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Presidential Campaign Issues
Sen. Phil Gramm, chairman of the Republican Senatorial Committee, spoke on issues in the 1992 presidential election. He advocated the Bush/Quayle presidential ticket on the ground that the Bush administration carries the best chance of promoting peace and prosperity for America in the future. Sen. Gramm responded to questions from the audience following his prepared remarks.
Type: Media
U.S. Youth Soccer, Mayo Clinic to discuss new collaboration to reduce concussion risk in sports at Wednesday panel
Experts on youth sports and sports medicine will announce a new collaboration Wednesday to reduce the risks posed by head injuries to the three million children who play soccer. The National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker featuring a panel of top experts from U.S. Youth Soccer, the Mayo Clinic and other organizations will convene at 10 a.m. Nov. 14 in the Bloomberg Room. This news conference is open to credentialed media and Club members free of charge. Registration is required. Speakers at the event: Chris Moore, CEO, U.S. Youth Soccer, the largest youth sports organization in the United…
Type: News
VA secretary vows to improve efforts to help active duty military transition to veterans status
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie told a National Press Club luncheon audience Friday that he does not expect the upcoming change in control of the U.S. House of Representatives from the Republicans to Democrats to affect efforts to improve services for more than 20 million veterans receiving VA health care benefits. Speaking on the eve of Veterans Day and the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I on Nov. 11, Wilkie said his department enjoys bipartisan support that has resulted in a record-high budget and legislation that makes possible greater accountability…
Type: News
National Press Club Protests White House Treatment of Reporters
National Press Club leaders expressed outrage Thursday at President Donald Trump’s escalating attacks on the press and the White House’s revocation of a reporter’s credentials. Club President Andrea Edney said: “The president’s personal attacks on reporters, especially on CNN’s Jim Acosta, during a Nov. 7 news conference were unprecedented and beneath the dignity of the office. The president and his aides have suggested they are aggrieved only by certain segments of the media, not all of it. But the Fourth Estate stands as one. An attack on any of us is an attack on all of us.” Barbara…
Type: News
Discuss issues of the day at Communicators' Roundtable Dinner, Nov. 15
The National Press Club Communicators Team invites Club members – both journalists and professional communicators – to our next Communications Roundtable Dinner Thursday, Nov. 15. Join us for a lively discussion on current topics that we all face in our function and profession. By sharing our concerns, ideas, approaches and strategies, we help one another be more effective in our roles for our organizations. These quarterly dinners are held in the Winners’ Room in the Fourth Estate restaurant. A three-course dinner with wine is served for $58 per person with a cash bar at 6 p.m., followed by…
Type: News
U.S. special presidential envoy for hostage affairs to brief on Austin Tice case, Nov. 13
Robert O'Brien, the Trump Administration's point person for hostage affairs, will update reporters on the case of kidnapped journalist Austin Tice on Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the National Press Club in the Murrow Room. The Club and the Free Austin Tice Coalition, which includes The Washington Post, McClatchy, Reporters Without Borders, and Georgetown University, will announce the details of a new project, "Night Out For Austin Tice." Tice, a freelance journalist, was kidnapped in August 2012 while covering the conflict in Syria. The U.S. government has said it believes Tice is being held by…
Type: News
R&B broadcast legend Donnie Simpson to speak at Club dinner Tuesday
The next guest in the National Press Club's Legends of Broadcasting series is veteran Washington-based broadcaster Donnie Simpson, who will appear Tuesday evening, Dec. 4, for dinner. Simpson came to Washington from Detroit in 1974 as morning show host and program director at WKYS-FM. In the early 1980s he was backup sports anchor at WRC-TV and later joined Black Entertainment Television as host of "Video Soul." After a 5-1/2 year hiatus he returned to radio as afternoon drive host on WMMJ-FM in 2015, the same year he was inducted in the R&B Music Hall of Fame. During his career he has…
Type: News
NPC in History: What was Harris and Ewing?
Anyone who rummages around the National Press Club photo archives will come across the credit line “Harris & Ewing.” And anyone who walks down F Street across from the National Press Building will see the name Harris & Ewing deeply carved above the entrance to a four-story building. I didn’t think much about Harris & Ewing until last week when I spoke to the downtown Rotary Club. Before my talk, a Rotary historian, May Yoneyama O’Brien, gave a one-minute presentation on George Harris, who had founded the downtown Rotary Club and who was the Harris of Harris & Ewing. What I…
Type: News
Remember Atari? Play classic games with fellow Club members, Nov. 15
Compete with National Press Club members and guests in a variety of old school games at the Cosgrove Lounge at 6 p.m. on Nov. 15. Order drinks as you play a variety of board games (including a satirical 90’s curiosity Outrageous Journalists, inspired by the O.J. Simpson trial), card games and old-school video games (from the Atari 80s to the Sony PlayStation 90s) hooked up to the lounge’s big screen. Bring your own games if you like. This event is free. No registration required. For more information, contact Emily Wilkins at [email protected] or Allegra Harpootlian at [email protected].…
Type: News
Former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger to discuss new book with Washington Post's Marty Baron at Journalism Institute lunch, Dec. 7
Alan Rusbridger, the storied long-time former editor-in-chief of The Guardian, will discuss his new book “Breaking the News: The Remaking of Journalism and Why it Matters,” in conversation with Washington Post executive director Marty Baron, at a National Press Club Journalism Institute luncheon on Friday, Dec. 7, in the Holeman Lounge. Doors open at noon. Lunch begins at 12:30 p.m. The program will run from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Tickets are $25 for National Press Club members and $39 for the general public. Click here to purchase tickets. Books will be sold at the event and Rusbridger will sign…
Type: News