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Press and free speech groups question raid on reporter's records
Following the Justice Department’s seizure of a reporter’s phone and email communications without prior notice, The National Press Club, PEN America and more than a dozen other leading organizations representing professional journalists and free speech advocates are demanding an explanation from Attorney General Jeff Sessions. “This intrusion is particularly troubling because it relates to reporting concerning alleged misdeeds by the president's campaign, raising questions about whether the content of the reporting is what occasioned this unusual level of scrutiny,” the groups write in a…
Type: News
Book Fair now accepting author applications
The region’s premiere holiday book event, the National Press Club's Book Fair and Author's Night, is back for the 41st year and will accept author applications through 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 21. Applications received after the deadline will not be reviewed. The Book Fair will be Friday, Nov. 2, in the Club’s historic ballroom from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. All literary genres are considered. Self-published books and books only available in e-format will not be accepted. The application fee of $75 for Club members and $150 for non-members is due and payable upon acceptance to the Book Fair.…
Type: News
Author says moguls combine profitability with journalistic integrity and content
Journalist, author and professor Dan Kennedy said newspapers are not dying during a June 13 National Press Club Book Rap. Former Club President Myron interviewed the author about his new book, "The Return of Moguls: How Jeff Bezos and John Henry are Remaking Newspapers for the Twenty-first Century," during the event. Kennedy researched Jeff Bezos’s purchase of The Washington Post, John Henry’s purchase of The Boston Globe, and Aaron Kushner—“no relation to Jared Kushner”—and The Orange County Register. “These were three outsiders to the industry,” he said. “I wanted to find what was the…
Type: News
Young members host digital video boot camp
The Young Members Team at the National Press Club held a boot camp June 9 in the Bloomberg Room that trained about a dozen journalist and communicator members on digital video production and videography. The day-long event kicked off with Newsy Supervising Producer Zach Toombs and Investigative Reporter Kate Grumke providing examples of the different types of digital videos that are available on social media sites and video-on-demand streaming services. The two instructors, both Club members, explained the difference between documentaries, explainer videos and videos designed for social media…
Type: News
Listen to the cool U Street Jazz Collective at summer BBQ, June 21
There’s no need to drive or fly to New Orleans for the best food and jazz. You can enjoy both at the National Press Club’s Reliable Source restaurant Thursday, June 21. The popular Club hangout will serve a special Summer BBQ food and drink menu starting at 5:30 p.m. Then, starting at 6 p.m., the U Street Jazz Collective will perform in the Truman Lounge. The price for Summer BBQ buffet is $25 for Club members and $35 for nonmember plus tax and gratuity. Previous Reliable Source special dinners have been a hit with Club members. "My guests and I enjoyed the 'Spanish Dinner' and thought the…
Type: News
Books and Brunch to discuss “High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of a Hollywood Classic," June 16
Books and Brunch will discuss “High Noon:The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of a Hollywood Classic" by Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist, Glenn Frankel, at noon Saturday, June 16, in the The Fourth Estate restaurant. NPR calls "High Noon" a sharp social history that reminds us just how common it is for a broken system to abuse its power and cause deep human damage. At the center of this history are its writer and associate producer, Carl Foreman; director, Fred Zinnemann, and production company head, Stanley Kramer, whose fortunes and friendships would be dictated by the hunt for…
Type: News
Pub Quiz, June 14
This week Washington, D.C., is celebrating the Washington Capitals' winning the Stanley Cup. And the celebration continues at the National Press Club! There’s no better way to keep the level of merriment and good times going in the Nation’s Capital than by getting together with your friends for an evening of trivia and prizes at the Club’s Pub Quiz this Thursday, June 14. Quizmaster Marc Wojno will start the game at 7 p.m., in the Truman Lounge. Form a team, play, have fun and win prizes! Don’t have a team? Fear not, we’ll team you up! A monthly staple of the National Press Club, Pub Quiz is…
Type: News
Pulitzer winner Jon Meacham to discuss new book at Club breakfast event, June 20
Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham will discuss his latest book, "The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels," at a National Press Club Headliners Book and Breakfast Event Wednesday, June 20, at 8 a.m. in the Club’s Fourth Estate restaurant. Meacham is the author of several New York Times bestsellers including "Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power," "American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House" and "Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush." This new book examines the recent level of partisanship and division in our nation and reminds us…
Type: News
Did the Korean War start at the National Press Club?
As President Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un appears to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula, we should look back at a time when the National Press Club may have played a role in launching the Korean War. With the Cold War heating up following the success of the communist revolution in China, Secretary of State Dean Acheson chose a Club Luncheon on Jan. 12, 1950, to outline America’s defense perimeter in the Far East. He said it included Japan, Okinawa and the Philippines. Not mentioned were South Korea and Taiwan. “There has been a lot of speculation that Acheson’s…
Type: News
AIDS, Public Figures, and Rights of Privacy
Arthur Ashe, former professional tennis player and Wimbledon champion, addressed a luncheon of the National Press Club to discuss his illness and the obligations of the media to report on his condition due to his public status. In April 1992, Mr. Ashe held a news conference to announce he carried the HIV virus which he apparently contracted through a blood transfusion during an operation years before. Mr. Ashe held the news conference after a USA Today reporter asked him if he was carrying the HIV virus, although he had known about his HIV positive status for three years. The news conference…
Type: Media