National Press Club members tour Washington Post newsroom

A week before the inauguration of The Washington Post's new headquarters, on Jan. 21, members of the National Press Club toured its new high-tech newsroom, which includes television studios to allow reporters to appear on a number of television shows simultaneously, and produce video for the Post’s website.

Tracy Grant, deputy managing editor for the Post, conducted the tour pointing out the state-of-the-art technology and sharing anecdotes about news stories and the paper.

After the tour, the group was invited to sit in on the afternoon story conference where editors and reporters discussed which topics would appear on the front page of the print edition and on the website.

For Press Club members, the best part of the tour was entering the building under a huge banner that read, “Jason is Free,” referring to Jason Rezaian of The Washington Post, who was released from an Iranian prison after 544 days.