DC Net x Facebook Happy Hour this week!

DCNet hosts the second in a series of workshops with the Franklin Forum featuring communications experts John Neffinger and Matt Kohut, long-time debate prep and media coaches for the DCCC and authors of the new book, Compelling People: The Hidden Qualities That Make Us Influential. Future workshops in this series will focus on other practical skills including prepping…

DCNet Hill staff visit the bureaus of Bloomberg News, The New York Times, the AP, Reuters and more.

This year DCNet is hosting four skills workshops with the Franklin Forum featuring communications experts John Neffinger and Matt Kohut, long-time debate prep and media coaches for the DCCC and authors of the book, Compelling People: The Hidden Qualities That Make Us Influential. On Wednesday, September 24, they will present the third workshop in the…

Now that SOTU is over, let’s take time to ring in the New Year and the new Congress! Come meet new & veteran DCNet members and Hill communicators over a drink and some finger foods courtesy of iConstituent. We’ll meet at 5:30 pm on Thursday, February 5. Please eye your inbox for location details!

Announcing the 2018 DCNet Board: Emilie Simons (President) – Congressman Adam Schiff Jessica Gail (VP Events) – Congressman André Carson Nick Zeller (VP Membership) –  Senator Maria Cantwell Cameron Trimble (VP Sponsorship) – Smithsonian Joseph Puente (VP Membership) – Congressman Gene Green Jordan Morris (VP Mentorship) – Congressman Meeks Ethan Alpern (VP Communications) – Department of Homeland Security Shadawn Reddick-Smith (VP…

A group of 25 of us toured the famous newsroom where Woodward and Bernstein worked to uncover Watergate and also sat down with an Outlook section editor, Lisa Bonos, and Congressional Correspondent Ed O’Keefe to learn about their work and ask questions. We learned how to submit opinion pieces and discussed best practices for pitching stories.