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Fourth Estate Award Gala tickets on sale; Marty Baron, Dean Baquet honored, Nov. 29
Tickets are still available for the 2018 Fourth Estate Award Gala honoring Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron and New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet. The event will be held Thursday, Nov. 29, in the National Press Club ballroom. Baron and Baquet will accept the evening’s highest honor, the Fourth Estate Award, for their significant contributions to the field of journalism. Club members can purchase up to two tickets at the discounted rate of $195 per person. Other tickets, including those for non-members, cost $300 each. Reservations are required and can be made online. "As…
Type: News
Free training for journalists: Covering and Protecting Your Election, Oct. 16
National Press Club journalist members can take part in free training on a wide range of Google tools and workflows to help engage audiences, research and report information around the upcoming mid-term elections and use data visualizations in powerful new ways. This SPJ Training Program, in association with the Google News Initiative, will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, at the Google D.C. office, 25 Massachusetts Ave. N.W. Register online. For more information about the program click here.
Type: News
NPC in History: News from outer space
In 2015, National Press Club President John Hughes pondered this question. A century earlier, the Club made news when then Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan made one of the first coast-to-coast, long-distance telephone calls from the Club to the San Francisco Press Club on Jan. 26, 1915. What would be a similar feat today? The answer he came up with was a press conference from outer space – specifically with an American astronaut aboard the International Space Station. With a lot of cooperation from NASA, Hughes arranged a morning Newsmaker on Sept. 14, 2015, that included astronaut…
Type: News
Communicators Summit to explore new tech for storytelling, audience reach, Oct. 31
New technologies, including artificial intelligence, that can help public relations professionals and journalists with effective storytelling and audiences development will be the focus of the National Press Club Communicators Annual Summit from 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, in the ballroom. A full agenda and registration information for the event, Today's Biggest Challenges: Technology and Inter-generational Communications, is available online. One panel will explore how to use inter-generational language that resonates and engages to build audiences. Another panel will discuss how…
Type: News
Author Mark Leibovich: NFL maintains hold on American imagination
Despite many problems plaguing professional football, the NFL continues to have a "hold on the American imagination," author Mark Leibovich told a National Press Club audience Oct. 11. In a discussion of his new book, “Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times," Leibovich said the appeal of football is that it is “a great reality show,” and fans never know what is going to happen next. As a recent example of a surprise, he pointed to Vontae Davis, a defensive back for the Buffalo Bills, retiring at halftime of a game. The NFL is in dangerous times, Leibovich said, because it has collided with…
Type: News
Wilson Center invites Club members to inaugural “Brains & Brews," 5:30 pm Oct. 16
The Wilson Center invites National Press Club members and other working journalists to its inaugural “Brains & Brews” event from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16. Meet some of the world’s foremost experts on a wide array of foreign policy topics over drinks and a bite. The networking party is free and will be held at the Wilson Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. To register, contact the Center’s media relations coordinator, Ryan McKenna, at [email protected] or 202-691-4217.
Type: News
Middle East Peace Talks
In a speech to the National Press Club, Dr. Ashrawi talked about the Middle East peace conference. She spoke on the structures of the peace process.
Type: Media
Build strength, relieve stress at yoga class, 6:30 pm Oct. 16
Come to a strength building and stress relieving all-levels flow yoga class led by National Press Club member Bara Vaida at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, in the Cosgrove Lounge. The event is open to Club members and is $10. This class will include sun salutations, standing poses, hip openers, seated poses, twists, heart-openers and basic inversions. Newer students can build a strong base, while more seasoned yogis can take their poses into deeper variations. Create a one-hour oasis for yourself on and off the mat! Please bring a mat and comfortable clothing. If you do not have a mat, one will…
Type: News
Finish Oktoberfest feast with Black Forest cupcakes, pumpkin cheesecake, Oct. 18
The National Press Club will celebrate Oktoberfest with a very special celebration starting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, in the Reliable Source. The price of the buffet is $25 for Club members and $32 for nonmembers plus tax and gratuity. Reservations are encouraged because this event usually sells out. Call 202-662-7443 or e-mail [email protected]. The Oktoberfest dinner, which is open to Club members and their guests, will feature a variety of German and domestic beers and authentic German foods served buffet-style and prepared by Club executive chef Susan Delbert. German music performed…
Type: News
Library of Congress curator explores women cartoonists, illustrators, noon Oct. 17
National Press Club member Janice Law cordially invites all Club members to a noon Wednesday, Oct. 17, presentation, “Trailblazer American Women Cartoonists and Illustrators,” in the McClendon Room. Some of the American women graphic artists to be profiled by Margaret Kennedy, curator of popular and applied graphic art in the Prints and Photograph Division of the Library of Congress (LOC), include Grace Drayton, Lynn Johnston, Sue Coe, Frances Jetter, Roz Chast, Raina Telgermeier, Rose O’Neill and Jillian Tamaki. The free event is sponsored by American Women Writers National Museum, a…
Type: News