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NPC in History: The Club that saved the world?
It’s a tale of intrigue that took place in plain sight at the National Press Club bar, even as it remained hidden from common knowledge for decades as the participants kept their mouths shut – or didn’t even know what they had done. It’s the role the Club played in the Cuban Missile Crisis. I was not aware of any of it until 1998 when an AP story cited recently opened Soviet archives that hinted at the role a Club bartender played with KGB agents masquerading as correspondents for TASS, the Soviet News Agency. And I was not aware of the full story until the publication in 2018 of Steven…
Type: News
PLAY BALL with the National Press Club’s Softball Team!
Did you know that the National Press Club has a softball team? Yep, the Club's “Big Blue Machine” plays in the Metropolitan Media Softball League against teams from CNN, Bloomberg, USA Today, The Washington Post, NPR and other news organizations. If you are a Club member and are interested in playing for the team this year, please join current players and coaches for an informal happy hour in the Reliable Source Bar & Grill on Tuesday, March 26, from 6-8 p.m. The team is always looking for new players (especially women!) and it’s a great way to meet other Club members, as well as…
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Reliable Source new menu items catching on
The National Press Club's Reliable Source restaurant has a new menu with new choices for lunch and dinner. New items are prepared fresh daily by Executive Chef Susan Delbert and her staff, available at the hot buffet and salad bar. New menu items include a spinach salad with chicken or roasted portabella, steak salad, coconut chicken fingers, crab cake platter, roast beef sandwich, creole shrimp and cheesy grits, pasta with Bolognese meat sauce or a vegan marinara sauce, and a Greek-style oregano grilled chicken breast And on the dinner menu: avocado toast with smoked salmon, steak salad,…
Type: News
11 young NPC members benefit at 'speed networking' event
The National Press Club Young Members group held their first “speed networking” event Monday, allowing journalists to converse with seasoned professionals about starting careers. Participants enjoyed burgers, quesadillas and drinks as they participated in an experience similar to speed dating. Groups of three to four mentees would ask mentors questions about how to further careers -- ten minutes with each member. In the end, a reception was held and mentees were free to continue conversations with the mentors. The Young Members kept this first installment intimate with three mentors and 11…
Type: News
For kids and adults: Magic and Taxes, April 15
Now's the time to plan to attend the free magic show at 7 p.m. Monday, April 15, in the National Press Club conference rooms. Five members of the Society of American Magicians, including former Club president Larry “Lorenzo the Great” Lipman and two winners of the “Magician of the Year” contest sponsored by the International Brotherhood of Magicians Ring 50, will be among the performers. There will be a special kids menu for families in the Reliable Source and a walk-around magician performing there before the show. Dine early, the show starts promptly at 7 p.m. Club members and non-…
Type: News
Club member Anthony Gallo premiering "L'Ebreo this Saturday
National Press Club member Anthony Gallo will be premiering "L’Ebreo" (the Jew), a Moliere-type period comedy written by Michelangelo the Younger, grandnephew of the artist on Saturday, March 23. The unnoticed manuscript was discovered in the Buonarotti Mansion by American scholar Dr. Ed Goldberg and adapted to the 21st Century. Read more. The critically acclaimed Tred Avon Players, the Oxford Community Center, and the Robert Morris Inn will be mounting a staging of Mr. Morris! Mr. Morris! on Saturday and Sunday March 30 and 31. The Inn’s Five Star chef will be providing an 18th…
Type: News
Eat your way through Italy with cookbook author Elizabeth Minchilli, April 24
Travel writer and cookbook author Elizabeth Minchilli will share her insights on Italian cuisine and culture at a five-course Italian dinner based on recipes from her book, "The Italian Table" at the Fourth Estate restaurant on Wednesday, April 24. Combining menus and recipes with visual experience and inspiration, "The Italian Table" is a practical resource that will help home cooks and hosts recreate these fabulous meals and celebrations at their own tables. The evening begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Fourth Estate with hors d'oeuvres featuring six different Italian specialties. Tickets for the…
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The Fate of Influence Peddling
The panelists discussed the expected influence of the Clinton administration on lobbyists.
Type: Media
New members added to online directory
Every month the National Press Club welcomes dozens of new professionals to our community. Please join in welcoming the following new members who joined the Club so far in 2019, and feel free to connect with them through our new Online Member Directory (you must be logged into your membership account online to access the directory): Megan Arendt, Communications Manager, Action on Smoking & Health Leila Barghouty, Producer, Al Jazeera Keith Bliven, News Director, KTIV-TV Natalie Brand, Freelance Correspondent, CBS Newspath Chelsea Cirruzzo, Reporter, Inside Washington Publishers Lynette…
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Institute event reveals why and how to use campaign finance data
A panel of experts on campaign finance data called it the key to politics and provided practical guidance to journalists for accessing and using it at a National Press Club Journalism Institute event Monday. Ellen Weintraub, chair of the Federal Election Commission, said campaign finance "affects who gets elected, what gets enacted.” She encouraged reporters to contact the commission because its reporting data is set up to help them follow the money. For data go here, to contact the agency, go here. Weintraub named current “hot issues” as the sources of money, particularly dark money, which…
Type: News