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Club to preview parts of new PBS series, 'Soundbreaking,' on impact of recorded music, Nov. 9
The National Press Club will screen two parts of the upcoming PBS series, "Soundbreaking: Stores from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music," on Wednesday evening, Nov. 9, at 7 p.m. in the Club’s Ballroom. As with all Newsmaker events, this event is open to credentialed media, National Press Club members and invited guests, free of charge. Please RSVP for the screening by clicking here. The series explores the impact of recorded music on the modern world. The eight-part documentary will be broadcast on PBS later in November. Following the screening will be a panel discussion featuring: -…
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Silicon Valley's Peter Thiel defends funding lawsuit against Gawker, support of Trump
Venture capitalist and entrepreneur Peter Thiel told a packed National Press Club audience Oct. 31 that his only regret about funding a lawsuit against Gawker Media is that he wasn’t more transparent about being the person with the deep pockets financing the suit. Thiel's comments about the highly publicized suit, which led to the website's bankruptcy, came at a Speakers newsmaker event where he also defended his controversial support for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. That position has garnered criticism from Thiel’s Silicon Valley counterparts. Thiel, a cofounder of PayPal,…
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Next Communicators Summit to focus on crisis communications, Nov. 15
Crisis communications will be the topic of the next Communications Summit, sponsored by the National Press Club's Communications and Marketing Committee, on Tuesday, Nov. 15, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:35 p.m. in the Conference Rooms. Registration is required. Admission is $75 for the general public and $50 for National Press Club members. Please click here to register. The summit is composed of three sessions. The first session will feature a conversation with Michael A. Nutter, former mayor of Philadelphia. During his time in office, was charged with leading the city through an economic…
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VFW commander to review veterans issues before new president and Congress at Newsmaker, Nov. 10
The day before Veterans’ Day, Brian Duffy, oommander-in-chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), will discuss the needs of the nation’s 20 million veterans and the plans of veterans’ groups to move promised benefits by the new president and the next Congress at a National Press Club Newsmaker news conference on Thursday, Nov. 10. Duffy will make his remarks at 10 a.m., in the club’s Bloomberg Room. Duffy, who represents some 1.7 million VFW and Auxiliary members in 6,600 VFW posts worldwide, will discuss such issues as suicide prevention, health-care delivery,…
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VOA's Sandy Sugawara, Pulitzer juror, added to Pulitzer panel, Nov. 16
Sandy Sugawara, formerly an editor at The Washington Post and now deputy director of Voice of America, will join three other distinguished panelists at the National Press Club to discuss the Pulitzer Prize competition on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 9:30 a.m. in the Bloomberg Room. Sugawara has spent more than three decades in journalism, starting as a UPI reporter and rising to senior management positions at the Post. She was sworn in as VOA deputy director May 2. She has twice served on the Pulitzer jury that recommended finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for public service. She joins Hannah…
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Job opportunity: American Institutes for Research seeks media relations director
The American Institutes for Research, a leader in behavioral and social science research and technical assistance, is seeking a Director of Media Relations and Public Affairs. This position will be based in the organization's main offices in Washington, D.C., near the Georgetown Harbor. The director of Media Relations develops and implements strategic public affairs and media relations activities based on AIR’s research, evaluation, assessment and capacity-building work. The director manages AIR’s relationships with the media and informs stakeholder relationships including current and…
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U.N. Human Development Report 1991
Mr. Draper discussed the recently released human development report from the United Nations Development Program on economic and social development in Third World countries. The report measured social progress in poor countries by economic and social criteria, including life expectancy and education. Mr. Draper reported on conditions in Africa, where average personal incomes among the dropped twenty percent during the previous decade, and social services have been unable to cope with increasing population and decreasing resources. Only one in four children in Africa receive adequate nutrition…
Type: Media
Only 8 days 'til the election! Follow the results at Club's Election Watch party, 6 p.m., Nov. 8
The long election campaign finally comes to end next Tuesday, Nov. 8. Celebrate the occasion and cheer on your favorite candidates (or drown your sorrows) in the company of fellow Club members and guests at the Reliable Source restaurant's special election watch party that night starting at 6 p.m. in the Truman Lounge. The lounge's big screen's will screen the results as they pour in from across the country and the nation chooses its next president and members of the House and one-third of the Senate. Make an evening of it by booking a dinner reservation at the Reliable Source. The…
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Johnny Holliday is guest at next 'Legends of Broadcasting' dinner, Nov. 21
Fresh off the Washington Nationals' post-season baseball run, in the middle of the University of Maryland football season and just ahead of the Terps' basketball season, Washington broadcast legend Johnny Holliday will join the National Press Club Broadcast Committee and guests for the committee's next "Legends of Broadcasting" dinner Monday, Nov. 21. Seating in the Winner's Room will be strictly limited to 30 people. A cash bar reception will begin at 6 p.m. with introductions and dinner following at 6:45. Holliday will make remarks and open the floor to an informal Q&A session to end by…
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Club bar and grill is Reliable Source for baseball, Election Night party, Pub Quiz, book fair dinner
The Reliable Source at the National Press Club offers several special events in the coming weeks: First week of November: World Series viewing Tuesday, Nov. 8: , 8 p.m. – Election Night party, Reliable Source Thursday, Nov. 10: Pub Quiz – 7 p.m. – Truman Lounge Friday, Nov. 18: Book and Author/Roast Beef Night – 5:30 p.m. – Reliable Source Note: Due to Book and Author/Roast Beef night, there will not be a Taco Night on Friday, Nov. 18. To make reservations, please contact us at 202-662-7443 or e-mail [email protected].
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