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Celebrate St. Patrick with buffet and music tonight
National Press Club Members and their guests are invited to a St. Patrick’s buffet and celebration tonight, Friday, March 17, starting at 5:30 p.m. for food with music by guitarist Mat Palombo at 6:30 p.m. Please see the menu below for special drinks for this occasion. The price of the buffet is $24 for Club members and $27 for guests plus tax and gratuity. Reservations are encouraged for this event because it is usually sold out. Please contact us at 202-662-7443 or e-mail [email protected] Please note that due to St. Patrick’s night Buffet and celebration, there will not be a Taco Night Friday…
Type: News
Attorney to discuss photography and the law March 22 at noon
Mickey Osterreicher, general counsel of the National Press Photographers Association, will speak to the Photo Team on "Photography and the Law: Visual Journalism in an Era of Fake News” at noon on Wednesday, March 22, in the McClendon Room. He will present a program touching on the latest legal and ethical questions concerning the use of images in stories, the use of drones for news gathering, and the status of a copyright small claims tribunal. He will also answer questions on these subjects. In addition to his position with NPPA, Osterreicher is of Counsel to Barclay Damon, LLP in the Media…
Type: News
City planners call infrastructure improvements critical; don't know Trump's plan
President Donald Trump’s infrastructure plan could make critical improvements in the nation’s decaying infrastructure, the chief city planners of Philadelphia, Washington, and New York City told a National Press Club Newsmaker March 7. Club President Jeff Ballou opened the program by asking how the real infrastructure need meshes with “what President Trump laid out.” Anne Fadullon, Philadelphia’s Director of Planning and Development, offered, “We have no more information than you do.” Fadullon added, “Whether you get to a trillion dollars (President Trump’s promised national number) depends…
Type: News
Journalism contest seeks top reporting on the elderly
Journalists who have done good work covering the problems of the elderly are encouraged to enter the National Press Club’s annual journalism contest. The Joseph D. Ryle Award for Excellence in Writing on the Problems of Geriatrics rewards top reporting on aging. Named after Joseph D. Ryle, a longtime National Press Club member, the $750 award honors excellence and objectivity in coverage of the problems faced by the elderly. Stories that have won in the past include looks at the use of anti-psychotic drugs in nursing homes, a series on hospice care and a hidden-camera investigation of…
Type: News
Actors' Equity president Shindle plans to advocate against cuts to NEA funding, March 16
Kate Shindle, president of the Actors’ Equity Association, plans to advocate against funding cuts for the National Endowment for the Arts and answer questions at a National Press Club Newsmaker press event on Thursday, March 16, at 10 a.m. in the Bloomberg Room. This news conference is open to credentialed media and Club members, free of charge. No advance registration is required. President Donald Trump has called for deep cuts in domestic programs to fund a proposed $54 billion increase in defense spending and $10 billion for a border wall with Mexico. Some in the Congress and the…
Type: News
Maryland University dean added to cyber security event, March 13
A panel of reporters and cyber security professionals will offer tips to journalists on safeguarding their digital communications March 13, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the First Amendment Lounge. The event is part of the National Press Club's annual celebration of Sunshine Week. Registration required; $5 for NPC members and $10 for general public.Register here. The days when cyber security practices could reasonably be looked upon as an optional work skill for journalists are behind us. In the first weeks of the Trump administration, an unprecedented spate of leaks to news outlets such as The New…
Type: News
NPC Memorial Service for Bill Hickman, March 18
The National Press Club will honor late member Bill Hickman on Saturday, March 18, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The program will be held in the Holeman Lounge with a brief reception following in the First Amendment Lounge. Hickman, a former journalist, was president and CEO of the National Press Building Corporation from 1981 to 1991 and directed the redevelopment of the National Press Building. He died November 10 of complications from lung cancer. In the 1960s and 70s he was chairman of several club committees and was a member of the club's board of governors from 1968-1971. In recent years…
Type: News
National Press Club history snippet #17
"TR and the lion: Former President Theodore Roosevelt, fresh from an African safari, visited the National Press Club in November 1910. One witness described Roosevelt as bubbling with enthusiasm as he regaled reporters about how a ferocious lion leapt at him three times--but he managed to duck to safety again and again. Asked, however, whether he planned to seek the presidency again, TR remained mum. The National Press Club--where news (some of it roaring) is made in the nation's capital." This snippet is one of many put together by the late Art Wiese, who served as Club president in 1979. He…
Type: News
Enter Toastmaster's speech contest March 13
Please join the National Press Club Toastmasters Group for its semi-annual speech contest Monday, March 13, at 7 p.m., in the McClendon Room. Winners will progress to the area contest, then regional, national, and finally – the international contest. No reservation is required and there is no charge to attend. Why do people join Toastmasters? I asked that question to former NPC president Angela Greiling Keane, who was a Toastmaster for five years. She said, “I went from being someone who stumbled and said um and ah, usually with words rushing from my mouth, to being someone who, as Press…
Type: News
The Press in America
Mr. Sabato spoke on the relations between reporters and campaigns. He looked at the way reporting has changed over the last thirty years.
Type: Media