Inauguration of Lisa Matthews - 114th President of the National Press Club

Lisa Nicole Matthews, Assignment Manager of U.S. Video for the Associated Press, was elected the 114th president of the National Press Club, The World's Leading Professional Organization for Journalists™, on Friday, December 4, 2020.

Over the course of her long career in journalism, Matthews has received two Edward R. Murrow Awards – one in 2002 for outstanding coverage of the events on September 11, 2001 and her second in 2010 for Video Continuing Coverage of the Economy. Matthews also received the AP's Oliver S. Gramling Spirit Award for service to clients in 2004. Born on Andrews Air Force Base and raised in the DMV, Matthews is a graduate of James Madison University where she received her bachelor's degree in 1990.

Join us on January 30 for this virtual inaugural gala to celebrate the new president of the Club, which was founded in 1908 and includes thousands of members worldwide.

Tickets are $20 for members, $25 for the general public and all proceeds will go to the National Press Club Help The Heroes initiative which feeds front line health care workers at Howard University Hospital. All tickets, sponsorships and donations are tax deductible.

Don't miss this wonderful opportunity to celebrate National Press Club history while also supporting our community heroes on the frontlines of this pandemic.

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