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Young Members Team hosts 'speed mentoring' TONIGHT
Please join the National Press Club Young Members Team for an evening of Speed Mentoring for Communicators from 6 - 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, in the Cosgrove Lounge. The program will involve small groups of mentees moving from mentor to mentor to discuss best communication practices and career advice, followed by a small networking reception. This event, which is open to all Club Young Members, is free but spaces are limited. Register online. Participating mentors: Alison Burke, head of external relations, North America public and social sector practice, McKinsey Emily Horne, vice…
Type: News
U.S. Economic Issues
Businessman and 1992 independent presidential candidate Ross Perot spoke to a luncheon audience on the economic situation facing America and the steps needed to restore America's economic vitality. He discussed his political organization United We Stand, which backs his position emphasizing deficit reduction, and responded to questions from members of the audience following his prepared remarks.
Type: Media
Do you have a discerning eye for excellent journalism? Help judge Club contest
The National Press Club Awards Team is looking for a few additional judges to wrap up our judging panels for this year for the Club’s journalism contest. If you are interested in being considered for this popular duty at the Club, please send an email to Will Lester, [email protected], in the next couple of days or by Sunday, May 12, at the latest, or call 410-271-7020. This is for journalist members, or members who have a background in journalism before doing communications work. Please include a paragraph on your journalism background and why you are interested in judging. Please send your…
Type: News
Enjoy food, drinks, trivia at Pub Quiz, 7 pm Thursday
This month's National Press Club Pub Quiz will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 9, in the Truman Lounge. Gather a team of four to enjoy food, drinks and trivia. Don’t have a team? Longtime Quiz host Marc Wojno will find one for you. For more information on Pub Quiz and other upcoming events, contact Mesfin Mekonen at [email protected].
Type: News
Want to join House and Bar Team? Next meeting set for noon, May 13
The National Press Club House and Bar Team will meet at noon Monday, May 13, in the John Cosgrove Memorial Lounge. The House Team is recruiting new members with the goal of adding a representative from every other Club team to broaden our input from Club members. Our mission is to make recommendations to the Club president on the Club's physical facilities and ambience, menu and drink selections and the House Rules. If you're interested in joining us, please send an email to Paul Merrion at [email protected].
Type: News
National Press Club celebrates belated release of journalists in Myanmar
Leaders of the National Press Club expressed joy late today upon seeing news reports that two Reuters journalists who had spent more than a year in prison in Myanmar had been released. The journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, had received the Club’s John Aubuchon Award for Press Freedom in 2018. They have also earned a Pulitzer Prize and UNESCO’s press freedom award, and they were recognized in Time magazine in its 2018 “Person of the Year” issue. “Today is a great day because our colleagues are free, but let’s be clear: they should never have been imprisoned to begin with,” said Club…
Type: News
William "Bill" Seamans, Emmy-winning journalist, 92
William "Bill" Seamans, an Emmy-winning journalist and National Press Club member from 1992 to 2011, died April 21 in Bedford, N.H. The following are excerpts from an obituary in The Keene (N.H.) Sentinel: Bill was born on July 8, 1925, in Providence, R.I. He was a decorated World War II veteran who earned two Bronze stars and a Purple Heart for his service in the U.S. Army as a sharpshooter with the 302nd Regiment of the 94th Infantry Division. He participated in three fields of combat: northern France, Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge) and the Rhineland. In Pontivy, France, he trained members…
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Max Fine, 56-year Club member, Medicare pioneer in Kennedy administration, 92
Max W. Fine, a 56-year National Press Club communicator member and pioneer champion of making Medicare available to all Americans, died April 19 at the age of 92. He had lived in Rockville, Md. "If commitment to the public good is the measure of a person, then Max Fine’s life was one well-lived," Carl Ginsburg, Fine’s nephew and director of communications for the New York State Nurses Association, wrote in a tribute to his uncle. Born in Nashville, Tenn., Fine became an advocate of health care for all as a right after being named by President John F. Kennedy to a legislative task force that…
Type: News
Finances, membership trends among topics for General Membership Meeting, May 17
The National Press Club will hold a General Membership Meeting for all Club members at 12:15 pm Friday, May 17, in the Fourth Estate Restaurant. Members will receive an update on the Club’s finances and membership trends and hear from the Club’s leadership on other matters. A complimentary light lunch will be served. We look forward to seeing you there.
Type: News
Learn about disruptive technologies’ growing impact, challenges at Wharton DC Innovation Summit, May 7
Seth Goldman, executive chairman of Beyond Meat and co-founder of Honest Tea, and 60 other business leaders will discuss trends and developments in disruptive technologies, such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, big data and the Internet of Things, at the Wharton DC Innovation Summit, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, at Pinstripes in North Bethesda, Md. The Summit will address what these technologies are and how they are transforming major industries, from healthcare and transportation to food, retail and finance. In three breakout tracks of four sessions each, speakers will…
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