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NPC Virtual Newsmaker: The Lincoln Project
Republican political strategists Steve Schmidt and Rick Wilson, co-founders of The Lincoln Project, gave a candid assessment of the state of the 2020 race and the Lincoln Project's strategy to defeat Donald Trump and the Republican senators who support him at a virtual Headliners Newsmaker on Sept. 24, 2020.
Type: Media
The Digital Learning Gap
Mark your calendar! Cox is making an announcement with special guests and you don’t want to miss it. We cannot allow this pandemic to create an irreversible homework gap for students without Internet. Join Pat Esser, president and CEO of Cox Communications, and Michael Powell, president and CEO, NCTA – The Internet & Television Association, for an exclusive event to highlight the new challenges the pandemic has presented in today’s learning environment and what schools and families can do to connect and thrive in this new phase of the digital divide. This virtual event will take place…
Type: Event
Press Club, Institute release statement on DOJ decision related to Al Jazeera filing under FARA
In response to the Justice Department’s order on Sept. 14 for a U.S.-based affiliate of Al Jazeera to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), National Press Club President Michael Freedman and National Press Club Journalism Institute President Angela Greiling Keane released the following joint statement on Sept. 18: “We disagree with the U.S Department of Justice decision to require AJ+ to file under FARA. This order effectively says the U.S. government views Al Jazeera to be a propaganda arm of the Qatari government rather than the independent news organizations that…
Type: News
NIH director to update COVID-19 therapeutic, vaccine developments at Newsmaker, Friday
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., the 16th director of the National Institutes of Health, will deliver brief remarks and engage in a virtual Q&A on the latest COVID-19 therapeutic and vaccine developments and how the agency is helping to promote research and engagement in communities hardest hit by COVID-19, during a National Press Club Virtual Newsmaker at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23. This event was rescheduled from Sept. 28. This one-hour program will stream live on the Club’s website and YouTube Channel, and is accessible to both the media and members of the general public free of charge.…
Type: News
NPC Virtual Newsmaker: NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., the 16th Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will deliver brief remarks and engage in a virtual Q&A on the latest COVID-19 therapeutic and vaccine developments at a National Press Club Virtual Newsmaker presentation on Friday, October 23 at 2:00 p.m. This one-hour program will stream live on the Club’s website and YouTube Channel, and is accessible to both the media and members of the general public free-of-charge. Viewers can send their questions for Dr. Collins in advance or during the live program via email to [email protected].…
Type: Event
Virtual Book Rap features 'From Terrorism to Television' on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 7 p.m.
National Press Club member Qaisar Abbas plans to discuss the book he co-edited with Farooq Sulehria at a Virtual Book Rap on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 7 pm. To receive an invitation to join the event, please email Heather Forsgren Weaver at [email protected]. The contents of From Terrorism to Television, Dyanamics of Media, State and Society in Pakistan includes chapters by "prominent and emerging journalists, as well as academic scholars from Pakistan, Australia, Britain and the United States," according to a press release about the book. The book dissects various contemporary…
Type: News
The Bonus Army: An American Epic
The authors talked about their book The Bonus Army: An American Epic, published by Walker and Company. They described the event in the summer of 1932, at the height of the Depression, when some 45,000 veterans of World War I descended on Washington, D.C. from all over the country to demand the bonus promised them eight years earlier for their wartime service. They said that blacks and whites lived together in shantytowns while protesting and rallying for their cause. The authors answered questions from audience members following the presentation.
Type: Media
Club plans press conference to launch program to provide meals for Howard University Hospital staff, Sept. 24, 1 p.m.
The National Press Club plans to hold a news conference at 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, to launch Help The Heroes, a program designed to support frontline medical workers at Howard University Hospital by providing timely and convenient food assistance at the end of their shift. The news conference is expected be held in the NPC's Holeman Lounge. To attend the press conference in person please contact Lindsay Underwood at [email protected] This event also will be streamed live on the Club's website and YouTube Channel. Speakers include: Anita L.A. Jenkins, Howard University Hospital chief…
Type: News
CNN's launch has led to speedy, less accurate information for cable news, author says at Press Club Headliners Book Rap
National Press Club President Mike Freedman welcomes viewers and introduces journalist Lisa Napoli, author of the new book, "Up All Night: Ted Turner, CNN and the Birth of 24-Hour News" at a Headliners Virtual Book Rap on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. Photo: Alan Kotok CNN’s ushering in of the era of 24-hour cable television news and the speed of information spread has resulted in a sacrificing of accuracy, author Lisa Napoli warned at a National Press Club Headliners Virtual Book Rap on Tuesday. Napoli, whose book, Up All Night: Ted Turner, CNN and the Birth of 24-Hour News, described how Ted…
Type: News
NPC Debate Filing Center - Third Presidential Debate
With many newsrooms closed and space for the press limited at debate sites, the National Press Club is pleased to support the Commission on Presidential Debates and proud to serve as the official Washington, D.C. Press Filing Center for the 2020 general election and vice presidential debates. Credentialed journalists who wish to reserve space in the NPC Press Filing Center for the Third Presidential Debate on Thursday, October 22 may do so by contacting [email protected] Space is limited in order to accommodate public health and social distancing guidelines. Preference will be given to…
Type: Event