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Drink, sing, party and then see how smart you are at the Reliable Source in May
Mark your calendar for May events in the Reliable Source restaurant and lounge: Wednesday, May 1, NPC Members Monthly Happy Hour – 5:30 p.m. – Truman Lounge Friday, May 3, Karaoke Night – 6 p.m. – Truman Lounge Monday, May 6, Cinco de Mayo celebration – 5:30 p.m. - Reliable Source Thursday, May 9, NPC Pub Quiz Night – 7 p.m. – Truman Lounge To make reservations, please contact the Reliable Source at 202-662-7443 or at [email protected]
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Club revives reporter/source happy hours
Nearly 40 journalists and communicators gathered in the Truman Lounge April 17 for a reporter/source happy hour. Hosted by the National Press Club Communicators’ Team, the event was designed to revive the Club happy hours geared toward convening journalists and communicators. “While the two professions have always been closely aligned, nowadays it’s more important than ever to work collaboratively so we can all be more successful,” said Communicators Team member Mike Fulton of The Asher Agency. “We wanted bring members together in a fun and casual setting to get to know each other, better…
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Earth Day’s founding organizer promises historic action on event’s 50th anniversary
Earth Day co-founder Denis Hayes expects next year’s 50th anniversary of the annual event will spur a record-breaking level of activism. “The 50th anniversary of Earth Day next year will be the largest, most diverse action, I believe, in human history,” Hayes said during a briefing Monday at the National Press Club. Pointing to the growing urgency surrounding the global threats posed by climate change, Hayes said that the Earth Day Network is prepared to engage with over 3 billion people in 190 countries through a series of mass events, digital canvassing and educational programs across the…
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National Press Club decries continued imprisonment of reporters in Myanmar
Leaders of the National Press Club expressed outrage about the Myanmar Supreme Court’s decision Monday to uphold the conviction of two Reuters reporters. The journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, 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’s “Person of the Year” issue. “We call on Myanmar’s president to reverse this travesty of justice,” said Club President Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak. “These men are heroes, not criminals.” “These reporters are being punished…
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Journalism program at Fund of American Studies seeks mentors for interns
Want to do something about the future of journalism? Consider becoming a mentor for a collegiate journalist intern this summer. The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) is seeking working journalists and communications professionals for their summer mentor program. Mentees are all undergraduates students who are interning in DC for the summer with news and communications outlets. It’s a fun and easy way to give back and help shape the journalists of the future. Sign up online today. TFAS is also still looking for companies and individuals to host interns for the summer. For details about being a…
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Chung and Povich banter over careers, news evolution and celebrity at "Legends of Broadcasting" dinner series
Washington natives Connie Chung and Maury Povich bantered their way through a question-and-answer session as the latest guests in the National Press Club Broadcast & Podcast Team's "Legends of Broadcasting" dinner series on April 17. Perhaps hoping, unsuccessfully, to avoid questions from the 30 attendees in the Club's Winner's Room, each had brought questions to ask the other. He, a former WWDC Radio newsman and WTTG Sports Director and she, a former WTTG newsroom secretary, writer and reporter, married in 1984. The couple now lives in New York -- Povich refers to it as being "held…
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Karoke tonight: Hit Me Baby One More Time in Truman Lounge
The National Press Club Events Committee invites you to warm up your vocal chords and start refining your greatest hits - karaoke is coming back to the Club at 6 p.m. Friday, May 3, in the Truman Lounge. Press Club Karaoke is perfect for all ages, including first-time performers and people who would like someone to encouragingly shout "whoo!" once or twice during their song. Choose from thousands of songs to belt either solo or with a friend (but no Nickelback, please). For any questions, please contact Emily Wilkins at [email protected].
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Trade journalist celebrates 40-year career with same publisher
In an era when journalists change employers often and out of necessity, Barb Zuehlke has broken the mold. On the cusp of retirement later in 2019, Zuehlke, now senior editor at Aircraft Maintenance Technology, is celebrating a 40-year career for the same publishing company. In this edition of Update-1, she spoke with National Press Club Broadcast/Podcast Committee co-vice chair Adam Konowe on the floor of an aviation maintenance convention to discuss her career, and the evolution in journalism and public relations during the past four decades. Broadcast/Podcast team co-vice chair Mike Hempen…
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NPC in History: The race to the North Pole
The most valuable items in the National Press Club archives are the volumes of autograph books that include the signatures of the thousands of the greats, the near greats, the heroes and the rogues of the 20th and 21st centuries who have come through the Club’s doors. The image here is of the first page of the first book. It starts with some of the celebrities who showed up for the Club’s housewarming party on May 18, 1908 in the first club house, which was located above a jewelry store at 1205 F St. NW. And yes, that is W.F. Cody of Cody, Wyoming, better known as "Buffalo Bill". But of even…
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Last chance to reserve for the annual Clam Bake Buffet, April 25 at the Reliable Source
Start your countdown to summer with the Annual Clam Bake Buffet dinner. Reserve now for this annual sellout. The buffet is served from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday, April 25, in the Reliable Source restaurant. The buffet features traditional clam bake favorites. Cost is $25 for National Press Club members and $32 for nonmembers, and does not include beverage, tax and gratuity. Please see buffet menu below. Prominent vocalist Renee Tannenbaum and her trio provide entertainment at this Club Jazz and Dinner event in the Truman Lounge. Tannenbaum is a regular performer in such Washington…
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