National Press Club
Founded in 1980, the National Press Club (NPC) is a professional and social organization for journalists and communications specialists located in downtown Washington, DC. The Club hosts news conferences, public and private gatherings, social events, lectures and other press-related activities. In 2012, the National Press Club's History Committee assisted the American Folklife Center with developing the Occupational Folklife Project by undertaking six oral history interviews highlighting the careers and occupational experiences of several noted journalists who were either club members or colleagues of the interviewers. In addition, project director Carol Bennett submitted two interviews --one with the Washington, DC folk singer Doris Justice and one with actor Stephen Rowe --which, while ancillary to the interviews with journalists that make up the core of this collection, are engaging discussions with local artists.