Legends of Broadcast: Ann Compton

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Nov 15 2023

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Nov 15, 2023 at 6:00pm

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Fourth Estate Winners’ Room

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Cecily Scott Martin

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Dinner

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ABC News veteran Ann Compton will be the National Press Club Broadcast & Podcast Team's newest guest at is series of "Legends of Broadcast"These limited-access informal events allow NPC members and their guests to hear the honoree's remarks and participate in an intimate Q&A.

Compton's distinguished career includes 41 years on the air at ABC, much of that time at the White House, spanning 10 presidential campaigns and seven presidents. She has earned a fellowship at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and did a stint at the Miller Center for Presidential Studies in Virginia.

She has been president of the White House Correspondents' Association and chairman of the Radio-TV Correspondents' Association which governs operations of the broadcast galleries on Capitol Hill.

A cash bar reception will begin at 6 p.m. with introductions and dinner following at 6:45. Our guest of honor will make remarks and then open the floor to an informal Q&A session to end by 8:30.

Cost of the three-course dinner with 2 glasses of wine is $70 for National Press Club members.

Menu

Appetizer: Arugula, tri-colored pickled beets, grapes, herb goat cheese and cinnamon maple roasted walnuts

Entrée:  Filet mignon au poivre, almond potatoes and spinach Parmesan soufflé (Vegetarian Meals on Request)

Dessert: Crème brûlée with berries