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NPC in History: The Fourth Estate Award begins with a bang
With the National Press Club's Fourth Estate Award presentation coming up next week in the middle of a major special prosecutor investigation, now is the time to talk about the origin of the award and the strange events that surrounded the evening when it was presented for the first time. The Fourth Estate was promoted by Club President Don Larrabee of the Griffin-Larrabee News Service, who wanted the Club to create a lifetime achievement award to honor those journalists who had contributed the most to the profession throughout their careers. CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite was the first…
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Wire hiatus notice
The National Press Club will be closed on Thursday and Friday this week and there will be no issue of the Wire on those days. Have a good and safe Thanksgiving.
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Step back in time at a festive 1920s cocktail party, Dec. 13
Cocktail historian Philip Greene will lead you on a journey back to the 'Roaring Twenties' with cocktails from his latest book at the Fourth Estate restaurant on Thursday, Dec. 13. Diners will sample retro cocktails, including The Bees Knees and The Boulevardier, from "A Drinkable Feast," while enjoying passed hors d'oeuvres and dinner. The evening begins with hors d’oeuvres at 6:30 p.m. Dinner follows at 7 p.m. Tickets are $75 single; $140/couple with a copy of the book included in the purchase price (one per couple). National Press Club members will receive a 15% discount in ticketing.…
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Club elections polls open online, Nov. 26
Mark your calendar, it is time to select National Press Club officers and board members for the 2019 cycle. Nominations closed Oct. 26. Online voting will start next Monday, Nov. 26. Online polls will close Thursday, Dec. 6, and in-person voting will take place at the Club on Friday, Dec. 7, from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. Announcement of the results and celebrations will follow.
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Marvin Kalb: With a free press, you are going to be free
Speaking to an audience at the National Press Club on Thursday, Nov. 15, Marvin Kalb said President Donald Trump’s “attacks on the press are attacks on the foundation of democracy.” Kalb was discussing his book “Enemy of the People: Trump’s War on the Press, the New McCarthyism, and the Threat to American Democracy.” Kalb explained that the term “enemy of the people” goes back to the time of the Roman Empire when calling someone an enemy of the people was prelude to executing that person. He said the term was also used to justify execution during the French revolution and by dictators…
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Amicus statement supporting preliminary injunction ruling in CNN v. Trump
The National Press Club and the National Press Club Journalism Institute, its nonprofit educational arm, joined with other news organizations and press freedom groups in this statement applauding today’s court ruling ordering the White House to immediately restore the press pass of CNN Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta. The statement follows: We applaud Judge Kelly’s careful application of the law to reject the White House’s claim of unbridled authority over journalists’ access to the White House. Our democracy depends on reporters having access to, and being able to question,…
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Legal experts caution House impeachment action, say wait for Mueller
Democrats taking control of the House of Representatives in January will need to determine the most prudent means to direct their newfound investigative powers. A panel of distinguished attorneys, moderated by former National Press Club President Donna Leinwand Leger Thursday and organized by Leinwand Leger and Headliners Team member Aaron Cohen, weighed in on what actions would be most effective and legally sound. Given the high bar of evidence needed for impeachment and the severe consequences of such action, panelists agreed that it would be premature for the House to go that route. “It’s…
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Immunotherapy could cure cancer within 10 years, physicians tell Newsmaker
Gary Gilliand and David Maloney, physicians at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, used a National Press Club Newsmaker event Nov. 1 to announce the opening of a Seattle immunotherapy clinic that will expand the number of patients in clinical trials of the treatment, which they think could cure cancer within the next decade. Immunotherapy is a form of cancer treatment that focuses on harnessing a patient’s own immune system to fight cancer, Gilliand said. Put simply, cellular immunotherapy is a process by which T-cells are extracted from patients, modified to attack cancer cells, and…
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Presigious panel to analyze media coverage of election campaign, Dec. 1
A panel of prominent journalists and political figures will discuss the media's coverage of the current presidential election campaign in a post-election analysis on Thursday, Dec. 1, at 7 p.m. in the National Press Club's Conference Rooms. Looking back on the truly unprecedented presidential campaign cycle will be: - Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post media columnist, panel moderator.- Abby Phillip, Hillary Clinton campaign reporter for The Washington Post.- Sean Spicer, Republican National Committee chief strategist and communications director.- Peter Alexander, NBC New national…
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National Press Club alarmed by press conditions in Turkey
The National Press Club on Tuesday voiced alarm over deteriorating press freedom conditions in Turkey, where authorities moved this week to detain a prominent opposition newspaper editor and at least a dozen other media figures. Murat Sabuncu, the editor-in-chief of the opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet, Turkey's oldest secularist newspaper, and a number of other journalists and news executives were rounded up in police raids Monday morning, according to news reports. The Istanbul prosecutor's office said the detained journalists support Kurdish militants and the Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen…
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