Member News
Emergency repairs could mean no air conditioning in Club all week
August 25, 2020
The National Press Building Engineering team discovered a leak in the air conditioning system and began work Monday afternoon to fix it. As a result the whole building - including the Club - was expected to be without air conditioning Monday night, Tuesday and most likely Wednesday as well. The…
Read MoreCommunications expert urges preparation and testing of crisis management plans
August 21, 2020
The pandemic is providing important lessons of the good, bad, and ugly ways companies, organizations, and governments are responding to the worst public health emergency in more than a century, according to Edward Segal, a crisis communications management expert and National Press Club member. …
Read MoreReopened Reliable Source offers special dishes and drinks
August 20, 2020
National Press Club members and their guests are invited to come to Reliable Source, where special lunch and dinner menus are available. We are open! Among the featured items are entrees, such as steak, salmon, halibut, or shrimp with vegetables and potatoes/rice. Daily sandwiches include crab…
Read MoreClub launches new Career Center
August 19, 2020
Today the National Press Club unveiled its new Career Center. Featuring an interactive and customizable job board and valuable resources for both job seekers and employers, the NPC Career Center is designed to help journalists and communications professionals find new employment opportunities, and…
Read MoreRegistration closes Friday noon for NPC September Step Challenge
August 19, 2020
The National Press Club is now registering teams for the National Press Club September Step Challenge. All registration fees will go to the NPC Staff Support Fund, which helps staff members who have been furloughed due to a slowdown in business operations caused by the coronavirus pandemic. To…
Read MorePub Quiz Is Zooming past Aug. to Sept. 10
August 18, 2020
The National Press Club’s Pub Quiz is taking the month of August off to retool while properly observing that most lazy time of the year: The Dog Days of Summer. Fear not though, Pub Quiz will return to your computer via Zoom on Thursday, Sept. 10, at 7 p.m.! Sure, it’s more than three weeks…
Read MoreBooks & Brunch to discuss "The Nickel Boys" at virtual meeting, Aug. 15
August 10, 2020
Books & Brunch will discuss "The Nickel Boys" on Aug. 15 Books & Brunch meets virtually at noon on Saturday, Aug. 15, to discuss Colson Whitehead's "The Nickel Boys," winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. To join the group, please email Fay Iudicello at faysiudicello@gmail.…
Read MoreCommunicators' Roundtable dinner to go virtual, Aug. 11
August 7, 2020
The National Press Club Communicators’ Team invites Club members – both journalists and professional communicators – to a Virtual Senior Professional Roundtable for Communicators and Journalists. During COVID, our regular in-person dinners will be virtual and change to “Make Your Own Cocktail”…
Read MoreScholarship Team seeks judges
August 7, 2020
The National Press Club Scholarship Team needs your help! We will be judging for the Zimmerman Award and the Award for Diversity in Journalism during the week of Aug. 17. These awards have been life-changing for past recipients, and you can be a part of that experience by helping review the…
Read MoreCandid Conversation: How should companies handle race and racism?
August 4, 2020
A virtual panel of top communicators offered practical suggestions Tuesday for organizations that want to talk about or respond to difficult issues of systemic racism and racial injustice and inequality following the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police in May. The "Candid Conversations"…
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