The 100-year-old National Press Club has extended membership invitations to Helium’s five-star writers. Qualify and you can apply to the news club that the nation’s most notable journalists, government officials and top news sources call home.
This partnership recognizes the value of citizen journalism and helps spread awareness of its importance to the new media landscape. This is the first time in the National Press Club’s history that it has reached out to a non-traditional news outlet.
Not a five-star writer yet? Hard work has landed many Helium writers in that category already – you could be one of them! Learn more about Helium’s Star Members.
About the National Press Club
Founded in 1908, the National Press Club has 3,700 members worldwide and is the nation’s most prestigious journalist’s club. The Club regularly hosts world leaders and other newsworthy speakers at its famous podium. NPC programs and other events are broadcast on CSPAN and other media on a regular and ongoing basis. NPC is on the web at www.press.org.
National Press Club fast facts
- The NPC is the oldest club for professional journalists in the world.
- Every US president since Warren Harding has been a NPC member.
- Throughout its 100-year history, the NPC’s membership has included kings and queens, prime ministers, senators, congressmen, cabinet officials, ambassadors, scholars, entertainers, business leaders and athletes.
- The NPC’s credo is: “To promote social enjoyment among the members, to cultivate literary taste, to encourage friendly intercourse among newspapermen and those with whom they were thrown in contact in the pursuit of their vocation, to aid members in distress and to foster the ethical standards of the profession.”
The National Press Club in the Helium Community
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