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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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
[edit]Examples of press clubs include the following.
★ International Association of Press Club . ................................................
[edit]★International online Press Club
[edit]- 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)
The Thrissur Press Club headquarters - Press Club, Thiruvananthapuram (India)
- Quetta Press Club (Pakistan)
- Thrissur Press Club (India)
Africa and Oceania
[edit]- 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
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- 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
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- Berliner Presse Club (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)
See also
[edit]- International Association of Press Clubs
- Foreign Correspondents' Club
- Press Club (band), an Australian punk band
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
External links
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