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NPC Board of Governors Meeting
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Press Freedom Survey Release
Freedom of the Press 2012: Breakthroughs and Pushback in the Middle East Join Freedom House and the National Press Club on World Press Freedom Day, May 3, for the launch ofFreedom House’s annual survey of press freedom around the globeFreedom of the Press 2012: Breakthroughs and Pushback in the Middle East Freedom House will release the findings of its annual survey at the event, and panelists from Egypt, Mexico and Hungary will discuss the changes underway in their countries.Panel:Introduction: National Press Club President Theresa Werner Opening remarks: Guido Westerwelle, German Foreign…
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NPC Luncheon: Gerald R. Ford Journalism Awards featuring Chris Matthews
Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's Hardball With Chris Matthews and the weekly Chris Matthews Show, will be the featured speaker at the 25th annual Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation journalism awards luncheon, hosted by the National Press Club on Monday, June 4. The Ford Presidential Foundation will honor the winners of its annual awards for coverage of the presidency and for coverage of national defense issues. Winners have yet to be named. President Ford, who had a long association with the National Press Club, established the journalism awards through his Foundation. Matthews served as…
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Get It Online: Discussion with Niv Elis, Jerusalem Post & The Bottom Line
Get It Online: Discussion with Niv Elis, Jerusalem Post & The Bottom LineThe Events Committee features Niv Elis of the Jerusalem Post for this “Get it Online” lunch discussion on Tuesday, June 19 from 12 - 1:15 p.m. in the McClendon Room. Niv Elis is a Breaking News Editor, Web Columnist and Featured Blogger for The Jerusalem Post. His blog "The Bottom Line" (http://blogs.jpost.com/users/bottom-line) applies his expertise in policy, economics, conflict and Middle East affairs to provide an insider's view of the policy behind the politics, and the numbers behind the policy. A graduate of…
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NPC Events Committee
Events Committee Meeting
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Satchmo at the National Press Club
Press Conference with the National Press Club, Smithsonian Folkways and The Louis Armstrong Foundation to discuss the release of the live recording: "Satchmo at The National Press Club." It is believed this is the last recorded trumpet performance by the greatest trumpet player of all time. The concert took place January 29, 1971. At the news conference officials from the three organizations will describe the process that brought this music, which so far has been heard by only a few hundred people, to the public and what it means for these institutions and their missions. Louis Armstrong was…
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Wall Street Week Perspective
Mr. Rukeyser talked about his philosophy for planning and writing "Wall Street Week."
Type: Media
Timothy Gay "Assignment to Hell"
A panel of journalists and authors will discuss the book, Assignment to Hell: The War Against Nazi Germany with Correspondents Walter Cronkite, Andy Rooney, A.J. Liebling, Homer Bigart, and Hal Boyle. Reservations are required for this event and may be made at [email protected] or by calling 202-662-7523. This event is free for NPC members, $5.00 for all non-members. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing. Proceeds benefit the National Press Club Journalism Institute. No outside books will be permitted. Panelists include: Timothy Gay, author, Assignment to Hell Walter (…
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Comedian Lizz Winstead "Lizz Free or Die: Essays"
Lizz Winstead, co-creator of The Daily Show, comedian and insightful social critic, discusses how she discovered her comedic voice in her book "Lizz Free or Die." This event is free for NPC members, $5.00 for all guests and non-members. NPC members should login for the discount code. From her childhood longing to be a priest, to her role in developing The Daily Show and her life today (complete with two difficult dogs), Winstead has tapped an outrageous and heartfelt vein of the all-too-human comedy. In this collection of autobiographical essays, Winstead vividly recounts how she fought to…
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His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, Vice President of the Republic of Ghana - "My First Coup d'Etat: And Other True Stories from the Lost Decades of Africa"
His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, will discuss his memoir, My First Coup d'Etat, in the Ballroom at 6:30 p.m. on July 12. This event is free for NPC members, $5.00 for all guests and non-members. My First Coup d’Etat chronicles the coming-of-age of John Dramani Mahama in Ghana during the dismal post-independence "lost decades" of Africa. He was seven years old when rumors of a coup reached his boarding school in Accra. His father, a minister of state, was suddenly missing, then imprisoned for more than a year. My First Coup d’Etat offers a look at…
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