St. Louis Press Clubr

St. Louis
Press Club

(since 1956)

The St. Louis Press Club is for those who make, cover and influence the news. Our mission is to raise awareness and funding for student journalism scholarships to help ensure the future of quality media.
We serve our members through professional development activities to bolster their skills to address the changing needs of the global communications profession and to offer social activities that build a vital media community.

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We are still here. Going through a reorganization.
            A message from the outgoing President ---->
 
We are reviving some of the pages from the "old" site,
now with a little different look.
Note! This is a temporary "fix" until we get our modern 2025 (maybe 2026) version up.
In the meantime check back here for some of the favorite pages.
So, here is one, OUR in the Now, was a particular popular page with tons of valuable information.
OUR in the Now

Another page that was popular and well visited was the History of the Press Club, Rick Stoff wrote an excellent essay on the background to the Press Club.
Included is a section written by Verna Green Smith, Ph.D.
The History page can be found here

Newsletters from 2006 - 2021. Catch up on all the happenings with the Press Club the last.......  19 years........ 
Lots of readings, lots of great photos.  All here  

Frequent Updates. Much more to follow. Check back often

A Message from the outgoing President


August 2025  by Kent Martin

For everyone who supports the St. Louis Press Club, we want to let you know where we’ve been and where we are headed.

We took a pause for the past several months to reset the scope and the goal of the organization, with considerable regard to the financial undertaking so many of us face in these economic times.

First, we thank you for your continued interest in the Press Club as it is the very thing for which we exist – the public interest.   

With the current information landscape, it’s clear we must remain steadfast in our commitment to being a dedicated voice for journalism.  Today, our profession is under greater pressure than perhaps ever before in our nation’s history. 

Our international colleagues in the Middle East face threats to their lives daily, facing unfathomable losses to serve and protect public interest in information. 
The consistent and relentless attacks on media outlets and their credibility only erode the public’s faith in journalists. 

To survive the slanderous lambasting of a public service that has existed since the birth of this nation to provide a freedom to the people is a matter of endurance. 

This freedom is a gift of choice.  The choice to discern truth from propaganda. The choice to see past the smoke and mirrors of those who benefit from public ignorance.

This freedom is not guaranteed, but with the continued support of our community, it is our intention to keep it as available to you as we are able.

We are developing new strategies for raising funds for scholarships to up-and-coming journalists in the St. Louis region.  Should you find yourself willing and able to contribute to this cause, you can find further information in our upcoming annual request for donations to support these increasingly crucial means of support.   

We will not submit to those who aim to abuse a power given to them by the people they believe they can confuse in turn.

We believe in you.  We thank you for believing in us.

With the aid of a community like St. Louis, we will persevere.