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Latest podcast features Club's May 3 news conference updating cases of detained reporters
The National Press Club's current Update-1 podcast carries highlights of the Club’s news conference on World Press Freedom Day May 3 updating developments in the detention cases of four journalists, each of whom has received one of Club’s highest honors, the John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award. One detainee, Emilio Gutierrez, a Mexican journalist, has been held in the El Paso Processing Center since December. The Club is one of nearly 20 journalism organizations asking for his release, but U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have denied the requests. Another, Mahmoud Abou Zeid,…
Type: News
NPC in History: Trump's first 'appearance' at the Club
This is the second of a series provided by Club historian Gil Klein. Dig down anywhere in your National Press Club’s 110-year history and you will find some kind of significant event in the history of the world, the nation, Washington and the Club itself. Many of these events were caught in illustrations that tell the stories. In the early 1980s, when the National Press Building was rebuilt down to the girders, many of the Club’s rooms were given new names in honor of legendary journalists. Chief among them was the library, which was named after H.L. Mencken, the acerbic Baltimore Sun…
Type: News
Latest Herblock Prize cartoons displayed in Reliable Source
A day after receiving the Herblock Prize for excellence in editorial cartooning, Ward Sutton visited the National Press Club, where four examples from his winning portfolio will be on display through the coming year in the Reliable Source restaurant. The Herb Block Foundation created the Herblock Prize in 2004 to encourage editorial cartooning as an essential tool for preserving the rights of the American people through freedom of speech and the right of expression. Its namesake, Herb Block, a four-time Pulitzer-prize winning cartoonist who worked at The Washington Post for 55 years until his…
Type: News
Julie Schoo dies; was Executive Director of the Club's Journalism Institute
Julia Cooper Schoo, whose keen appreciation for art and journalism helped to secure the financial future of the National Press Club and its nonprofit Journalism Institute, died Wednesday at her home in Bethesda. She was 69. Schoo spent her professional career helping journalists, first at the Washington Press Club and then at the National Press Club, where she rose through the ranks to become executive director of the Journalism Institute, the Club’s professional training and First Amendment advocacy arm. A connoisseur of antiques, she decided one day that it was time to have a large painting…
Type: News
SBA chief at Headliners Luncheon, May 17
Linda McMahon, the 25th Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), will discuss the state of America’s small businesses at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon on Thursday, May 17. McMahon advocates on behalf of the nearly 30 million small businesses in America, fulfilling the mission of the SBA to “aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests” of small businesses by offering loans, loan guarantees, government contracts, financial counseling and other forms of assistance. McMahon is an entrepreneur and business executive as the co-founder and former CEO of World…
Type: News
Peace Corps in Former Soviet Union
Elaine Chao, director of the Peace Corps, spoke before a National Press Club luncheon to discuss the future goals and policies of the Peace Corps and to announce the Peace Corps would send volunteers to the republics of the former Soviet Union by December, 1992. She spoke on the optimism of the Peace Corps program, and the ideals lived out through the experiences of individual Peace Corps volunteers. Following her prepared remarks, Ms. Chao responded to questions from members of the audience.
Type: Media
Menu announced for May 24 Spanish dinner
National Press Club members and their guests are invited to attend a special Spanish Dinner on Thursday, May 24, at the Reliable Source at 5:30 p.m. Reservations are recommended. To reserve a space, please contact the Reliable Source at [email protected] or call 202-662-7443. Here is the menu: Appetizers/Bar snacks Choice: chicken or beef empanadas with chimichurri dipping sauce(5) $10 Pimientos de Padrón, Spanish style blistered mini-peppers in garlic butter $8Spanish style blistered mini-peppers in garlic butter(served with toasted baguette) $8Entrees Gambas al ajillo, Garlic shrimp, parsley…
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TONIGHT! Get Your Trivia Game on for Pub Quiz!
Things are heating up in D.C., as we skip Spring and jump into Summer. Rather than melt to the ground in the heat on your way home from a grueling week at work, cool off with your fellow Club members and friends with an evening of trivia, food, drinks and merriment at the National Press Club’s Pub Quiz, Thursday, May 10. Quizmaster Marc Wojno will start the game at 7:00 p.m., in the Truman Lounge. Form a team, play, have fun and win prizes! Don’t have a team? Fear not, we’ll team you up! A monthly staple of the National Press Club, Pub Quiz is a great opportunity to gather with friends and…
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41st Annual NPC Book Fair & Author’s Night, in partnership with Politics & Prose, opens author applications
The region’s premiere holiday book event, the National Press Club Book Fair, is back for the 41st year and is now accepting author applications through 5 p.m .on Friday, Sept. 21. Applications received after the deadline will not be reviewed. The event will be held on Friday, Nov. 2, in the Club’s historic ballroom from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. All literary genres are considered, however self-published books and books only available in e-format will not be accepted. The application fee of $75 for Club members and $150 for non-members is due and payable upon acceptance to the Book Fair. Authors are…
Type: News
Former Club president publishes new Lafayette Square history
Former National Press Club President Gil Klein, who chairs the Club’s History and Heritage Team, is putting out a new book, “Trouble in Lafayette Square: Assassination, Protest and Murder at the White House.” Published by the History Press, it recounts the unusual happenings in Lafayette Square during the past 200 years. It includes a forward written by Washington Post columnist John Kelly. More about the book is available online.
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