Club members can buy discounted tickets for Alfred Friendly Press Partners Annual Benefit Gala Sept. 7

National Press Club members can purchase discounted tickets at the annual benefit gala for Alfred Friendly Press Partners Fellows on Sept. 7.

Participants in the program will discuss their fellowships in U.S. newsrooms. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, daughter of the late U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, will talk about her father's legacy and the importance of a free press at this time. Indonesian journalist Bambang Harymurti, a former fellow, will receive the Susan Talalay Award for Outstanding Journalism for his bravery in the face of government pressures.

Alfred Friendly won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting 50 years ago as he covered the Mideast for The Washington Post.

The event will be held at the Club and discounted tickets for members are available online.