Photo Credit: Alan KotokLisa Matthews -- Associated Press news planning manager, 114th National Press Club president and MC for the evening -- welcomes the audience.
Photo Credit: Alan KotokLisa Matthews, 114th NPC president, leads the audience in a call-and-response: "Who ya gonna call, Balsamo!"
Photo Credit: Alan KotokU.S. Senate party leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) gives video remarks.
Photo Credit: Alan KotokColleen Long, NBC News senior editor, recounts her experiences working with Mike Balsamo at Associated Press.
Photo Credit: Alan KotokFormer U.S. Attorney-General William Barr tells about being the subject of Mike Balsamo's reporting on the Justice Department during the first Trump administration.
Photo Credit: Alan KotokAssociated Press executive editor Julie Pace gives a few remarks before the swearing-in of Mike Balsamo as NPC president.
Photo Credit: Alan KotokMike Balsamo, Associated Press law enforcement news editor, is sworn-in as 118th National Press Club president by AP executive editor Julie Pace, left. CNBC correspondent and 117th NPC president Emily Wilkins holds the AP Stylebook.
Photo Credit: Alan KotokEmily Wilkins, CNBC correspondent and 117th NPC president, offers a toast to the incoming president and AP law enforcement news editor Mike Balsamo. Lisa Matthews, center, AP colleague and 114th president, looks on.
Photo Credit: Alan KotokMike Balsamo, 118th National Press Club president, begins his remarks.
Photo Credit: Alan KotokMike Balsamo, 118th National Press Club president, continues his remarks.
Photo Credit: Alan KotokMike Balsamo, 118th National Press Club president, concludes his remarks.
Photo Credit: Alan KotokLisa Matthews, 114th NPC president, joins AP colleague and new NPC president Mike Balsamo on stage to close the program.
