The National Press Club, founded in 1908, has more than 3,500 members in Washington, DC, and worldwide. Widely known for its Speaker Luncheon Series, televised by C-SPAN and carried by XM Satellite Radio and American Public Media, and its public forums for visiting heads of state, the NPC also is Washington’s most frequently used venue for news conferences. The NPC conducts an aggressive program of professional education for journalists, funds scholarships for journalism students, and operates the nation’s only non-academic research library for journalists.