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Dinner at the Club Monday pairs food with craft beer
Gypsy brewer Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergso and Chef Daniel Burns will pair food with craft beer at the Fourth Estate Restaurant on Monday, June 6. The pair will guide dinners through five courses, explaining their philosophy and exploring the relationship between food and beer. They launched their new cookbook, “Food & Beer,” last month. To reserve your spot, click here to purchase tickets. Reservations are $80 per person or $155 per couple. Club members will receive a 15 percent discount by logging into their accounts when they purchase tickets. The ticket price includes one copy of "Food…
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Here's who else will speak at the freelance workshop June 10
A panel on social media will cap off a program on freelancing scheduled for June 10 at the National Press Club. The session will begin at 3 p.m. following an earlier panel on writing for trade publications that begins at 1. Learn more about the event and register online. The panelists are: Margarita Noriega, executive editor for digital at Newsweek, wrote and edited breaking news, video, and Internet culture stories for Vox.com in Washington; oversaw social media strategy for Fusion, including launching the network's international Snapchat Discover channel; and oversaw both breaking news and…
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Club's American Legion post to hear about Eisenhower memorial, noon June 6
Top officials of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission will discuss plans for the tribute to the 34th U.S. president at a noon meeting of American Legion Post 20 in the McClendon Room on Monday, June 6. Commission Executive Director Carl Reddel and Deputy Executive Director Victoria Tigwell also will show a documentary on the memorial at the meeting, which will be held on the 72nd anniversary of D-Day. That was the largest amphibious assault in history overseen by Eisenhower as supreme allied commander in Europe during World War II. The presentation is open to all NPC members and…
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Come watch NBC's "Meet the Press" live
Club members can watch a live taping of NBC's "Meet the Press," the venerable news interview show on Sunday, June 12. The taping starts at 8:30 a.m. There is no cost to attend, but there is a maximum of 20 Club members and registration is on a first come-first served basis. Register at http://www.press.org/events/npc-members-live-taping-meet-press
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National Press Club Decries Philippine President-Elect’s Dangerous Rhetoric
The National Press Club condemned recent statements by the president-elect of the Philippines that journalists could be targeted for assassination. “Just because you’re a journalist, you are not exempted from assassination, if you’re a son of a bitch,” Rodrigo Duterte was reported as saying at a May 31 news conference in Davao, where he is mayor. Duterte has advocated vigilante justice and capital punishment for certain crimes. His comments appeared to suggest that journalists who are deemed to have committed capital crimes should not be exempt from such retribution. “We don't presume to…
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National Press Club Alarmed by Growing Press Crackdown in Egypt
The National Press Club on Wednesday voiced alarm over deteriorating press freedom conditions in Egypt following this week's arrest of the head of the country's journalists' union. Egyptian Press Syndicate head Yahia Galash and two board members, Gamal Abdel Raheem and Khaled Elbashy, were detained by security forces on Sunday, questioned for 13 hours and then charged on Monday with illegally harboring suspects and publishing false news, according to news reports. The charges stem from a May 1 incident when the press syndicate's Cairo headquarters was raided by police and two Egyptian…
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FCC chair to discuss next generation of wireless technologies at June 20 luncheon
Federal Communications Commission Chair Tom Wheeler will offer his thoughts about the next generation 5G wireless communications services and technologies at a Club luncheon on Monday, June 20. The new technologies promise to offer dramatically faster wireless broadband services, and Wheeler will offer his thoughts on what the American vision for 5G should be. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with remarks beginning at 1 p.m., followed by a Q&A session ending at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $24 for Club members and one guest, and $38 for nonmembers. Tickets may be purchased online by going to…
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Upcoming National Press Club luncheons
Monday, June 13Girl Scouts CEO Anna Maria ChávezTopic: Gold Award Centennial.To purchase tickets click HERE Monday, June 20Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom WheelerTopic: The new 5G landscapeTo purchase tickets click HERE *Location: Holeman Lounge Tuesday, June 21Note starting time of 9 a.m. for breakfastUniversity of Missouri System President Michael MiddletonTopic: Moving forward after racial tension.To purchase tickets click HERE Wednesday, June 22Rescheduled from an earlier date U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas E. PerezTopic: TBATo purchase tickets click HERE Thursday, June…
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National Press Club President: What Does Donald Trump Have Against the Constitution?
The National Press Club president expressed alarm on Tuesday about Donald Trump’s dangerous attitude toward the First Amendment. At a press conference earlier in the day, Trump had said “the press should be ashamed of themselves” for investigating his fundraising for veterans. Trump at one point called an ABC News reporter a “sleaze.” “You know my opinion of the media,” Trump said, “it’s very low.” Two days before, Trump had told a crowd on the National Mall that reporters are “liars” and “lowlifes.” Trump had previously called for making it easier for public figures to sue news…
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Annual freelance workshop scheduled for June 10
The Freelance Committee's annual workshop is scheduled for Friday, June 10. A program on writing for trade publications will begin at 1 p.m., followed by a panel starting at 3 p.m. focusing on social media. The event is free for club members and $10 for non-members. More information on ticketing can be found by clicking here. Panelists include: Randy Lilleston, editor-in-chief, Industry Dive. Lilleston has been editor of Industry Dive, a Washington-based all-digital business-to-business news startup, for the past two years. He has more than 20 years of experience in digital news, and has…
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