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.

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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

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Annual elections of Press Club Sadhoke 2024-2025". ASN News HD. 2024-01-01. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  4. ↑ "Press Club Elects Its New Officials". San Francisco, California: San Francisco Chronicle. 1 Sep 1905. p. 9. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
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