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Club wins “lifetime” award
The National Press Club has been awarded the New York Festivals' Lifetime Achievement Award, which will be presented to Club President Michael Freedman on April 21 during at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas. For the Club, of course, a “lifetime” is all 112 years of the Club’s existence. “For over a century, the National Press Club has upheld responsible journalism, supported freedom of the press worldwide, and provided a forum for the exchange of substantive ideas in our nation’s capital,” said Rose Anderson, vice president and executive director of NYF’s TV…
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National Press Club wants to see your best coverage of foreign affairs from 2019
The time is here to enter the best journalism about foreign affairs in 2019 in the National Press Club’s annual contest. The winners in both print/online and broadcast will get the Edwin M. Hood Award for Diplomatic Correspondence. The award is named for Hood, a distinguished diplomatic correspondent for The Associated Press and a founding Club member. Entrants must demonstrate an understanding of American foreign policy and how foreign affairs activity affects those policies. Entries can be a single article or broadcast or a series of articles or broadcasts (maximum of 5) that will be judged…
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Indie authors to hear how to turn a manuscript into a book, March 12
Katherine Pickett, owner of POP Editorial Services, will be guest speaker at the next meeting of the independent authors group of National Press Club members on Thursday, March 12, from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the McClendon Room. Authors who have published via the independent route (sometimes called self-publishing) are invited to attend. Contact Ed Barks at [email protected] for your invitation. The group also extends a special invitation to Club members who may be in the process of writing a book and want to learn more about the benefits of indie authorship. Pickett's topic will be "How…
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Fish tacos on Taco Bar Friday evening
If it is Friday, it must be Taco Night in the Reliable Source. The Friday taco bar is a one of the things for which the National Press Club is most renowned. It was once said that legions of Capitol Hill staffers made it through their internships based on this Club tradition. Having said that, we are always trying to keep the offerings fresh and timely. We have offered turkey tacos, for those who do not eat red meat, spicy and non-spicy for those cayenne-averse, plant based “meats” for a chance for members to try a current trend, and this week we are offering salmon tacos. There will be…
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Coronavirus and Economic Imperialism of China
Coronavirus and Economic Imperialism of China Venue: Murrow RoomTime: 10am - 11am ET Is the Belt and Road Initiative of China making it harder to contain COVID-19? A panel of experts will examine the relationship between China's model of international development and economic statecraft with the ongoing coronavirus outbreak which has spread to at least 75 countries and infected more than 95,000 people worldwide in just a few months. Jennifer Huang Bouey, MD, PhD ,Senior Policy Researcher; Tang Chair in China Policy Studies RAND Corporation Daniel Kliman, Senior Fellow and Director, Asia-…
Type: Event
Vaccination hesitation could cause pandemic to linger
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Francis Collins warned a virtual National Press Club audience on Oct. 23 that U.S. efforts to eradicate COVID-19 could be significantly delayed if large portions of the American public refuse an eventual vaccine. “If only 50% of Americans are interested in taking it, we’re never going to get to that point of immunity across the population where COVID-19 goes away,” Collins said during a virtual Newsmakers event. “It could be here for years.” National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins (r) said Americans have an individual…
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Jacque Whaumbush - Candidate Petition
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Bring Austin Tice Home for Thanksgiving
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50th Anniversary of Polio Vaccine
Ben Bradlee, former executive editor of the Washington Post, and Anne Roosevelt, granddaughter of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, talked about the 50th anniversary of the Salk polio vaccine. They talked about personal and family battles with the disease as well as the impact of the vaccine on national public health. Following their remarks they answered questions from the audience.
Type: Media
Latest Update-1 podcast remembers Chadwick Boseman's D.C. connection
The latest edition of Update-1, the National Press Club's podcast, features a remembrance of the late actor Chadwick Boseman, whose death in August at the age of 43 left a void not only in the entertainment industry but also for many young people in the country. Dr. Wayne Frederick Gemma Puglisi, a member of the National Press Club's Broadcast/Podcast Committee, interviews Dr. Wayne Frederick, the president of Howard University in Washington, D.C., Boseman's alma mater. Frederick, an oncologist, discusses Boseman's impact at Howard, the actor’s colon cancer diagnosis and the rise of the…
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