boeuf bourguignon or apple stuffed Cornish game hens, dessert was the last thing on your mind. But how elegant to actually finish a meal with a well-thought-out show-stopper dessert that is…
Type: News