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These events have created our global reputation as a great venue where news is made. The Luncheon speaker series allows a guest such as a head of state, politician, cabinet secretary, business leader, musician, actor, sports star or other interesting person to give a significant speech of good duration and then take questions from the press. The questions are written on cards and passed up to the President of the Press Club, who decides which ones will be asked and in what order. The entire program is one hour. All these Luncheons are covered by C-Span and aired several times. Some are aired live by C-Span or some of the other news organizations that cover these events regularly including CNN, MSNBC, Fox, CNBC, Bloomberg and many others. The NPC shoots video of each luncheon which is webcast live on our homepage and available in our archives. We also shoot and post still photos, record digital audio that our members turn into a radio program and create transcripts of the remarks. We write brief articles for our online newsletter The Wire. The Club invites a dozen or so journalists to sit at the head table, have lunch with the guest and ask questions. Some of the head table journalists write stories for their own outlets including: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg, USA Today, Washington Post and others.
There are about 75 luncheons a year. Most of these Luncheons take place in the NPC Ballroom which seats about 300 or so guests. The public can buy tickets to most NPC luncheons. Sometimes the Speakers Committee (link here), which arranges the luncheons decides to hold their event as a breakfast or a news conference with no meal to accommodate the schedule of a guest-- but this is rare. If you have never attended an NPC luncheon, but have seen them on C-Span please join us and bring a friend for an unforgettable experience. The lunch normally begins at 12:30; the speech begins at 1 p.m.; the Q & A ends at 2pm. Tickets are $35. Club members and their guests pay a reduced rate.
Events are sorted in reverse chronological order. Transcripts or tapes for luncheon speakers are available
from the National Press Club Archives.
Phone: 202-662-7598
E-Mail: archives@press.org
Transcripts and streaming video of luncheon speakers are free to members and are located in the Member' Area.
More details about an event can be found under the appropriate date in the Master Calendar
March 2013
Robert L. Johnson
March 26, 2013
Kathy Calvin
March 20, 2013
Thomas Drake
March 15, 2013
Mariska Hargitay
March 13, 2013
February 2013
Christopher Dodd
February 15, 2013
January 2013
Antonio Villaraigosa
January 14, 2013
December 2012
Leon Panetta
December 18, 2012
James Taylor
December 7, 2012
November 2012
Admiral John Greenert
November 16, 2012
Roger Daltrey & Pete Townshend
November 12, 2012
Rodney Erickson
November 2, 2012
October 2012
Gen. Martin Dempsey
October 10, 2012
Arne Duncan
October 2, 2012
September 2012
James P. Hoffa
September 13, 2012
Tony Perkins
September 12, 2012
Bruce Allen
September 7, 2012
Kathleen Turner
September 6, 2012
August 2012
Gen. James F. Amos
August 28, 2012
Sister Mary Hughes
August 16, 2012
July 2012
Gwen Ifill & Judy Woodruff
July 24, 2012
Dr. Delos Cosgrove
July 20, 2012
Doug Parker
July 18, 2012
June 2012
The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation Journalism Awards with Chris Matthews
June 4, 2012
May 2012
Anna Maria Chávez
May 30, 2012
Billie Jean King
May 12, 2012
Mike Rizzo
May 4, 2012
April 2012
Ken Salazar
April 24, 2012
Alec Baldwin
April 16, 2012
Michael Weiner
April 11, 2012
Douglas Shulman
April 5, 2012
Deepak Chopra
April 4, 2012
March 2012
Patrick Kennedy & Jim Ramstad
March 14, 2012
John Pistole
March 5, 2012
February 2012
Danica Patrick
February 21, 2012
January 2012
Janet Napolitano
January 30, 2012
December 2011
Jim Cantore
December 14, 2011
November 2011
Patrick Donahoe
November 21, 2011
Tom Brokaw
November 3, 2011
October 2011
Herman Cain
October 31, 2011
Harvey Levin
October 24, 2011
Natalie Cole
October 19, 2011
Ray LaHood
October 13, 2011
Ron Paul
October 5, 2011
Ken Burns
October 3, 2011
September 2011
Elon Musk
September 29, 2011
Rudy Giuliani
September 6, 2011
August 2011
Gary Johnson
August 19, 2011
July 2011
Michele Bachmann
July 28, 2011
Gregory B. Jaczko
July 18, 2011
Tim Armstrong & Arianna Huffington
July 15, 2011
Ted Leonsis
July 13, 2011
Charles F. Bolden, Jr.
