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Renewable Transmission Developers
Newsmaker: Renewable Transmission Developers will Discuss "Infrastructure Needs to Expand Offshore Wind Development" The National Press Club Newsmakers Committee will host a Newsmaker forum on the growing importance of offshore wind and the tools and infrastructure necessary to get it to consumers, in the club's Zenger Room at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, in the National Press Building, 529 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C. With vast untapped wind potential off the Eastern Seaboard, a number of companies are moving to build America’s first offshore wind farms. While developers have experienced…
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Impact of the Budget Agreement
Mr. Miller, Office of Management and Budget Director under President Reagan, talked about what would happen if Congress did not pass the required appropriations bills by the October 1 deadline. He claimed that those who are saying that the federal government will shut down are exaggerating the problem because this is a normal part of congressional and presidential debate over the budget. After his remarks, he took questions from the audience of reporters.
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Nigel Colley, Author
Author Nigel Colley will discuss his book, Gareth Jones: More Than a Grain of Truth. The Biography of Gareth Jones, a Welsh journalist who took on the media elite and the Soviet government to expose an artificial famine that killed from 6 to 10 million people in Ukraine and neighboring areas in l932-33. The book details how Jones defied Soviet censors and military to get into Ukraine, visited ghost towns and interviewed survivors and other witnesses. Contacts:National Press Club: PETER HICKMAN301/530-1210 (H&O/T&F), 301/367-7711 (CEL), 202/662-7540 (NPC), [email protected] Mr.…
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NPC Membership Committee
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NPC Budget Committee
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Maryland Governor and Democratic Governor Association Chairman Martin O'Malley
NEWSMAKER: Maryland Governor and Democratic Governor Association Chairman Martin O’Malley TOPIC: How Democratic Governors are leading the way on creating jobs and opportunity in the states DATE: Monday, November 14 TIME: 10:00 AM ROOM: Holeman Lounge BACKGROUND: After a successful 2011 cycle, where the DGA held seats in a tough environment in West Virginia and Kentucky and helped defeat Issue 2 in Ohio, Governor O’Malley will talk about how Democratic governors were able to withstand national trends by focusing on what matters most to voters: jobs. Now, with…
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The Nuts and Bolts of Freelancing
DON’T MISS THIS INSIDERS WORKSHOP for FREELANCE JOURNALISTSFriday November 18, 20119:30 a.m. – Noon at the National Press Club Sponsored by the National Press Club Freelance Committee & the DC Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists Two panels on the Nuts and Bolts of Freelancing PANEL I: Two successful freelance journalists Katherine Reynolds Lewis and Hazel Beker will share their experiences and wisdom about making money as a freelancer: thinking like a business owner, tracking income and expenses, budgeting, setting rates, contracting, and managing your clients. PANEL 2…
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NPC Committee Chairs
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Kathleen Gagg and Kimberly Burleson, Co-founders of Camp Better America
Co-Founders of Veterans Assistance Organization to Discuss Helping Returning Vets at NPC Newsmaker Date and Time: Nov. 15 at 10 AMPlace: Zenger Room, National Press Club (529 14th St., NW, 13th floor) Kathleen Gagg and Kimberly Burleson, co-founders of Camp Better America, will discuss how volunteer organizations can help returning veterans reintegrate into society at a National Press Club Newsmaker. Camp Better America is a volunteer organization that helps veterans and their families bond and reconnect after long, sometimes multiple deployments overseas. Experts brought in by Camp Better…
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