National Press Club (United States)

Kungiyar 'yan jarida ta kasa kungiya ce ta kwararru da al'umma a Washington, DC, don' yan jarida da masu sana'ar sadarwa. Yana karbar bakuncin taron jama'a da masu zaman kansu tare da masu magana da aka gayyata daga rayuwar jama'a. Har ila yau, kulob din yana ba da sararin taron ga kungiyoyi na waje don karɓar bakuncin tarurrukan kasuwanci, taron labarai, tarurrukan masana'antu, da abubuwan zamantakewa. An kafa shi a cikin 1908.

Yawancin Shugabannin Amurka sun ziyarci kulob din; tun lokacin da Warren Harding, da yawa sun kasance mambobi kuma suna magana daga filin wasan kulob din. Sauran da suka bayyana a kulob din sun hada da sarakuna, firayim ministoci, firayim Ministoci, mambobin Majalisa, jami'an majalisar ministoci. Alamar kulob din ita ce kwari, don girmama hikima, wayar da kan jama'a da dare da aka yi aiki.

 Tarihi 

 Kafawa 
A sana'a 12 ga Maris, 1908, 'yan jarida 32 sun hadu a Washington Chamber of Commerce don tattauna fara kulob din ga' yan jarida. A taron sun amince da sake haduwa a ranar 29 ga watan Maris a cikin F Street parlor na Otal din Willard don tsara kundin tsarin mulki ga National Press Club. Wadanda suka kafa kulob din sun kafa wata yarjejeniya wacce ta yi alkawarin "don inganta jin daɗin zamantakewa tsakanin membobin, don haɓaka ɗanɗano na wallafe-wallafen, don ƙarfafa hulɗa tsakanin 'yan jarida da waɗanda aka jefa su cikin hulɗa don neman aikinsu, don taimakawa membobin da ke cikin wahala da kuma inganta ka'idojin aikin".

Tare da $ 300, mambobin da suka kafa sun koma cikin kulob din farko a bene na biyu na 1205 F Street NW. A shekara ta 1909, kulob din ya wuce sabon ɗakinta kuma ya koma sama da Rhodes Tavern a kusurwar tituna 15 da F. Har ila yau kulob din ya fi girma daga wurin zama kuma ya koma Ginin Albee (tsohon Riggs) a tituna 15 da G.

 Kasancewa memba 
A lokacin da aka kafa shi, kulob din yana buɗewa ne kawai ga fararen maza amma ya fara karɓar mutanen da ba fararen fata ba a shekarar 1955. A shekara ta 1970, an buɗe shi ga mata. Kafin waɗannan canje-canje a cikin membobin, maza da mata marasa fata suna da nasu kungiyoyin 'yan jarida.

 Kungiyar 'Yan Jarida ta Mata 
A cikin 1919, 'yan jarida mata sun kafa Kungiyar' yan jarida ta mata, lokacin da aka tabbatar da Kwaskwarimar goma sha tara ga Kundin Tsarin Mulki na Amurka.

A watan Disamba na shekara ta 1970, mambobin kungiyar 'yan jarida ta mata sun kada kuri'a don ba da izinin maza su shiga kulob din su kuma sun sake Ms. suna Washington Press Club. A watan da ya biyo baya, kungiyar 'yan jarida ta kasa ta kada kuri'a 227 zuwa 56 don shigar da mata. A shekara ta 1972, 'yar jarida Gloria Steinem, jagorar mata kuma wacce ta kafa mujallar Ms, ita ce mace ta farko da ta yi magana a Kungiyar 'Yan Jarida ta Kasa,  kodayake uwargidan Shugaban kasa Eleanor Roosevelt ta halarci abincin rana a kulob din maza a shekarar 1938. A shekara ta 1985, Washington Press Club da National Press Club sun haɗu a ƙarƙashin tutar National Press Club.