Get your tickets for the 2022 Fourth Estate Award Gala, Wednesday, Dec. 7

Tickets to the 2022 Fourth Estate Award Gala on Wednesday, Dec. 7, honoring Clarissa Ward of CNN are available for purchase by National Press Club members and their guests.

Tickets to the in-person gala at the National Press Club are $150 for Press Club members (maximum four per member) and $300 for the public. Tickets can be purchased here.

Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., with dinner and the program starting at 7:30 p.m. 

The Fourth Estate Award, given by the Club’s Board of Governors, recognizes journalists who have made significant contributions to the field. Previous winners include Lester Holt, Susan Zirinsky, Marty Baron, Dean Baquet, Wolf Blitzer, Gwen Ifill, Andrea Mitchell, Amanda Bennett, Walter Cronkite, Christiane Amanpour, and many others.

The evening also will honor the winners of the John Aubuchon Press Freedom Awards, Rana Ayyub and Josh Renaud. Ayyub is an investigative journalist living in India and a Washington Post Global Opinions contributor. Her journalistic work and criticism of the Indian government has been met with an assault on her rights and freedom of expression. Renaud is a Missouri reporter who designs interactive journalism projects for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He was threatened by the Missouri governor with criminal charges for uncovering a security flaw in a state database.

PBS FRONTLINE will also be recognized with the 2022 Neil and Susan Sheehan Award for Investigative Journalism for its Local Journalism Initiative.

The fundraiser, attended by hundreds of journalists and media luminaries, raises a large portion of the operating expenses for the National Press Club Journalism Institute, the Club’s nonprofit affiliate. The Institute provides training, promotes an engaged global citizenry through an independent and free press, and equips journalists with skills and standards to inform the public in ways that inspire a more representative democracy.

For information on sponsorship opportunities, please review this brochure or email [email protected].

The Club wants to ensure the evening is comfortable and safe. We encourage everyone attending, if possible, to administer an at-home COVID-19 test before coming to the event. We will not ask to see a negative test at the door, but we believe this will give everyone additional peace of mind before enjoying an evening of delicious food, drinks and socializing. Masks are optional. The Club will update these guidelines as needed.