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Challenges Facing Homeland Security Department
The participants discussed a bipartisan joint CSIS-Heritage Foundation report on the challenges facing the Homeland Security Department. The report represents the conclusions of a task force charged with examining the organization and operations of the Department. Topics included the department's capacity to fulfill its mandate as set out in the Homeland Security Act of 2002, management, roles and missions, authorities, and resources. They recommended reorganization of the department and creation of a Permanent Homeland Security Committee in each House of Congress. After their presentations…
Type: Media
Explore photography, trauma and healing at June 5 program
Join Melissa Lyttle, an award-winning independent photojournalist, and Rosem Morton, a documentary photographer and nurse for a conversation about photography and healing on Friday, June 5. Lyttle is the founder of APhotoA Day and GeekFest. Morton’s work has appeared in the Washington Post and New York Times and on NPR and CNN. Register now to join this National Press Club Journalism Institute discussion, which will take place on Zoom from 11:30 a.m. to noon. This event is part of a series of community conversations hosted by the Institute: Find untold stories: How to use PACER with Seamus…
Type: News
Recipe from the Club's chef: Gumbo with chicken shrimp, mussels and andouille sausage
Asked their favorite meal, many might say, “a good soup.” A restaurant is often remembered for a signature soup. For those who cook, a soup can often support a burst of creativity. It is one food group for which not too many rules apply. Gumbo is a little different. There are prescribed steps to build the soup and to ignore any is to result in something that might be satisfying, but not gumbo. It starts with roux. The very word can be off-putting. Caveats abound that the roux should be “dark” but not black. too beige means a flour under-taste; go too far and a burnt undertone will pervade…
Type: News
Nonfiction Authors Association CEO to address Club's indie authors June 11
The club's informal group of independent authors will get an insider's view of the publishing world on Thursday, June 11, when it hears from Stephanie Chandler, CEO of the Nonfiction Authors Association. The meeting takes place via Zoom beginning at 9:30 a.m. Chandler is the author of several books including The Nonfiction Book Publishing Plan: The Professional Guide to Profitable Self-Publishing and The Nonfiction Book Marketing Plan: Online and Offline Promotion Strategies to Build Your Audience and Sell More Books. A frequent speaker at business events and on the radio, she has been…
Type: News
Foreign correspondents event on Reporting During a Pandemic postponed
Due to the ongoing protests, the International Correspondents Team needs to postpone the panel on reporting during a pandemic originally scheduled for Wednesday, June 3. The panelists are covering the demonstrations. A new date for the panel will be announced when scheduled.
Type: News
Club set to restore limited in-person services June 9
The National Press Club will restore limited in-person services on Tuesday, June 9, opening the clubhouse doors to members for the first time in 12 weeks. The Club suspended in-person activities on March 16 following the closure of non-essential businesses by the District of Columbia government in response to the coronavirus pandemic. After the recent lifting of the stay-at-home order for the District, the Club Board of Governors voted to proceed with a limited resumption of in-person services. Following a week of preparation and staff training, here are the details of what to expect…
Type: News
Future of the Democratic Party
Democratic Party experts talked about the results of the 2004 election and the decreasing power of the party in Congress. Topics included Social Security, advocacy groups, changing demographics, citizen activism, and labor unions. After their presentations the panelists answered audience members' questions.
Type: Media
Chat with Barton Gellman online about his book 'Dark Mirror' on Wednesday
Barton Gellman will discuss his book, "Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State" online at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 3. In 2013, Gellman helped break the news of Edward Snowden's disclosures of the National Security Agency's controversial surveillance network that sucked up the electronic communications of unsuspecting Americans. He won a Pulitzer Prize for public service for his work. The former Washington Post reporter's publisher describes "Dark Mirror" as a "narrative of investigative reporting as it happened and a deep dive into the machinery of the…
Type: News
Education panel says COVID-19 bared gaps in technology and support
A panel of education administrators said the coronavirus revealed gaps in access to technology and support across individuals, school districts and states during a National Press Club online event Thursday, May 28. Alberto Arvalho, Miami-Dade County superintendent of schools, said his system was prepared for crises because it is a coastal city and shuts down for hurricanes. At such times the schools become community shelters, so plans were in place to distribute food and water. The district also had a pandemic plan in existence, which was adapted for the specific needs of COVID-19. In a…
Type: News