Press club

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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

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A meeting of Japan's National Press Club in 2010

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

(Chattogram, Bangladesh)

Africa and Oceania

Americas

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Logo of the US's National Press Club

Europe

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A meeting of the UK's Frontline Club

See also

References

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