July 1, 2011
June 2011
Gary Sinise
June 30, 2011
Sheila C. Bair
June 24, 2011
Gerald Ford Journalism Awards
June 14, 2011
Tom Vilsack
June 13, 2011
May 2011
Juan Williams
May 26, 2011
Richard Trumka
May 20, 2011
April 2011
T. Boone Pickens & Ted Turner
April 19, 2011
Douglas Shulman
April 6, 2011
March 2011
Harry Shearer
March 14, 2011
Vivian Schiller
March 7, 2011
February 2011
Ben Bernanke
February 3, 2011
January 2011
Tim Pawlenty
January 13, 2011
Gail J. McGovern
January 12, 2011
December 2010
Muhtar Kent
December 2, 2010
November 2010
Secretary Steven Chu
November 29, 2010
Jeff Bridges
November 10, 2010
October 2010
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
October 25, 2010
Condoleezza Rice
October 15, 2010
Gen. Norton Schwartz
October 12, 2010
Brian T. Moynihan
October 8, 2010
Margaret Hamburg
October 6, 2010
September 2010
Senators Cornyn & Menendez
September 30, 2010
Josette Sheeran
September 29, 2010
David Beckmann
September 13, 2010
Christina Romer
September 1, 2010
August 2010
Mitch Landrieu
August 9, 2010
July 2010
Arne Duncan
July 27, 2010
Don Blankenship
July 22, 2010
Tony Horton
July 16, 2010
Venus Williams
July 7, 2010
June 2010
Rajiv Shah
June 18, 2010
Paul Steiger
June 15, 2010
Ashley Judd
June 9, 2010
Gerald R. Ford Journalism
June 7, 2010
May 2010
Barbara Bush
May 26, 2010
Ted Leonsis
May 21, 2010
Tim Kaine
May 19, 2010
Thomas J. Donohue
May 14, 2010
April 2010
Secretary Ray Mabus
April 30, 2010
Sander Levin
April 19, 2010
Janet Napolitano
April 15, 2010
Dennis Quaid
April 12, 2010
Kathleen Sebelius
April 6, 2010
Douglas Shulman
April 5, 2010
March 2010
Dick Armey
March 15, 2010
Ron Kirk
March 9, 2010
Lisa Jackson
March 8, 2010
Mitt Romney
March 5, 2010
February 2010
Francis S. Collins, M.D.
February 26, 2010
Sec. Tom Vilsack
February 23, 2010
Adm. Thad Allen
February 12, 2010
Secretary Gary Locke
February 4, 2010
January 2010
Richard Trumka
January 11, 2010
December 2009
Karen Mills
December 14, 2009
Gary Knell
December 8, 2009
Joy Zinoman
December 4, 2009
November 2009
HSH Prince Albert II
November 30, 2009
Jim Leach
November 20, 2009
Deborah Hersman
November 16, 2009
Truett Cathy and Dan Cathy
November 13, 2009
October 2009
Capt. Wei Jiafu
October 26, 2009
Chris "Ludacris" Bridges
October 23, 2009
Jorma Ollila
October 15, 2009
Jeff Dunham
October 13, 2009
John Potter
October 8, 2009
Mark Shriver/ Craig Fugate
October 5, 2009
September 2009
Ken Burns
September 28, 2009
Dr. Denis Cortese
September 18, 2009
Governor Jim Douglas
September 17, 2009
August 2009
Nick Jonas
August 24, 2009
July 2009
Senator John Kerry
July 29, 2009
Congressman Barney Frank
July 27, 2009
Congressman John Conyers
July 24, 2009
Gail McGovern
July 21, 2009
Morris Dees
July 10, 2009
Admiral Mike Mullen
July 8, 2009
Wayne Clough
July 1, 2009
June 2009
Robert Herz
June 26, 2009
Stan Kasten
June 25, 2009