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NPC Scholarship Committee
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New Member Orientation
Are you a new member of National Press Club? Want to learn more about what the Club has to offer you? You can find out at a choice of two New Member Orientation sessions Wednesday, May 14. To fit members' schedules, the Club's Membership Department is offering sessions at both breakfast and lunch. The breakfast orientation will begin at 8:30 a.m., the lunch session at noon. Both will be in the Reliable Source restaurant. Please RSVP with your choice of session to Recruitment Manager Allyson Cannon at [email protected] by Monday, May 12.
Type: Event
Broadcasting and Public Interest
Mr. Jordan talked about broadcasting and the public interest in the 1990s. Westinghouse owns the CBS network. He talked about the history of the 1934 Broadcasting Act which first detailed the public interest responsibilities of radio. He also discussed the new developments in media such as digital television. He defined the public interest of the 1990s as news, public affairs, the education of children and coverage of political campaigns. He took questions from the audience.
Type: Media
NPC Book & Author Committee
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NPC Speakers Committee
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Book Rap: Tom Young "Sand and Fire"
Book Rap: Tom Young "Sand and Fire"
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Book Rap: Todd Purdum "An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Two Presidents, Two Parties, and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964"
Todd Purdum, a top Washington journalist, recounts the dramatic political battle to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the law that created modern America, on the fiftieth anniversary of its passage. Mr. Purdum will sign copies of the book after the discussion. It was a turbulent time in America—a time of sit-ins, freedom rides, a March on Washington and a governor standing in the schoolhouse door—when John F. Kennedy sent Congress a bill to bar racial discrimination in employment, education, and public accommodations. Countless civil rights measures had died on Capitol Hill in the past. But…
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Unemployment Among Returning Service Personnel Gaining Momentum
Certified Angus Beef Dinner
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Book Rap: Brad Thor "Act of War"
#1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor delivers his most frightening and pulse-pounding thriller ever! Brad Thor will discuss his new book "Act of War" and sign copies after the discussion. This is a ticketed event and is a fundraiser for the NPC Journalism Institute. Books must be purchased through the NPC. No outside books or memorabilia permitted. All sales are final. After a CIA agent mysteriously dies overseas, his top asset surfaces with a startling and terrifying claim. There’s just one problem — no one knows if she can be trusted. But when six exchange students go missing, two…
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Cinco de Mayo Night
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