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Sex with Kings
Ms. Herman was interviewed about her book Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge, published by William Morrow.
Type: Media
NPC Virtual Headliners Book Event: Nikita Stewart, "Troop 6000"
New York Times reporter Nikita Stewart will discuss her year with Troop 6000, the first Girl Scout troop founded by and for girls living in a homeless shelter in Queens, N.Y., at a virtual NPC Headliners book event on Thursday, May 21 at 3 p.m. Stewart is the author of “TROOP 6000: The Girl Scout Troop That Began in a Shelter and Inspired the World,” which is available for sale on Tuesday, May 19. She will be interviewed by National Press Club President Michael Freedman in an online event open to the public. Freedman will also take questions from the audience. Send your questions here:…
Type: Event
Register your Virtual Pub Quiz 2.0 team by noon Thursday, May 21
The National Press Club’s *Virtual* Pub Quiz 2.0 is on for Thursday, May 21, at 7 p.m. via Zoom. You'll need to register yourself or your team ahead of the big event. Deadline to register is noon that day. Have you picked a clever name for your team yet? Don't delay. Getting all this done ahead will make the evening move along much more smoothly than it went during our first *Virtual* Pub Quiz last month. E-mail the names and e-mail addresses of your teammates – along with that clever team name – to Laura Coker at [email protected]. Don’t have a team? No problem. Just register yourself – and…
Type: News
Design hacks: How to create visuals when it’s not usually your job
In our scroll and skim culture, dynamic visuals can make the difference in whether a reader engages with a story. But not every story can attract a graphic design professional’s time in the newsroom, especially in the continuing pandemic news cycle. If you’re a reporter, editor, social media manager now handling (or who wants to handle) quick-turn graphics, get a head start with our hacks for designing visuals when it’s not usually part of your job. Beth Francesco, the National Press Club Journalism Institute’s senior director, will share best practices, tools you have you have at your…
Type: Event
Find untold stories: How to use PACER
Court records are filled with untold stories, but PACER, the federal court records system, is antiquated and hard to navigate. In this deep dive workshop, Seamus Hughes will share skills he developed helping the media break national stories about topics ranging from terrorism and public corruption to corporate espionage. Seamus will give reporters tips and suggestions on how to use PACER to find and tell important stories. Seats will be limited and this session will not be recorded, so grab a spot while you can. Registration is open for this program, which will take place June 10 from 11:30am…
Type: Event
POSTPONED: Seeing through: Photography & healing
Images take us into hospitals, grocery stores, even empty spaces to show us the impact of coronavirus on the people and places affected by the pandemic. Award-winning independent photojournalist Melissa Lyttle and documentary photographer Rosem Morton, who is also a nurse, will talk about photography, trauma, and healing, but this program was postponed and will no longer take place June 5 from 11:30am-12pm ET, on Zoom. A new date will be announced one it has been scheduled.
Type: Event
Writing through: Focusing in short bursts
Many writers find themselves on deadline with limited time, space and attention during this unprecedented crisis. The National Press Club Journalism Institute and the National Association of Science Writers are partnering for a program that will offer tips for creating a writer-friendly physical space, finding your focus, and developing new tools to write in short bursts. Registration is open for this conversation, which will take place May 27 from 11:30am-12pm ET, on Zoom, with Lane DeGregory, a Pulitzer-Prize winning enterprise writer at the Tampa Bay Times; Deborah Netburn, a science and…
Type: Event
Writing through: The Power of Details
Join Washington Post reporter Jessica Contrera and Indiana University professor Kelley Benham French on May 19, 2020 from 11:30am-12pm for a discussion of how details tell the story of this pandemic. Registration is open. The conversation will describe how to consistently collect and select compelling details that evoke emotion and help convey the impact of coronavirus on people’s lives. Learn to identify the moments that compel readers toward a story’s purpose, and hear how to connect the reporting & writing process with our collective ability to understand what this pandemic means. The…
Type: Event
ANA president praises journalists for educating public in war on COVID-19
Journalists are serving “a terrific role” in educating the public during this COVID-19 pandemic, said Dr. Ernest Grant, president of the American Nurses Association, during a National Press Club Virtual Newsmaker on Friday. Due to the pandemic, the Club is currently closed to in-person events, so using the Broadcast Center, Club President Michael Freedman conducted a remote interview with Grant, and the event was livestreamed on the Club’s website. A replay of the event is available here. National Press Club President Mike Freedman introduces Dr. Ernest Grant, American Nurses Association…
Type: News