Press club


A press club is an organization for journalists and others who are professionally engaged in the production and dissemination of news. A press club whose membership is defined by the press of a given country may be known as a National Press Club of that country.
Press clubs for foreign correspondents are called Foreign Correspondents' Clubs.

Roles

In Japan, press clubs are called kisha clubs. They often create close relationships to their sources, effectively monopolizing the news. They also often institute "blackboard agreements", in which they agree not to report stories until a certain date.

List of press clubs

Examples of press clubs include the following.
  • International Association of Press Clubs
  • International online Press Club

    Asia

  • Chitral Press Club
  • Chittagong Press Club
  • Dubai Press Club
  • Sharjah Press Club
  • Japan National Press Club
  • Jatiya Press Club
  • Karachi Press Club
  • Lahore Press Club
  • Narayanganj Online Press Club
  • National Press Club
  • National Press Club
  • Press Club Sadhoke
  • Peshawar Press Club
  • Press Club of Pakistan UK
  • Press Club of India
  • Press Club, Thiruvananthapuram
  • Quetta Press Club
  • Thrissur Press Club
  • Sitakunda Press Club

    Africa and Oceania

  • Cape Town Press Club
  • Melbourne Press Club
  • National Press Club
  • National Press Club
  • National Broadcasting Corporation National Press Club

    Americas

  • American News Women's Club
  • Capital Press Club
  • Club de Periodistas de Mexico
  • Denver Press Club
  • Gridiron Club
  • Hollywood Women's Press Club
  • Los Angeles Press Club
  • Media Club of Canada
  • Michigan Woman's Press Association
  • Milwaukee Press Club
  • National Press Club of Canada
  • National Press Club
  • New England Woman's Press Association
  • New York Press Club
  • Newswomen's Club of New York
  • Pacific Coast Women's Press Association
  • Pen & Pencil Club
  • The Press Club of San Francisco
  • Overseas Press Club of America
  • The Silurians Press Club
  • Syracuse Press Club
  • Woman's Press Club of New York City
  • Women's Press Club of Los Angeles

    Europe

  • Birmingham Press Club
  • Concordia Press Club, the oldest of its type in the world
  • Frontline Club
  • Press Club of Pakistan UK
  • London Press Club
  • Press Club Brussels Europe
  • Press Club de France
  • Press Club Polska