Press club

A press club is an organization for journalists and others who are professionally engaged in the production and dissemination of news.^[1] 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.^[1]^[2] They also often institute "blackboard agreements", in which they agree not to report stories until a certain date.^[1]

List of press clubs

Examples of press clubs include the following.

Asia

Chitral Press Club (Pakistan)
Chittagong Press Club (Bangladesh)
Dubai Press Club
Japan National Press Club
Jatiya Press Club (Bangladesh)
Karachi Press Club (Pakistan)
Lahore Press Club (Pakistan)
Narayanganj Online Press Club
National Press Club (Pakistan)
National Press Club (Philippines)
Press Club Sadhoke (Pakistan)^[3]
Peshawar Press Club (Pakistan)
Press Club of Pakistan UK
Press Club of India (New Delhi)
The Thrissur Press Club headquarters
Press Club, Thiruvananthapuram (India)
Quetta Press Club (Pakistan)
Thrissur Press Club (India)

Africa and Oceania

Melbourne Press Club (Australia)
National Press Club (Australia)
National Press Club (South Africa)
National Broadcasting Corporation National Press Club (Papua New Guinea)

Americas

National Press Club (United States)
New England Woman's Press Association (US)
New York Press Club (US)
Newswomen's Club of New York (US)
Pen & Pencil Club (US)
Press Club (San Francisco)^[4]
Overseas Press Club of America (New York, US)
Syracuse Press Club (US)

Europe

Berliner Presse Club [de] (Germany)
Birmingham Press Club (UK)
Concordia Press Club (Austria), the oldest of its type in the world^{[citation needed]}
Frontline Club (London, UK)
Press Club of Pakistan UK
London Press Club (UK)
Press Club Brussels Europe
Press Club de France
Press Club Polska (Poland)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Borowiec, Steven (July 2016). "Writers of wrongs: Have Japan's press clubs created overly cosy relationships between business leaders and the press?". Index on Censorship. 45 (2): 48–50. doi:10.1177/0306422016657025. ISSN 0306-4220.
^ Taketoshi, Yamamoto (1989). "The Press Clubs of Japan". Journal of Japanese Studies. 15 (2): 371–388. doi:10.2307/132360. ISSN 0095-6848. JSTOR 132360.
^ "Annual elections of Press Club Sadhoke 2024-2025". ASN News HD. 2024-01-01. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
^ "Press Club Elects Its New Officials". San Francisco, California: San Francisco Chronicle. 1 Sep 1905. p. 9. Retrieved January 5, 2022.