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Celebrate the holidays Thursday with jazz and dinner at the Reliable Source
The U Street Collective Jazz will perform during the Club's annual holiday buffet on Thursday. The price of the buffet is $24 for Club members and $28 for nonmembers. Dinner will be served beginning at 5:30 p.m. and the music will begin at 6 p.m. in the Truman Lounge. To reserve space, please contact the Reliable Source at RS @press.org or 202-662-7443 Here's the special menu for that evening: SoupSpiced pumpkin soup with gruyere croutons SaladSpinach with sugared cranberries, oranges, cinnamon pecans and ginger dressingGreen salad with pomegranates, spiced apples, goat cheese and mulled…
Type: News
Remember when the first woman Club president was sworn in?
President Ronald Reagan administered the oath of office in 1982 when Vivian Vahlberg was sworn in as the National Press Club's first woman president. At the time, female journalists had only been allowed as members for 11 years. Since Vahlberg's inauguration, eight women presidents have followed in her footsteps. This snippet was one of many put together by the late Art Wiese, who served as Club president in 1979. He was responsible for planning much of the reconstruction of the Club during its renovation in the early 1980s. In his later years, he put together a series of snippets on the Club…
Type: News
Wednesday's Newmaker to focus on sanctuary cities
The practice of some U.S. cities to protect unauthorized immigrants from federal immigration authorities is the topic of a National Press Club Newsmaker at noon on Wednesday. The speakers will be Jessica Vaughan of the Center for Immigration Studies and William Stock of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. The event will take place in the Bloomberg Room. Vaughan said so-called sanctuary cities present a significant public safety problem as more than 15,000 criminal aliens that U.S. Customs and Immigration sought to deport were instead released into the general population. On the…
Type: News
Ballou makes history as he is elected Club president
Al-Jazeera Media Network news editor Jeff Ballou was elected National Press Club president, the first African-American male to lead the organization and the first to represent a non-U.S. news outlet. He will take office in January. Ballou said he was “deeply humbled and honored” to step into the role. Sheila Cherry, who served in 2004, was the first African-American to lead the Club. “I am the bookend, at least for African-Americans, the dividend recipient of more than a century of toil and sacrifice,” said Ballou, 49, as he thanked his late parents, his “Pittsburgh values," and his mentors…
Type: News
Inaugural committee official joins panel on covering ceremony, parade, 9:30 am Dec. 13
Alex Stroman, deputy director of communications for the 2017 Presidential Inaugural Committee, will join the directors of the Senate daily press and periodical press galleries to discuss credentialing to cover the Inaugural Ceremony and related events at a National Press Club Journalism Institute panel at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13. The program is $5 for Club members and $10 for others. Registration is required. The Presidential Inaugural Committee, which credentials media covering the parade route, inaugural balls and other events, is accepting requests through Dec. 26 here: Presidential…
Type: News
Insurance Insolvencies
Sen. Metzenbaum, known for his contentiousness on the floor of the Senate, addressed a luncheon audience at the National Press Club. He discussed the recent spate of financial crises in the insurance industry, such as the financial collapse of Executive Life Insurance company, which has left hundreds of thousands of policy holders in California and New York unsure of the state of their insurance coverage. In addition, the state of Alaska continued to invest in Executive Life during the final year before the insurance company's collapse, which has left thousands of state workers in Alaska…
Type: Media
Frank Sesno, Emmy Award winner, to explain the art of the interview, Jan. 24
Frank Sesno, an Emmy Award-winning journalist and director of George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs, will discuss the value of asking the right kind of questions and what to expect as an outcome, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, at the National Press Club. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the NPC's Holeman Lounge. Admission is free for Club members but registration is required.. Guest tickets are $10. Sesno will share insights from his new book, "Ask More: The Power of Questions to Open Doors, Uncover Solutions and Spark Change" at the event, which is sponsored by the Club…
Type: News
Club member Erickson Blakney's film on Jonestown, Miss., development airs Dec. 12
The second film in a documentary series produced by National Press Club member Erickson S. Blakney will air at 10 p.m. Monday, Dec. 12, on Mississippi Public Broadcasting television. “Enriching Destiny” recounts how the special partnership between the residents of Jonestown, Miss., and Sister Teresa Shields and the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus built the Jonestown Family Center for Education and Wellness to bring education and health opportunities to their community. The documentary airs again on MPB TV Dec. 18 at noon and 4:30 p.m. Following the broadcast premiere, the film will be…
Type: News
New Year, new directory entry: Start the year right with an update to your Club listing
Did you know the National Press Club has an online membership directory? Members can find general contact information for fellow members by visiting the site. We encourage all members to review and update their contact information. Please include a photo, a bio and social-media links. You will be required to sign into the member only section to access the webpage. A current directory listing will increase your chance of sitting at the head table at an upcoming luncheon. For more information about your membership benefits please send an email to [email protected] or visit www.press.org.
Type: News
Club member Jason Rezaian signs deal for book about Iranian imprisonment
National Press Club member Jason Rezaian of the Washington Post, who was freed from an Iranian prison in January, recently signed a book deal with Ecco, a division of Harper Collins. The highly anticipated book, which will recount Rezaian's 18-month imprisonment and analyze the U.S.-Iran nuclear weapons agreement will be the first time the public will hear details of his unique personal story. The book will be published in 2018, according to Ecco. The Washington Post, which is expected to run early excerpts, published a story announcing the book deal on Dec. 6.. The Club was a leading…
Type: News