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Director of ‘Chicago 7’ sees shades of 1968 protests in today’s political unrest
National Press Club President Lisa Matthews (top left) talks with Aaron Sorkin, Eddie Redmayne and Sacha Baron Cohen (clockwise from top right) during a Feb. 18 Headliners Virtual Newsmaker about the Netflix documentary "The Trial of the Chicago 7." Photo by Alan Kotok Fifteen years ago, Aaron Sorkin began laying the groundwork for a film based on one of the most compelling legal showdowns of the late 1960s. Now that "The Trial of the Chicago 7" finally has been released, the writer and director told a National Press Club Headliners Virtual Newsmaker audience, it is unsettling to note…
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Club wants to honor your best coverage of diplomatic and foreign policy issues
It’s time to select your best works covering diplomatic and foreign policy issues and submit them in the National Press Club’s annual journalism contest. The best stories from 2020 in this category should be entered in the contest's competition for the Edwin M. Hood Award for Diplomatic Correspondence. Submission deadline is April 15. Named for Edwin M. Hood, a distinguished diplomatic correspondent for The Associated Press and a founding member of the National Press Club, these awards recognize excellence in reporting on these issues. Entries must demonstrate an understanding of American…
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Learn how to rock your next (online or in-person) presentation with Communicators Thursday, noon
In the age of the videoconference, anything communicated using a screen is now compared with everything else on any screen, including the television screen. At the next “Lunch and Learn” hosted by the National Press Club Communicators Team, professional broadcast coach and Club member Nick Dalley will show how it’s relatively easy and inexpensive to plan and deliver a memorable online presentation to build your brand and keep your audience from Zooming out. This virtual session will be held Thursday, Feb. 25, at noon. Admission is complimentary for all Club members. Nick Dalley Click here…
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Ms. Opal Lee to Return to Washington
Ms. Opal Lee to Return to Washington For Black History Month, Reveals Steps Needed to Make Juneteenth a National Holiday In 2021 To mark the culmination of Black History Month and highlight the importance of making Juneteenth a national holiday in 2021, Unity Unlimited social impact leader and 'Grandmother of Juneteenth,' Ms. Opal Lee will launch her Juneteenth: A Road to Unity campaign by hosting a socially distanced press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, February 25. At 94 years old, time is of the essence to Ms. Opal, who will discuss the need for an…
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Supreme Court Vacancy and Women
Speakers talk about the potential impact on women of a Supreme Court vacancy created by the retirement of Justice O'Connor, potential future Bush administration nominees, and the future of policies related to women and minorities. Following their remarks they answered questions from the audience.
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Gen. John Raymond plans to review year one of Space Force, March 3 at 9 a.m.
Gen. John W. Raymond, chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, will discuss the mission and accomplishments of the Space Force in its first year as an independent branch, at a National Press Club Headliners Virtual Newsmaker event at 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 3.
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NPC Communicators Team Program: How To Rock Your Next Presentation (online or in person)
In the early days of the pandemic, we all got a bit of a pass with remote meetings and presentations. If the dog barked in the background, if the kids jumped in front of the camera, if our background was nothing more than a lonely light switch, people understood. We were all in the same boat. This medium was new to all of us. All that has changed. Why? SOME people have gotten very good at it. They’re the new standard against which we are all being judged. In fact, it’s been said that anything communicated using a screen is now compared with everything else we see on any screen. So your Zoom…
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Matthews interviews Aaron Sorkin, Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne for 'Chicago 7' virtual Newsmaker, Feb. 18
National Press Club President Lisa Matthews will interview the writer and two stars of the Netflix original film "The Trial of the Chicago 7" in a virtual Newsmaker that will stream at 8 p.m. EST tonight, Thursday, Feb. 18, on the Club website. Matthews talks to the movie's writer and director, Aaron Sorkin, and two of its stars -- Sacha Baron Cohen, who plays Abbie Hoffman, and Eddie Redmayne, who plays Tom Hayden. She and the artists discuss the legacy of the Chicago 7 and the movie’s relevance today following a year of massive protests and America’s long-overdue reckoning with systemic…
Type: News
NPC Virtual Newsmaker: U.S. Space Force Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond
Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond, chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, will discuss its mission and accomplishments of the space force in its first year as an independent branch at. National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker event at 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 3. Raymond will address threats to access and freedom to maneuver in space, the branch's work to enhance strategic stability, further global alliances and partnerships, and its work in establishing norms of behavior -- the effects of which can extend well beyond the space domain. This one-hour…
Type: Event