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TV broadcast veteran says quantity is replacing quality in newsrooms
May 8, 2022
Sam Ford (top), D.C. bureau chief for ABC7 and WJLA 24/7, told the National Press Club Broadcast/Podcast Team that increasing demand for more content poses challenges for TV newsrooms in maintaining quality. He talked to Team member Mark Hamrick. Photo: Bill McCloskey The demand in today's…
Read MoreClub member invites fellow NPC members to see her entry in Alexandria art show
April 27, 2022
National Press Club Member Carol Morgan invites fellow NPC members to a closing reception for an art show in which she has an entry, at the Art League Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia, on Thursday, April 28, from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. She will be there, and you can talk to her about her bas relief, "…
Read MoreGeneral membership meeting is at noon TODAY
April 26, 2022
The National Press Club's next General Membership Meeting is scheduled for noon on Friday, May 20. Registration is required. The meeting will be held in-person in the Fourth Estate restaurant. Members who cannot attend live can watch online here. Online participants will need to log in on press.org…
Read MoreNPC co-ed softball team starts season 2-0
April 25, 2022
The National Press Club co-ed softball team won both games of its double-header Saturday, posting a solid start to the 2022 Metropolitan Media Softball League season. In the sweep, each game was a close one. The scores in the inter-divisional games were: NPC 9 NPR 8 NPC 13 CNN 12 The league said…
Read MoreScholarship Committee seeks judges for Zimmerman award
April 20, 2022
The Scholarship Committee needs your help! We will judge applications for the Zimmerman Award on Saturday, April 30, at 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. virtually via Zoom. Participants will have the chance to review application materials during the week before Saturday’s meeting. The Richard G. Zimmerman…
Read MoreCommunicator, Journalist Roundtable meets in-person at April 28 dinner
April 13, 2022
The National Press Club Communicators Team invites Club members – both communicators and journalists – to our next Communicator and Journalist Roundtable Dinner at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, April 28, in the Zenger Room. We have returned to in-person events featuring a three-course dinner with wine…
Read MoreCommunicators team to discuss combating global disinformation with defense and diplomacy officials on April 14
April 8, 2022
The National Press Club's Communicators Team will host a virtual “Candid Conversation on Combating Global Disinformation” at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 14. Disinformation has infiltrated nearly every aspect of society. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has shown that this problem reaches the highest…
Read MoreMentors needed for college students this summer
March 31, 2022
The Fund for American Studies is seeking working professionals in the Washington area to volunteer as mentors to college students attending our academic internship programs during the months of June and July. Learn more about the mentor program, schedule, and requirements here. If interested,…
Read MoreHear from son of famed Cold War spy pilot at April 11 American Legion Post 20 meeting
March 31, 2022
Francis Gary Powers Jr. will be guest speaker at the National Press Club's American Legion Post 20 at noon Monday, April 11, in the McClendon Room. It will be the post's first in-person meeting since the start of the coronavirus pandemic two years ago. Powers is the son of Francis Gary Powers Sr…
Read MoreHow famed broadcaster Edward R. Murrow's World War II dispatches colored Ukraine reporting is subject of April 5 event
March 30, 2022
Broadcast legend Edward R. Murrow established the standards of modern broadcast journalism during World War II. Now his influence on the reporting from war-torn Ukraine will be subject of a Zoom gathering of the Broadcast/Podcast and History & Heritage Teams at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 5. Casey…
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