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Here's your chance to question President Lincoln
If you had been a reporter at the end of the Civil War, what would you have asked President Lincoln? At noon on Dec. 3, you have a chance to do just that. The Club is one of the sponsors of an event bringing Lincoln impersonator George Buss to Ketchum Hall. across from the Hart Senate Office Building. to hold a press conference as though it were the final days of the Civil War. While the real Lincoln never held a press conference, he was adept at using the newspapers to make his case to the American people. Those days in mid-April 1865 were crucial to the future of the nation as the…
Type: News
This week in National Press Club history
Nov. 22, 1932: President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first VIP invited to speak at the Club at a dinner less than three weeks after winning the first of his four elections. The Speakers Committee is created soon after. The format changes in 1934 to a luncheon format better suited to the afternoon news cycle and attracts prominent national figures in government (Secretary of State Cordell Hull) and the arts (filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille (“The Ten Commandments”) and Upton Sinclair, author of The Jungle, a grim expose of conditions in meat packing plants.) Nov, 22, 1963: President John F.…
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Upcoming events in the Reliable Source
Thursday, Dec. 10 -- Pub Quiz, 7 p.m. – Truman Lounge CANCELLED. Friday, Dec. 11 -- Club election results, 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15 -- GOP debate watch with wide-screen TV, 8 p.m., Truman Lounge. Special food and drinks available. Thursday, Dec. 17 -- Annual holiday buffet and jazz Night, 5:30 p.m. for dinner and 6:30 p.m. for jazz.
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Upcoming National Press Club Luncheons
Dec. 2:This event is in the Holeman LoungeDeborah Lee James, Secretary of the Air ForceTopic: Budget cuts, sexual assaults and other issues facing the Air ForceTo purchase tickets, click here. Dec. 4:Prince Ali Al Hussein of Jordan, presidential hopeful for soccer's international governing body and son of King Hussein of JordanTopic: TBACredentialed media must RSVP here Dec. 8:This event is in the Holeman LoungeDr. David J. Skorton, Secretary, SmithsonianTopic: TBATo purchase tickets, click here. NPC luncheons are open to credentialed members of the media. Luncheon tickets are open to the…
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Ring in the new year at the Club
Celebrate the start of 2016 with a multicourse prix-fixe New Year's Eve menu at the Fourth Estate Restaurant on Thursday, Dec. 31. The price is $60 per member and $70 per non-member, plus tax, gratuity and beverages. Seatings at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Please reservations by Dec. 24 to assure your seating choice. Call the Fourth Estate at 202-662-7638 or book at www.opentable.com Menu: Amuse bouche Spinach salad, avocado, mango, apricots, goat cheese, pecans and champagne vinaigrette Warm lobster bisque, Old Bay and herb croutons with crisp potato garnish Lamb chops from the rack, ginger demi-glace…
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Future of Cable Television
Mr. Sikes discussed the debate over cable television and the syndication rule. The previous day the Federal Communication Commission had forwarded a report to Congress that outlined their findings in hearings held thoughout the United States.
Type: Media
Soledad O'Brien turned on a dime and says young journalists must too
You can't fire your boss, but one of the benefits of running your own TV production company is that if your client wants you to do something you don't care to do, you can fire the client. That was one of the career-change nuggets shared with members of the Club's Broadcast Committee and their guests at a Primetime lunch Nov. 20 by Soledad O'Brien, a former CNN and NBC anchor who now has her own Starfish Media Group. O'Brien said that when you make the shift, you get to quickly realize all the behind-the-scenes stuff that goes into getting a show on the air, like a financial plan, budgets and…
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Club President comments on the death of Austin Kiplinger, Fourth Estate Award winner
The following statement is by John Hughes, President of the National Press Club, on the passing of Austin Kiplinger: "The National Press Club was saddened today to hear the news that Austin Kiplinger, one of our most prominent members and a dear friend of the National Press Club for many years, had passed away at age 97. "Mr. Kiplinger was a gentleman in every respect. He was a welcome, jovial, and valued guest at major Press Club social gatherings. His friends were legion. His wit and charm ever present. "In 2005, Mr. Kiplinger received the Club's highest honor, the Fourth Estate Award,…
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Reliable Source events in December
Thursday, Dec. 10: Pub Quiz, 7 p.m., Truman Lounge Friday, Dec. 11: Club election results, 8 p.m., Reliable Source Tuesday, Dec. 15: Republican debate watch event, 8 p.m., Truman Lounge. Special food and drinks available. Thursday, Dec. 17: Annual Holiday Buffet and Jazz Night, 5:30 p.m. for dinner in Reliable Source and 6:30 p.m. for jazz in Truman Lounge
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Rockwell painting sale brings $10.2 million to Club, Institute
The sale of the Club's Norman Rockwell painting, "Norman Rockwell Visits a Country Editor," brought in $10.2 million at an auction by Christie's in New York. The price was within Christie's estimate of $10 million to $15 million, though Club members who had gathered to watch the auction got concerned when bidding temporarily stopped at $5 million before resuming its upward climb. "When it cleared $9 million people whooped. When it went over $10 million they went crazy." Club Manager Bill McCarren said. Seventy percent of the proceeds will go to the Club and 30 percent will go to the nonprofit…
Type: News