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NPC Communicators Lunch and Learn: How to Write and Place Opinion Media
Writing and placing opinion media, including op-eds, commentary and letters to the editor, is a powerful method to reach and persuade target audiences, whether they’re consumers, business executives or government officials. During this virtual program hosted by the NPC Communicators Team, Sam Ryan and Robby Schrum of Keybridge Communications will review best practices for opinion media and explain the elements and processing of crafting a newsworthy item such as an op-ed. An op-ed, or opposite editorial, has a long tradition in journalism. It’s an opinion article that appears in the newspaper…
Type: Event
Club closed Friday for New Year's
The National Press Club will be closed on Friday, Jan. 1, New Year's Day. The Club's president, officers, Governors and staff wishes members a Happy New Year.
Type: News
Last chance to Celebrate New Year's Eve with dinner for two from Club
Today's the deadline for ordering a New Year's Eve meal with steak and shrimp from the Club's online store. The cost is $110. Members receive a 15% discount. Just order it online today and either pick it up at the Club or have it delivered Thursday in the Washington metropolitan area for an additional charge. The dinner includes two Certified Angus Beef filet mignons wrapped in bacon. These are marked on the grill and await your reheating to the temperature of your choosing. Four jumbo marinated shrimp skewers will likewise be grill-seared, also ready for reheating with lemon butter on the…
Type: News
Hear talk on Eisenhower's influence on world, at American Legion Post 20 meeting, Jan. 19
University of Virginia history professor and author Will Hitchcock will discuss the importance of President Dwight D. Eisenhower at a virtual meeting of the American Legion Post 20 at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19. All Club members are invited to the speaker portion of the meeting. RSVP to Post 20 Sergeant at Arms Evelyn Moy at [email protected]. A link to the meeting will be provided. Hitchcock is the William W. Corcoran professor of history at UVA. An expert on the post-World War II years, he has written and edited numerous books about that era. His most recent book, "The Age of Eisenhower:…
Type: News
It's a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play
The National Press Club will close 2020 by presenting a 'radio play' version of the classic story "It's a Wonderful Life" on New Year's Eve at 7 p.m. ET. The cast of the one-hour "radio play" is comprised of Club members including former presidents Mark Hamrick, Angela Greiling Keane, Jeff Ballou and Gil Klein, along with Board of Governors members Debra Silimeo, Danny Selnick and Mark Schoeff, Jr. Professional broadcasters and Club members Dan Raviv, Barbara Porter, Sam Litzinger, Irv Chapman and Ken Mellgren are also in the cast, along with members Marc Wojno, Maureen…
Type: Event
Begin New Year's Eve by listening to Club version of 'It's a Wonderful Life' on Zoom at 7 p.m.
The National Press Club will close 2020 tonight with a Zoom-based radio play version of the classic story "It's a Wonderful Life" on New Year's Eve. The program -- co-sponsored by the Club and American Heritage magazine -- will be available online at 7 p.m. The cast features 19 Club members covering 43 roles in the 62-page script. They are former presidents Mark Hamrick, Angela Greiling Keane, Jeff Ballou and Gil Klein; Governors Debra Silimeo, Danny Selnick and Mark Schoeff Jr.; and Club members Dan Raviv, Barbara Porter, Sam Litzinger, Irv Chapman, Ken Mellgren, Marc Wojno, Maurine Beasley…
Type: News
Celebrate New Year's Eve with dinner for two from the Club's online store
Celebrate New Year's Eve with steak and shrimp from the Club's online store. The Club is offering the menu kit through Wednesday, The cost if $110. Members receive a 15% discount. Just order it online and either pick it up at the Club or have it delivered in the Washington metropolitan area for an additional charge. Please order 24 hours in advance, but the Club will try to accommodate last-minute requests. The dinner includes two Certified Angus Beef filet mignons wrapped in bacon. These are marked on the grill and await your reheating to the temperature of your choosing. Four jumbo…
Type: News
This Club member photographed East Germany and Czechoslovakia just after the Soviet Union fell. Hear his stories Jan. 21
National Press Club member Ron N. Hoffer, who photographed East Germany and Czechoslovakia, will talk about his experiences in a Virtual Book Rap at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21 Hoffer gathered those pictures and accompanying text in his book, From the Bronx to Berlin and Beyond. He at is a specialist in water and environmental management. He has worked with the Environmental Protection Agency, the World Bank and state governments. He always has his camera with him and has become known as a documentary photographer. To receive an invitation to join the event, sponsored by the Book & Author…
Type: News
Join James Beard Award-winning Chef Andy Ricker Jan. 8 for event to free journalist Austin Tice
Join James Beard Award-winning Chef Andy Ricker at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8, who will lead a remote cooking demonstration from his kitchen in Thailand to help highlight the case of Austin Tice, the Marine veteran and award-winning journalist who was detained at a checkpoint in Syria while covering the unrest there in 2012. Ricker, the chef and owner of the popular Pok Pok restaurants, will team up with Tice’s brother Jacob Tice and Washington Post Global Opinions columnist and press freedom advocate Jason Rezaian to teach viewers how to make authentic pad see ew. Tickets for the class can be…
Type: News
Telecommunications Act
The Media and Democracy Coalition, representing 116 interest groups, held a news conference about the release of its "Bill of Media Rights." The report criticized the 1996 Telecommunications Act and its impact on the media industry over the past decade. Among the topics they addressed were higher prices to consumers, increased media concentration, and less diversity in programming content and minority representation. Following their remarks they answered questions from reporters.
Type: Media