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Headliners Book Rap features Newt Gingrich, tomorrow, 10 a.m.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a top campaign surrogate for Donald Trump, will appear at a National Press Club Headliners Book Rap Friday, June 16, to discuss his new book about the 45th president, "Understanding Trump." The event begins at 10 a.m. in the First Amendment Lounge. This event will feature a discussion with the author, an audience question-and-answer session and a book signing. Tickets are $5 for Club members and $10 for the general public. Copies of the book can be purchased online at the same time as tickets or at the event. No outside books or memorabilia are permitted.…
Type: News
Celebrate first day of summer with barbecue and jazz at Reliable Source, June 22
Next Thursday, June 22, will mark the first full day of summer. And the Club's Reliable Source restaurant will celebrate it appropriately -- with its festive annual Summer Barbecue accompanied by cool jazz provided by the Greater U Street Jazz Collective. Dinner, featuring barbecued chicken and beef barbecue will be served starting at 5:30 p.m., with the Jazz Collective performance beginning at 6 p.m. in the Truman Lounge. Cost of the buffet for is $24 for Club members and $28 for nonmembers, plus tax and gratuity. Reservations are recommended. To reserve space, please contact the Reliable…
Type: News
What’s real? Panel at Club probes ‘fauxtography,’ fake news
Not only are fake news stories a problem on popular and social media, but so are fake photographs, a panel of experts said in a wide-ranging examination of both at a June 12 discussion at the National Press Club. Opening the session, panel moderator Mickey Osterreicher, lead counsel for the National Press Photographers Association, displayed an image of a man mowing his fenced yard while a tornado touched down in the neighboring field. “Is it real?, Osterreicher asked. The image was real, said Osterreicher, but many photos are not, he said, citing them as examples of “Fauxtography.” One tool…
Type: News
Former board member Stan Hamilton, 60-year Club veteran, dies in Kansas
Stanley W. Hamilton, a 60-year member of the National Press Club where he had served on the Board of Governors, and a veteran Washington writer for trade and government publications, died May 26 in Lawrence, Kans., his residence since his retirement. He was 83. Hamilton was a reporter for the Kansas City Star from 1953 until 1957 when he moved to Washington to cover Congress as an associate editor of Traffic World magazine. He became head of the publications staff at the Department of Transportation, public affairs director for the National Association of Motor Bus Owners, executive director…
Type: News
Club member travels to Antarctica to tell climate change story from penguin’s perspective
A new National Press Club member who recently traveled to Antarctica to make a video about climate change doesn’t mince words in her reaction to President Donald J. Trump’s move to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement. “I think it’s a shameful and pathetic decision,” said Maggie Dewane, a communications and press officer at the Environmental Investigation Agency and a member of the Club’s Communicator Team. “While the Paris Agreement is not binding nor lays out country-specific plans for reaching climate goals, the United States was the leader in bringing the world…
Type: News
National Press Club, Journalism Institute say 'No' to Senate press gatekeeper
The following statement was released yesterday by the National Press Club and its Journalism Institute: Of all the assaults on press freedom we have experienced this year one of the most disheartening is the one that happened today in the place we least expected it. The U.S. Capitol is the People’s House and for most of its existence, those who work there have been proud of that fact and have worked hard to keep it that way. One of the boldest statements about the openness of American society was when congressional leaders insisted on reopening the Capitol the day after the 9/11 terror…
Type: News
Learn on-camera skills at training class for journalists, 9 a.m. Friday
National Press Club member Andrea McCarren, a veteran multimedia journalist and Emmy Award-winner, will offer an on-camera media training class for journalists this Friday, June 16, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Bloomberg Room. The hands-on workshop is for journalists who want to improve their presentation skills on-camera or online. The three-hour session costs $75 for Club members and $150 for non-members. The class is for journalists only and space is limited, Registration is required; to purchase a ticket, click here: Through practice interviews in the class, you’ll learn: - How to…
Type: News
Army Staff Chief Milley plans to review state of the Army at Headliners Luncheon, July 27
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark. A. Milley plans to speak on the current state of U.S. Army at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon on Thursday, July 27. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with remarks beginning at 1 p.m. followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $25 for Club members, who may purchase two tickets at this rate, and $39 for all other non-member tickets. Tickets may be purchased online. For questions, please email [email protected] or call 202-662-7501. Tickets must be paid for at time of purchase. Milley became the 39th Army chief of…
Type: News
Oliver North's Perspective
Lieutenant Colonel North spoke to members of the National Press Club about the Iran-Contra affair, focusing on his tenure as a security council aide during the Reagan administration and his five years of legal battle that recently ended when all remaining charges against him were dropped. The former Marine has just written a book called Under Fire: An American Story.
Type: Media
Tickets still available for Headliners Luncheon featuring Chicago Mayor Emanuel, June 20
Tickets are still available for the National Press Club Headliners Luncheon featuring Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) on Tuesday, June 20, at 12:30 p.m. Mayor Emanuel plans to discuss "Moving Forward in Chicago" including new initiatives for education and other programs at the event. Tickets cost $25 for Club members (members may purchase two tickets at this rate) and $39 for all other non-member tickets. Purchase tickets online. For questions, please email [email protected] or call (202) 662–7501. Tickets must be paid for at the time of purchase. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with…
Type: News