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Join Club Membership Team
April 13, 2023
The National Press Club Membership Team is itself looking for new members. The group meets once per month to review all new applications in journalist and communicator categories, as well as students and retirees. The discussion is lively and the work is essential for the future of the Club. Please…
Read MoreTake me out to the Reliable Source Wed.
April 13, 2023
Baseball and popcorn are back at the National Press Club. Celebrate America's pastime, help kick off a new season for the Club's mighty softball team and celebrate the long-awaited return of the popcorn machine to the Reliable Source during a special happy hour starting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday,…
Read MorePub Quiz moves to April 20
April 12, 2023
Due to scheduling conflicts, the National Press Club Pub Quiz, originally scheduled for this Thursday, April 13, has been postponed to next week. It will now be held Thursday, April 20, in the Truman Lounge. Our apologies for the last-minute schedule change. Please check the Wire later this week…
Read MoreMake sure fellow members can reach you via the members directory!
April 6, 2023
Club members use the online directory to find contact information for fellow members. Can your fellow members find accurate information for you? We encourage all members to review and update their contact information. Please include a photo, a bio and social-media links. To do this, you will be…
Read MoreTune up on trivia for Pub Quiz, April 13
April 5, 2023
Join fellow National Press Club members and their guests at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 13, for trivia, food, drinks, prizes and camaraderie at Pub Quiz in the Truman Lounge. See old friends and meet new ones during a lively evening led by longtime Pub Quiz emcee Marc Wojno. Gather a team of four.…
Read MoreTonight: Crisis communications panel in-person, or on Zoom, 6 pm
April 4, 2023
Learn how to expediently handle communications and effectively manage the flow of information during a crisis at a panel discussion with members of the National Press Club Communicators Team in the McClendon Room at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 13, or on Zoom. This event is only open to Club members…
Read MoreThe Fund for American Studies seeks mentors for aspiring journalists
March 31, 2023
Want to do something about the future of journalism? Consider becoming a mentor for a collegiate journalist intern this summer! The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) is seeking working journalists and communications professionals for its summer mentor program. Mentees are all undergraduate students…
Read MoreClub mixer for embassy press attachés brings together diplomats, U.S. and foreign journalists
March 22, 2023
Dozens of press attachés from foreign embassies and international journalists filled the Holeman Lounge at the National Press Club at a mixer sponsored by the Club’s International Correspondents Committee (ICC) March 14. The mixer, the third put together by the committee in the last year and a half…
Read MoreBooks & Brunch to discuss 'The Promise' by Damon Galgut, noon Saturday
March 22, 2023
Books & Brunch will meet via Zoom at noon on Saturday, April 15, to discuss "The Promise" by Damon Galgut. The novel, winner of the 2021 Booker Prize, follows three South African siblings over three decades from the 1980s to the present as they are reunited by four funerals. The New York Times…
Read MoreInternational Correspondents Committee hosts happy hour, today
March 21, 2023
Join fellow foreign correspondents and other interested Club journalists on Thursday, March 23, for cocktails and conversation at the International Correspondents Committee’s (ICC) monthly happy hour. The ICC team plans to gather at 5:30 p.m. in the Reliable Source. The happy hour is open to all…
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