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NPC Luncheon with M.Night Shyamalan
June 11, 2014
Hollywood writer-director M.Night Shyamalan discussed his off-screen campaign to close America's education achievement gap at a National Press Club luncheon on June 11, 2014.
Known for such supernatural thrillers as "The Sixth Sense" and more recently the sci-fi action film "After Earth," he recently published a book, "I Got Schooled," about…
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Rewind Special Edition: Bill & Willie Geist
June 5, 2014
Father and son duo Bill Geist, of "CBS Sunday Morning Show," and Willie Geist, of "Morning Joe," and the "Today Show" discussed their joint book, "Good Talk Dad: The Birds and the Bees... and Other Conversations we forgot to Have," at an NPC book rap June 5, 2014.
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NPC Luncheon with Dr. Ben Carson
May 28, 2014
Dr. Ben Carson, noted neurosurgeon and author of the new book "One Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America's Future," was the guest speaker at a National Press Club luncheon on May 28, 2014.
Dr. Carson was director of pediatric surgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital until he retired…
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Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry talks about his mistakes, accomplishments at Book Rap
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Best-selling author Diana Gabaldon recounts launch of career
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Drone advocates urge FAA regulations, fly drone in Club lobby
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Portman, Van Hollen agree Iraq could break budget
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World Cup viewing draws international crowd to Club
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Books & Brunch to discuss "The Emperor's Children" at July 19 meeting
Claire Messud's acclaimed novel, "The Emperor's Children," will be the topic for the National Press Club's book club, Books & Brunch, at its July discussion.
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NPC Journalism Awards announcement set for June 25
Winners of the National Press Club journalism contest will be announced in a story on the Wire at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 25. The Club’s Board …
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Lobsters crawl into summer at Fourth Estate, June 25
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Celebrate the solstice and the start of summer in Washington at the Fourth Estate restaurant's Lobster Night from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 25.
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Closing journalism’s gender gap, 6:30 pm June 30
The National Press Club Journalism Institute will co-host with The Poynter Institute on June 30 a forum focused on women in the newsroom culture, a …
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Internet neutrality's impact on free speech, 10 am June 23
Lauren Wilson, policy counsel at Free Press, will argue that net neutrality is necessary to promote media freedom and the public interest at a National …
Freedom of the Press
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Press Club Criticizes Harsh Sentences of Al Jazeera English Journalists
The National Press Club on Tuesday strongly protested the sentencing of three Al Jazeera reporters by an Egyptian court and renewed its urging for their prompt release. "The judicial treatment that these three journalists have received is horrendous and their sentencing is completely draconian and not at all in line with what one should expect of the commitment to press freedom by a U.S. ally," said Myron Belkind, president of the National Press Club.
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Press Club lauds release of jailed journalist in Egypt, urges court to free others
The National Press Club expressed relief that an al Jazeera reporter has been released from jail in Egypt, but the Club called on authorities there also to release other journalists held prisoner for doing their jobs. Abdullah Elshamy, an Al-Jazeera correspondent, had been held without formal charge since August 2013 and was freed on June 16 on medical grounds. He had been on hunger strike for the past 140 days and reportedly had lost considerable weight.
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National Press Club Announces Winners of Annual Press Freedom Award
An Illinois reporter fighting prosecutorial pressure to disclose the identity of a confidential source and a Bahraini photographer sentenced to a decade in jail effectively because he did his job--these are the winners of the National Press Club's 2014 John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award. Each year, the club honors two recipients of the award, one foreign and one domestic, who have demonstrated through their work the principles of press freedom and open government. The award is named after the late John Aubuchon, a former NPC president who championed press freedom.
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National Press Club to Russian Authorities: Find Those Who Ordered Journalist's Murder
Following the sentencing this week of five men convicted of murdering a Russian investigative reporter in 2006, the National Press Club urged authorities in Russia to go further and uncover the individuals who ordered the contract killing. Anna Politkovskaya, known for her hard-hitting reporting that revealed Kremlin corruption and human rights abuses, was found shot to death in her apartment elevator in October 2006. In the ensuing years, the Russian government has been criticized by press freedom groups for moving too slowly in its investigation into her assassination.
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National Press Club: Pressure on reporter shows need for shield law
In the wake of a court decision that could spell trouble for a New York Times reporter who is trying to protect the identity of a confidential source, the National Press Club urged Congress to quickly pass legislation that would enable journalists to protect their sources. The Supreme Court announced this week that it would not take up James Risen's appeal of a United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruling that he must divulge the identity of a source for a chapter of his 2006 book, "State of War."