Press club explained

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.^[2] 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 online Press Club

• Asia list : 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)
• Press Club, Thiruvananthapuram (India)
• Quetta Press Club (Pakistan)
• Thrissur Press Club (India)

Africa and Oceania

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

Americas

• American News Women's Club
• Capital Press Club (US)
• Club de Periodistas de Mexico
• Gridiron Club (US)
• Hollywood Women's Press Club (US)
• Media Club of Canada (defunct)
• Michigan Woman's Press Association (US)
• Milwaukee Press Club (US)
• National Press Club of Canada
• 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

• (Germany)
• Birmingham Press Club (UK)
• Concordia Press Club (Austria), the oldest of its type in the world
• 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)

See also

• International Association of Press Clubs
• Foreign Correspondents' Club
• Press Club (band), an Australian punk band

Notes and References

1. 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 . en . 45 . 2 . 48–50 . 10.1177/0306422016657025 . 0306-4220.
2. Taketoshi . Yamamoto . 1989 . The Press Clubs of Japan . Journal of Japanese Studies . 15 . 2 . 371–388 . 10.2307/132360 . 132360 . 0095-6848.
3. Web site: 2024-01-01 . Annual elections of Press Club Sadhoke 2024-2025 . 2024-02-11 . ASN News HD . en-US.
4. News: 1 Sep 1905 . Press Club Elects Its New Officials. . 9 . San Francisco Chronicle . San Francisco, California . January 5, 2022.