The Washington Press Club Foundation is an organization of journalists from the nation's print and broadcast media working as a group to promote the ideals of equality and excellence that inspired that small band of its founders, the Women's National Press Club.
Established in 1919, when female reporters weren't allowed to become members of the National Press Club or the Gridiron Club, the Women’s National Press Club formed an organization to ensure that women established an equal place in the newsroom .
Today, the Foundation continues the work of these pioneers by sponsoring programs and events to educate both students and the general public on the role of a free press, awarding scholarships and internships to support equality and diversity in the newsroom and continuing to develop historical materials on American journalism, primarily through our award winning oral history project, Women in Journalism. Other projects have made important contributions to the profession of journalism.
The Foundation's signature event, the Annual Congressional Dinner, originally scheduled for February 10th has been rescheduled for Wednesday, April 21, 2010. It would have required Olympic skill to make it to our originally scheduled dinner, the last snowstorm left us little choice but to postpone. But we promised the show would go on.We thank our guests, speakers, sponsors and colleagues for their patience and forbearance as we worked to find a date that accommodated our original program as well as the congressional schedule.
To view the video of the 2009 65th Annual Congressional Dinner Click Here
To view the video of the 2008 64th Annual Congressional Dinner Click Here