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The Titanic without icebergs or steerage
In the late 1960’s the Washington Post called The Watergate a "glittering Potomac Titanic" without icebergs or steerage, Joseph Rodota told a National Press Club Headliners Book Rap on Feb. 21. He said there was an iceberg a few years later when the Watergate break-in happened. The Watergate: Inside America’s Most Infamous Address, is not a chronicle of the Watergate break-in but more a look at the people who lived there and how events affected them, Rodota explained. It's his attempt to make the readers feel like they are living in a Watergate apartment during the period, he said. The book…
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Five-time Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky to speak at NPC Headliners Luncheon March 26
Katie Ledecky, one of the most decorated female swimmers in the history of the sport, will share her plans for future competition, including the 2020 Summer games in Tokyo, at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon on Monday, March 26, 2018. Lunch will be served in the club’s Ballroom 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 National Press Club members (members may purchase two tickets at this rate) and $39 for all other non-members. Tickets may be purchased here. At just 20 years old, Ledecky has…
Type: News
The National Press Club wants to reward the best political analysis
The best political reporting and writing from 2017 should be entered in the National Press Club journalism contest so it can be recognized by the Lee Walczak Award for Political Analysis. The deadline is April 1. Details on the different awards categories and how to enter the contest can be found by clicking here. Entrants are encouraged to enter online, but the Club will accept entries mailed in the traditional way as long as they are postmarked before the deadline. The cost for an entry is $50 and it is free for Club members. This award is named in memory of Lee Walczak, a Washington editor…
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Wanted: Best journalism from 2017 looking at challenges faced by older people
The National Press Club is eager to see your best journalism from 2017 examining the challenges faced by older people. The Joseph D. Ryle Award for Excellence in Writing on the Problems of Geriatrics rewards top reporting on aging. That is one of many categories in the Club’s annual journalism contest. To apply, please submit one article or a series of no more than 5 articles on a consistent topic that appeared in either broadcast, general circulation newspaper or an online journalism site last year. The deadline to submit entries is April 1, and the contest is open to Club members and non-…
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NPC members eligible for discounts to two Arena Stage performances
The Arena Stage has created 30 percent discount codes especially for National Press Club members for tickets to The Great Society, running now through March 11, and Two Trains Running, showing March 30-April 29. From the Arena Stage website: The Great Society: Robert Schenkkan’s Tony Award-winning play All the Way set the stage for President Lyndon Baines Johnson’s sudden ascent to the White House. In its D.C. premiere, The Great Society brings the second half of Schenkkan’s epic story to its harrowing conclusion. As America is divided by civil rights protests and the anguish of the Vietnam…
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Exiled Haitian President Address
Last September Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted after a military coup. He was the first freely elected leader of Haiti. Last month he negotiated an agreement with Haiti's interim government that would have allowed him to return to power. The Haitian parliament, however, has indefinitely delayed the vote that would have led to his return. Mr. Aristide talked about his exile and about conditions in Haiti.
Type: Media
Swiftian satire in the 21st century
The National Press Club's monthly Books and Brunch will meet on Saturday, Feb. 24 at noon in the Club's Fourth Estate. "The Sellout" by Paul Beatty, the first American to win the Man Booker Award, will be discussed. The novel is a comic satire highlighting much of the hypocrisy in a so-called post-racist America. Our country is rich with material worthy of ridicule, and Beatty has written a book that is funny, profane, and an intelligent send-up of so much of our culture. The book's black narrator was born in the "agrarian ghetto" of Dickens on the outskirts of southern Los Angeles. He is…
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Get your game on at the Truman Lounge, March 22
Join National Press Club members and guests to play a variety of games at the Reliable Source’s Truman Lounge at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 22. This event is free. No registration required. Order drinks and dinner as you play board games including a satirical 90’s curiosity Outrageous Journalists, inspired by the O.J. Simpson trial, in addition to card games and old-school video games -- from the Atari 80’s to the Sony PlayStation 90’s -- hooked up to the lounge’s big screen. Bring your own games if you like. For more information, contact Emily Wilkins at [email protected] or Allegra…
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National Press Club condemns continued detention of reporters in Myanmar
The National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute condemned today the continued detention of two Reuters reporters in Myanmar and urged the government there to promptly release them. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have been in custody since December 12th on accusations of breaching the government's Official Secrets Act. The two journalists had been covering the Rohinga human rights crisis in Rakhine state. The duo had a meeting at a restaurant with two Myanmarese police officers on Dec. 12, where they were handed rolled up documents and told they could open them at home,…
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Popular superhero The Black Panther featured at Feb. 27 book event
On the heels of a record-breaking box office opening for Disney-Marvel’s Black Panther superhero film, award-winning journalist and author Jesse J. Holland will share his celebrated novel featuring the superhero, “Black Panther: Who is the Black Panther?” at a National Press Club Headliners Book Event on Tuesday, Feb. 27, at 6:30 p.m. The event will feature a discussion with Holland, an audience question-and-answer session, and a book signing. Tickets are $5 for Club members and $10 for the general public. They can be purchased here. In his book, Holland retells the classic origin of T’…
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