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A toast to you! Prime Rib dinner with a glass of champagne at the Reliable Source, April 27
There is more reason than ever to make the Club’s popular Reliable Source restaurant, bar and grill the place to be when you eat out. NPC Members and guests are invited to enjoy the Prime Rib Dinner by Club Chef Susan Delbert on Thursday, April 27, starting at 5:30 p.m. An exciting dinner and drinks menu for this occasion soon will be available soon. The price of the special Prime Rib Dinner with a glass of champagne is $30 plus tax and gratuity You can make an evening of it by making dinner reservation at the Reliable Source at [email protected] or contact us at 202-662-7443
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Visiting the Club? Reserve a few minutes to set up your access app or fob
The new security gates are active. Resident members, next time you're at the National Press Club, please come by the offices to see a member of the NPC membership staff to set up your permanent Club access. To set up permanent access, here is what you need to do:1) Bring your National Press Club membership card with your 2017 sticker and a photo ID2)The National Press Club staff will issue a security fob or help you download an app to your smartphone. Either option will allow you to move through the gates freely every time you come to the Club. At this time we are enrolling only resident…
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Institute hosts half-day press freedom symposium , April 19
The challenges to journalists are coming fast and furious: Access denied, outright falsehoods, alternative facts and sources afraid to talk. The National Press Club Journalism Institute, the club’s professional training affiliate, will join forces with another non-profit dedicated to journalism education, the National Press Foundation, to host a half-day symposium on Wednesday, April 19, from 9 a.m. to noon in the Club’s Murrow Room. Panelists will include beat reporters and industry leaders. The goal is to help the working press learn to navigate the treacherous landscape facing us today.…
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Dickson discusses Durocher at Club Book Rap
Other than an umpire's call against his team, if there was one thing Leo Durocher detested was the spotlight shining on anyone other than him. In a Book Rap on Wednesday to talk about his latest tome, "Leo Durocher: Baseball's Prodigal Son," veteran baseball author and Club member Paul Dickson said Durocher's drive to hog the spotlight led to feuds with such luminaries as Jackie Robinson, Babe Ruth and Ernie Banks. He called the Hall of Fame manager "probably the most interesting character and most controversial character in baseball." Indeed, Dickson suggested, one reason for the Chicago…
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Peru Today
President Fujimori spoke about his country's request for $95 million in U.S. aid, which he said would be used to fight drug trafficking.
Type: Media
Deadline is here! Looking for best 2016 breaking news, photo, consumer news coverage for National Press Club journalism contest
Could your working be award-winning? This week marks the final deadline to submit your best work to the National Press Club's journalism contest. So check your best work from 2016 and get those entries in this week! The deadline is April 1. Remember that entries are free for National Press Club members and only $50 for non-members. The contest seeks the best breaking news, photos, consumer news, humor writing, coverage of international affairs, political reporting and innovative online journalism among the many categories. We’re getting some entries, but many wait until the deadline to…
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Pfizer CEO bashes Obamacare, defends drug pricing at NPC
Pfizer CEO Ian Read gave a tough assessment of the insurance industry and the Affordable Care Act while defending the pharmaceutical industry’s aggressive pricing practices at a March 23 speech at a National Press Club luncheon. Read said Pfizer has not taken a position on the Republican’s now unsuccessful attempt to repeal and replace the ACA, but indicated the elimination of the Obama-ere healthcare reform is not a great concern. "No one is using our medicine on the exchanges because the exchanges don't provide them access," he said. Providing everyone on the exchange with Pfizer…
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Toastmasters meets tonight, March 27, 7pm
The NPC Toastmasters group returns to its normal format tonight with three new speeches scheduled. All guests are welcomed; there is no charge and you do not have to be a Press Club member to visit or join. Our March 20 meeting was the first step of the annual international speaking contest. Congratulations to Shelja Purohit and Caitlin Vogus, winners for Best Speaker and Best Evaluator. Purohit and Vogus will now compete at the area level contest on April 4. Purohit gave an entertaining speech on the challenge of communicating generationally. One example was her emailed request to ‘have a…
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Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian foreign ministers to discuss NATO, Russian influence at Newsmaker, March 28
The foreign ministers from the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will discuss their countries’ relations with the United States, as well as the importance of NATO to shared security, and other topics such as Russian influence, emerging threats, and the fight against terrorism at a National Press Club Newsmaker news conference 10 a.m., Tuesday, March 28, in the Murrow Room. The foreign ministers are: · Sven Mikser, Estonia · Edgars Rinkevics, Latvia · Linas Linkevicius, Lithuania This news conference is open to credentialed media and NPC members, free of charge. No…
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DeGette, Democrats' chief deputy whip, to discuss what next for healthcare at Newsmaker, March 29
What's next in the Congressional battle for healthcare legislation? Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., chief deputy whip of the Democratic Caucus who played a major role in the development of the Affordable Care Act, will discuss bipartisan solutions to healthcare at a National Press Club Newsmaker news conference at 10 a.m., Wednesday, March 29, in the Bloomberg Room. De Gette is serving her 11th term representing Colorado’s 1st District. She is a member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, serving as the vice chair from 2007 to 2010 and as the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Oversight…
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