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Late baseball immortal Hank Aaron spoke at Club in 1993
Baseball immortal Hank Aaron speaks at a National Press Club Luncheon Sept. 15, 1993. Henry (Hank) Aaron, legendary Hall of Fame baseball slugger noted for breaking Babe Ruth’s home run record in 1974, who died at age 86 on Jan. 2, once graced the National Press Club rostrum. Aaron spoke at a Club Luncheon on Sept. 15, 1993. Also noted for helping break baseball’s color barrier, he used his appearance at the Club to criticize the inadequate minority hiring in baseball. He discussed the importance of bringing minority athletes to positions of prominence to encourage minorities in all walks…
Type: News
Author describes life -- including the best borscht -- in Eastern Bloc countries after Soviet Union's collapse
"Stories and photos from my journey to unseat communism, clean the environment and find the best borscht in the remains of the Evil Empire." That's how National Press Club member Ron Hoffer described "From the Bronx to Berlin and Beyond," his new book of photos and short essays, at a Virtual Book Rap Jan. 21 sponsored by the Club's Book & Author Group. Hoffer, a professional in the field of geology and water resources, said the book is "about the first of my three decades of working as an international development professional for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the World…
Type: News
Matthews sets Club on path toward greater diversity
Lisa Nicole Matthews took the gavel as the 114th president of the National Press Club on Friday promising to lead an effort to make the organization more diverse and inclusive. Matthews is the third Black Club president – following Sheila Cherry in 2004 and Jeff Ballou in 2017 – and the 14th woman to hold the position. “The very first presidents of the National Press Club did not look like me,” Matthews said at the online General Membership Meeting on Jan. 22. “They were not women. They were not Black. And they might not have imagined that some day someone like me would stand before you as…
Type: News
American Legion Post 20 honors Club immediate past President Freedman
The National Press Club American Legion Post 20 honored Michael Freedman on his last day as Club president for his support of the post and wartime military service Prior to the Club's Jan. 22 General Membership Meeting in which Freedman turned over the president's gavel to Lisa Matthews, Post 20 Commander Jim Noone presented him with an American Legion Special Award plaque for "outstanding and dedicated support." The presentation took place in the McClendon Room, which has long been the Post 20 meeting place. Freedman and the Club worked closely with Post 20 on numerous projects related to…
Type: News
Memorial Day Concert Planning
Participants for the Memorial Day Concert in Washington, DC will talk about planning for the event, the significance of the annual concert, and their participation in the festivities. They also answered questions from the audience.
Type: Media
Caring for photojournalists: Preventing burnout, treating trauma and ensuring equity
Visual journalists have been on the front lines of the pandemic, injured at protests and attacked at the Capitol insurrection. Holding a camera makes those who are reporting on events a visible target for law enforcement or people angry at the media. And working remotely is not an option when you’re the community’s eyes and ears at the scene. So how do we care for photojournalists facing more pressure than ever under exhausting and dangerous circumstances? Join the National Press Club Journalism Institute and the National Press Photographers Association for honest answers to this question…
Type: Event
In Update-1 podcast, NPC member photojournalist describes her danger at Capitol during deadly attack
Photo: Christy Bowe National Press Club member Christy Bowe says she was in a “dangerous situation” when Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 realized she was a member of the media and began chanting insults directed at news organizations. In the second of a two-part series on the Club podcast, Update-1 featuring journalists who were on duty that historic day, NPC Broadcast Podcast Committee member and American University assistant professor in communications Gemma Puglisi interviews Bowe, a photojournalist who was on the East side of the Capitol. She says she…
Type: News
Club author Ed Barks discusses his book, 'Reporters Don't Hate You,' at Virtual Book Rap, Feb 4
Ed Barks, a National Press Club member and founder of the Club's independent authors group, plans to discuss his new book, "Reporters Don’t Hate You: 100+ Amazing Media Relations Strategies," at a National Press Club Virtual Book Rap sponsored by the Book & Author Group on Thursday, Feb. 4, at 7 p.m. To register for, and join the event, please contact Heather Forsgren Weaver at [email protected], who will send you the Zoom codes. As the author himself says, “Dealing with the press is a high wire act.” Company spokespersons hold their firm’s future in their hands when…
Type: News
Panera CEO Niren Chaudhary on the future of restaurants, Feb. 9
Niren Chaudhary, CEO of the Panera Bread Co. bakery-restaurant chain, will address the future of restaurants post-COVID-19 in a virtual National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker event on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 1 p.m. This one-hour program, part of the National Press Club Virtual Headliners series, will stream live, and is accessible to both the media and members of the general public free-of-charge. Download a calendar reminder or access the livestream here. Niren Chaudhary, chief executive of the Panera Bread Co. Chaudhary took the helm at Panera in May 2019, just eight months before Covid-…
Type: News
Club serves as press filing center for inaugural events
As it has done throughout the past year of extraordinary news events, the National Press Club offered access to credentialed journalists covering this week's inaugural activities. Riley Beggin of the Detroit News was one of the journalists who utilized the National Press Club as a filing center while covering the presidential inauguration. Photo: Mike Freedman The Club pre-registered nearly 30 reporters and photographers representing news organizations in the United States and Canada, providing desk space, cable television, broadband access, Wi-Fi and water. "Following last week's failed …
Type: News