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NAACP president plans 'Beyond Charlottesville' at Headliners Luncheon, Aug. 29
Interim NAACP President Derrick Johnson plans to discuss “Beyond Charlottesville: The Policies Undergirding Trump’s White Supremacist Agenda,” at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon on Tuesday, Aug. 29. 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. Click here to purchase tickets. Johnson, a longstanding leader of the NAACP, assumed the interim presidency in July and is tasked with…
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Club Institute and media lawyers launch tracker for denials of media access to governments
The National Press Club Journalism Institute and the Media Law Resource Center have launched an effort to monitor day-to-day impediments facing journalists covering federal, state and local government. The Institute has created a simple online form that anyone can fill out any time a public official is muzzled, government data is denied or other types of information that belong to the public are kept from the public. Worried about leaving digital fingerprints? Mail us: Press Freedom FellowNational Press Club Journalism Institute529 14th Street NWWashington, DC 20045 Through the work of the…
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Eat, drink and karaoke Thursday, Aug. 17
Let's sing all the night to the best songs ever! Join the National Press Club Events Team in the Cosgrove Lounge on Thursday, Aug. 17, from 5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. for a fun night of karaoke. This event is free for members and $10 for non-members*. Reserve here. *Non-members must be invited by a Club member.
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Pub Quiz is on vacation in August
The Truman Lounge will NOT host teams of trivia champions this Thursday. But take heart! The Lounge and the Reliable Source will continue to offer drinks, food and fellowship to see members through these dog days of August.
Type: News
Media have good access, relationships on Capitol Hill, says panel
Reporters generally have good access and relationships with Congressional sources despite a wider environment of hostility toward the media, a panel of media professionals said at a National Press Club Journalism Institute event Aug. 4. “There is more access today than there ever has been," said Brendan Buck, counselor to House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis. He noted, for example, that the speaker holds two press conferences every week and that there is a lobby just off the House floor where reporters can interview members. Agreed John Donnelly, a reporter for Congressional Quarterly and chair of…
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Robert Vitarelli, innovator at both CBS and Press Club
Robert Vitarelli, who capped his CBS career as an innovator of television news by directing the Club’s “Kalb Report,” died July 30 at the age of 86, just a year after working on his last program at the National Press Club. Vitarelli, known to his friends as “Vit,” was the man working behind the scenes for Walter Cronkite and CBS News, traveling the world and keeping the CBS Washington Bureau on top of breaking news during his 39-year network career. Starting in the CBS mailroom in 1953, Vitarelli climbed to become director of the “CBS Evening News,” working with both Cronkite and Dan Rather…
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You have only two more days to submit print and digital images for the photo show
You can now enter your best images in this year's National Press Club two photography exhibits through Friday. Entries for the print exhibit can be delivered to the Club's membership office and electronic exhibit images can be sent in by e-mail. Both the print and electronic images will be on display in the Club's main lobby from Aug. 31 to Sept. 29. The exhibit is the Club's celebration of members' visual story-telling talent. It is not a contest. There are no judges or prizes awarded. Mark your calendars as well for the gala opening reception on Wednesday, Sept. 6, from 6:30 p.m.- 8 p.m.…
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Donald Ford, 86, educator
Donald Ford, 86, died June 12 at his home in Alexandria, Va., after a brief illness. He was born in Medford, Mass., and spent most of his life in the Boston area working as a science educator. He served stateside in the Army during the Korean War and attended college under the GI Bill, earning an undergraduate degree in physics at Boston University and a master's in education at Harvard University. Ford helped develop children's science education material at the Education Development Center. He taught at Skidmore College, was an elementary school principal in the Boston area, and became…
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Kaky Turpin's memorial service scheduled for Sept. 9
Kaky Turpin's memorial celebration is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, at the National Press Club. There will be a reception following the memorial. Turpin was a long-time member of the Club, and her celebration will include plenty of humorous and happy stories as befitted her personality. Please RSVP by Aug. 22 with an email to her husband, Giorgio Gnugnoli, at [email protected].
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Amateur Athletics in America
Track and field athlete Mr. Lewis discussed the state of amateur athletics in America, and government sponsorship of America's Olympic teams. A four-event participant in the 1988 Seoul summer Olympics, he won the gold medal in the long jump, the 200 meter sprint, and anchored the 4 by 100 meter relay team. He finished second to Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson in the 100 meter dash, the premier track and field event. Several months after the games, Mr. Lewis was awarded the gold medal. Ben Johnson was stripped of the top award and had his world mark erased from the record books following…
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