Member News
Did you know members can reserve three Club spaces for free?
October 15, 2015
The McClendon Room, the Games Room and the Mezzanine are available to members as an exceptional venue for meetings, cocktail parties and other special occasions. The spaces are located on the 14th floor of the National Press Club. Reservations are free for Club members, but there is a food and…
Read MoreThis week in National Press Club history
October 15, 2015
October 11, 1976: Isaac Stern, renowned concert violinist, advocates for the arts in a luncheon speech. October 12, 1999: Dave Thomas, founder and CEO of the Wendy’s restaurant chain, urges expanded and improved adoption services in the United States, an important cause to him as a Depression-era…
Read MoreGreater U Street Jazz Collective returning to Reliable Source Thursday, Oct. 29
October 15, 2015
The Greater U Street Jazz Collective will return to the Reliable Source by popular demand for a New Orleans Jazz Night and Dinner on Thursday, Oct. 29. Dinner starts at 5:30 p.m., and jazz at 6:30 p.m. The evening's dinner menu and specialty drinks are listed below. Domestic and imported beers and…
Read MoreDid you know the Club has an online membership directory?
October 7, 2015
Did you know the Club has an online membership directory? Find general contact information for fellow members. A current directory listing will increase your chance to sit on a luncheon head table. We encourage all members to review and update your directory listing here. Please include a photo, a…
Read MoreThis week in National Press Club history
October 7, 2015
October 6, 1965: President Lyndon Johnson makes a surprise appearance at a National Press Club luncheon honoring American cartoonists, joining Milton Caniff (“Steve Canyon” and “Terry and the Pirates”) at the head table with other notables of that art form. He reportedly comments that one…
Read MoreSign up for study trip to Turkey by Thursday, Oct. 8
October 6, 2015
National Press Club member Mehmet Saracoglu invites Club members -- journalists and communicators -- to Rumi Forum`s upcoming annual study trip to Turkey. The trip -- from Nov. 6 to Nov. 15 -- will focus on media and press freedom, democracy and human rights in Turkey and the wider region, as well…
Read MoreLAST CALL: watch the debate in the Reliable Source TONIGHT
October 6, 2015
NPC Members and their guests are invited to watch the first Democratic Party presidential candidates' debate on a wide screen in the Reliable Source on Tuesday, Oct. 13, starting with pre-debate coverage at 7 p.m. The Reliable Source menu for the evening will be: Fried chicken with spinach salad…
Read MoreBroadcast Committee gets a pre-game tour of MASN booth
October 6, 2015
The first Broadcast Committee trip to a baseball game opened with a pre-game tour of the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) broadcast booth at Nationals Park on Saturday, Sept. 26, on a picture perfect day. Nats play-by-play host Bob Carpenter and color analyst F.P. Santangelo kindly took a break…
Read MoreDemonstrate your trivia knowledge at Pub Quiz tonight, Thursday, Oct. 8
October 4, 2015
The next National Press Club Pub Quiz will be Thursday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. in the Truman Lounge. Join veteran Pub Quiz emcee Marc Wojno for a fun-filled evening with friends and colleagues to win great prizes and enjoy delicious food and drink from the Reliable Source Menu. Don’t have a team? No…
Read MoreClub decides to sell Rockwell painting due to high valuation, insurance costs
October 2, 2015
A sharply rising valuation and related insurance costs led to a unanimous decision by the boards of the National Press Club and the NPC Journalism Institute to sell the Club's Norman Rockwell painting, "Norman Rockwell Visits a Country Editor," National Press Club President John Hughes said at the…
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