National Press Club Waives Initiation Fees During Centennial Year

To celebrate its Centennial year, The National Press Club in Washington, D.C. is offering a rare opportunity to join the world's leading professional organization for journalists. Through the end of 2

The initiative is coupled with a recent transition to convenient monthly dues billing, making membership more affordable than ever. This averages $45 a month for a typical journalist, with even lower rates for our youngest applicants.

Among those who potentially qualify for membership are professional journalists, web masters, public relations professionals, news sources, authors, college journalism instructors, journalism students, free-lancers and bloggers.

Many NPC members reside many miles away from Washington and find great value in reduced price memberships. Those benefits include reciprocal relationships with other clubs, member-only access to the NPC web site and the ability to collaborate with fellow club members from afar.

NPC President Sylvia Smith said that the club provides an undisputed value at a critical time for media professionals and interested parties.

"This is a time of tremendous change for our industry. The National Press Club provides vital networking, club-sponsored events such as our famed speaker series, fabulous restaurants, and media training functions that can't be found elsewhere," said Smith, Washington Editor of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette.

"Membership in the National Press Club is a bargain for any journalist or media professional who wants to hone skills for our rapidly changing industry. We are observing the club's 100th birthday and I can't think of a better way to share our celebration with the journalism community than to waive initiation fees for club membership," said Smith.

For more information on application for membership, see the club web site at http://www.press.org/join/index.cfm. The membership office can be reached at (202) 662-7511.

Founded in 1908 the National Press Club has more than 3,700 members representing nearly every major news organization. The Club hosts more than 2,000 events every year and more than 250,000 people attend those events including luncheons, news conferences, panels and meetings. Club facilities include two restaurants, a library, a fitness center, meeting facilities and a state of the art digital broadcast center. On the web at http://www.press.org/

CONTACT: Sarahanne Driggs of the National Press Club, +1-202-662-7511

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