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Save the date for Spanish dinner, May 24
National Press Club members and their guests are invited to attend a special Spanish dinner on Thursday, May 24. The Reliable Source restaurant will begin serving at 5:30 p.m. Reservations are recommended. To reserve a table, please contact the Reliable Source at [email protected] or call 202-662-7443. The menu for this special Spanish dinner and drinks will follow soon.
Type: News
Books & Brunch to discuss award-winning 'Lincoln in the Bardo,' May 19
The National Press Club's Books and Brunch series will be discussing "Lincoln in the Bardo" by George Saunders at noon on Saturday, May 19, in The Fourth Estate. Saunder's won the 2017 Man Booker Prize for this novel, only the second American to win this award. The novel is a combination of film script and Lincoln-focused scrapbook, alternating between ghost dialogues and excerpts from Civil War historical accounts. It begins with the death of President Abraham Lincoln's son, Willie, and the grief stricken father's visits to the borrowed crypt where Willie is interred at Georgetown's Oak…
Type: News
Once upon a chef cookbook & wine dinner, June 5
The National Press Club Fourth Estate restaurant will be hosting a June 5 cookbook and wine dinner featuring Potomac, Maryland, native, Jennifer Segal, author of “The Once Upon a Chef Cookbook: 100 Tested, Perfected, and Family-Approved Recipes.” Hors-d'oeuvres and a specialty cocktail from the cookbook, White Sangria with Frozen Grapes, will be served starting at 6:30 p.m. Dinner will be served 7-9 p.m. Jenn is the founder of Once Upon a Chef, a popular blog which showcases easy home recipes from a chef’s point of view. She honed her craft at Great Falls, Virginia's L'Auberge Chez Francois…
Type: News
May 22 breakfast: How to determine the return on investment for communications
One of the oldest dilemmas in communications is valuating public relations reach, engagement and impact. All National Press Club members are invited to a professional development session to learn about calculating and expressing the impact of communications in business terms and how to best measure reach and impact. The breakfast session, sponsored by the Club Communicator Team will be Tuesday, May 22, from 8-9 a.m. in the Cosgrove Lounge at the Club. It is free to members, but registration is required by clicking here. The presenter will be Chris Bender, vice president of the Public Affairs…
Type: News
May Brings Trifecta of Headliners Luncheons
The National Press Club’s Headliners schedule is packed for May, including three high-profile luncheons in just a week and a half. First, on Monday, May 14, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross will discuss everything going on in the Commerce Department, including trade with China, steel and aluminum tariffs, plans to regulate the space industry, and the controversial citizenship question on the 2020 Census. Tickets can be reserved by clicking here. On Thursday, May 17, Small Business Administrator Linda McMahon, will address the state of America’s small businesses, and likely will face…
Type: News
Jeff Bezos & John Henry Remaking Newspapers for the 21st Century – Headliners book event, Wednesday, June 13
With the proliferation of the internet over the last half-century, reporters at major daily and weekly newspapers all over America found themselves writing obits for their own publications. Unable to retain readership and therefore unable to rake in revenue from advertisers, print publications became increasingly unprofitable and unattractive to potential investors. But then something strange happened – a new generation of media moguls with deep pockets decided to buy-into the newspaper business. Dan Kennedy, author of “The Return of the Moguls: How Jeff Bezos and John Henry Are Remaking…
Type: News
Physical Fitness in American Society
Bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger addressed a luncheon of the National Press Club on the first day of National Physical Fitness Month. Mr. Schwarzenegger, head of the President's Council on Physical Fitness, discussed the council's work in starting a "fitness crusade," to publicize the need for physical fitness. Following his prepared remarks, Mr. Schwarzenegger responded to questions from members of the audience.
Type: Media
NPC Journalism Institute's 7th Annual Golf Invitational Tournament at Woodmore, 8:30 a.m. May 29
Enjoy a great day of golf and support the National Press Club Journalism Institute’s seventh annual golf invitational tournament on Tuesday, May 29, at the prestigious Country Club at Woodmore in nearby Mitchellville, Md., with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. Club members must log in to receive the member promotion. Register online by clicking here to attend. The tournament is an annual fundraiser for the Club’s non-profit Journalism Institute. By organizing your foursome, you’ll show your support for the Institute’s scholarship fund, training programs, and press freedom initiatives. Breakfast will…
Type: News
Get Your Trivia Game on for Pub Quiz, Thursday, May 10
Things are heating up in Washington, as we skip spring and jump into summer. Rather than melt to the ground in the D.C. 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 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…
Type: News
NPC Podcast: World Press Freedom Index highlights drops in U.S. and elsewhere
Hostility towards journalists and the news media is escalating dramatically worldwide, led by political leaders and authoritarian regimes, according to the latest World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders on April 25. In the latest episode of Update-1, National Press Club member Viola Gienger, a journalist who has reported from more than 30 countries and supported independent media in the former Soviet Union and the Balkans, interviews Margaux Ewen, the North America director for Reporters Without Borders. Ewen discusses how the U.S. and other key nations ranked in this…
Type: News