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Show your favorite food or drink photo at the Photo Committee holiday party
December 6, 2020
Cookies served at NPC lunch event with Doris Kearns Goodwin, Nov., 2018. Photo: Alan Kotok To help beat this winter of our discontent, National Press Club members are invited to join in at the Photography Committee annual holiday party, a virtual fest, on Thursday, Dec. 17, at 5 p.m. Since it's a…
Read MoreOnline voting for Press Club 2020 election continues
December 3, 2020
Online voting continues today and ends tomorrow, Friday, Dec. 4, at 4 p.m. All members eligible to vote should have received an email from e-Ballot with a link taking them to the voting portal. If you’re eligible to vote and didn’t receive an email please contact Laura Coker at [email protected].…
Read MorePress Club plans virtual announcement of election results on Friday, Dec. 4 at 6 p.m.
December 2, 2020
The 2020 National Press Club election results are set to be revealed virtually on Friday, Dec. 4 at 6 p.m. All members are welcome. To attend, please register. The evening is expected to open with an introduction by NPC President Michael Freedman, followed by the announcement of the election…
Read MoreCommunicators host December sessions on hiring PR agency, free virtual tour of PR museum
December 1, 2020
The National Press Club Communicators Team is hosting two lunchtime events this month for members to learn more about the workings and history of the public-relations industry. During a Lunch and Learn session on Thursday, Dec. 3, at noon, Steve Drake and Robert Udowitz, founders of RFP Associates…
Read MoreReliable Source is open with special menu, new drinks, free parking
December 1, 2020
The National Press Club's Reliable Source is open and is featuring entrees, such as Filet mignon, salmon, halibut, or shrimp with vegetables and potatoes/rice. Daily sandwiches include crab cake, apple-wood-smoked turkey wrap, Sloppy Joe, roast beef and/or a burger with all of the trimmings.…
Read MoreWilber plans to chat with Len Downie, Jr. about new memoir on Tuesday, Dec. 15 at 7 p.m.
November 30, 2020
Del Wilber, a member of the National Press Club board, continues his virtual author chats with Len Downie, Jr., a former executive editor of the Washington Post who has just published a memoir detailing his time leading one of the nation's most-respected newspapers. The talk will be held over Zoom…
Read MoreBooks & Brunch will discuss 'The Shadow King' at Dec. 19 virtual meeting at noon
November 24, 2020
Books & Brunch will meet via Zoom at noon on Saturday, Dec. 19, to discuss The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste. This novel, short-listed for the 2020 Booker Prize, is set during Mussolini's 1935 invasion of Ethiopia, taking the reader back to the first conflict of WWII. To RSVP and receive a…
Read MoreNPC Communicators Lunch and Learn how to select a PR agency on Thursday, Dec. 3 at noon
November 24, 2020
One element of the public relations/communications process that is often not given enough emphasis is how organizations go about finding and hiring agencies to support them, as well as how agencies “sell” their business to potential clients. During a Lunch and Learn session on Thursday, Dec. 3, at…
Read MoreClub members receive discount for Moment Magazine's Virtual Gala this Sunday
November 19, 2020
National Press Club members are invited to attend Moment Magazine’s virtual gala at 7 p.m. on Nov. 22 celebrating top journalists and newsmakers at a Club members' only price. The event honors Michel Martin, host of NPR’s Weekend Edition, with the Robert S. Greenberger Journalism Award, Max Brooks…
Read MoreBook & Author Group invites Press Club member-authors to promote published works at Book Raps
November 18, 2020
During this time of virtual gatherings, the Book & Author Group would like to offer National Press Club authors a chance to promote their published books at a Book Rap. Authors must be Club members and their books need to be recently published, usually within the last year. The group also…
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