Foreign Press Association

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The Foreign Press Association (FPA) is a not-for-profit Friendly Society established in 1888, at the time of the Jack the Ripper murders. It organises press briefings and events at central locations in London and coordinates and facilitates the work of international journalists based in London. Members of the association cover major British news, current affairs, politics, culture and entertainment and report from London back to their individual international news outlets.

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It is a umbrella organization for foreign journalists, [a] offering support, social events and press briefings in London and beyond.

History

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President

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The Foreign Press Association Media Awards

Dedicated to excellence in journalism, the FPA Media Awards present a unique opportunity for journalists to be celebrated and recognised by their international peers. British and international entries are welcome from all the world's major broadcasters, newspapers, digital news and magazines.

Known as the "Oscars of Journalism", the annual Foreign Press Association Media Awards are among the most prestigious awards ceremonies in the world.

Keynote speaker for the FPA Awards 2023 was HM The Queen (Camilla)

Previous keynote speakers included:

See also

Notes

  1. A foreign journalist is a journalist that has not the citizenship of a referring state and is subjext to alien law of the referring state.

References

FPA website: https://www.fpalondon.org/

FPA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theforeignpressassociation/

FPA Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/fpalondon.bsky.social

FPA X: https://x.com/FPALondon

FPA Media Awards website: https://www.fpalondon-awards.org/

  1. "Foreign Press Association – The Parliamentary Press Gallery". Parliamentary Press Gallery. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  2. Cathie Burton, Alun Drake, Hitting the Headlines in Europe: A Country-by-country Guide to Effective Media Relations, 2004,
  3. Sonja Hillerich, Deutsche Auslandskorrespondenten im 19. Jahrhundert: Die Entstehung einer transnationalen journalistischen Berufskultur, 2018, p. 78
  4. French Writer Adalbert de Segonzac January 4, 2002,
  5. The Swiss observer : the journal of the Federation of Swiss Societies in the UK, edited by: Federation of Swiss Societies in the United Kingdom, 1950,
  6. Werner Röder, Herbert A. Strauss, Biographisches Handbuch der deutschsprachigen Emigration, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 2016,
  7. S. J. Goldsmith, Britain in the Eye of the World: The Foreign Press Association in London 1888–1988, London 1988, p. 5
  8. Anna Politkovskaya had attended the FPA Media Awards in 2001,
  9. fpalondon