Tickets still available, virtually or in-person, for Fourth Estate Award Gala, Oct. 20

Tickets to the 2021 Fourth Estate Award Gala honoring NBC News’ Lester Holt are still available for Club members and their guests to purchase.

 

Holt will receive the National Press Club’s most esteemed prize, the Fourth Estate Award, at a gala in his honor on Oct. 20, 2021.The celebration will take place at the National Press Club and online, with Holt joining the event live from New York to accept his award.

Club members in the Washington, D.C., area can join in person for an elegant dinner and black-tie celebration in the ballroom of the National Press Club, where they can watch the virtual program on the big screen while enjoying time with colleagues and friends at tables.

Vaccination and masking are required, and on-site rapid testing will be available. Tickets for the in-person experience are nearly sold out, so if you plan to join in the ballroom, secure your spot now. 

This year’s program will also take place in a virtual ballroom. The virtual space allows guests to “table hop” and mingle with the honorees and friends — old and new — before and after the program, as well as chat throughout the award ceremony.

 

Tickets to the virtual portion of the Fourth Estate Gala are $25 per household. For virtual guests, 100 percent of the ticket price is tax deductible.

Tickets to the in-person gala at the National Press Club are:

• $100 for National Press Club members (maximum two per member)
• $250 for the public (no maximum) 

For ballroom guests, a portion of the ticket price is tax deductible after the cost of the dinner.

 

Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. in person and at 7 p.m. virtually. The program will take place from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Ticket-holders will receive information, as well as tips for having a great experience, via email the week prior to the event. Click here to purchase tickets. 

Whether you're able to join in person or from the comfort of your own home, the gala promises to be a special night to celebrate and support great journalism. 

Holt will be the 49th recipient of the Fourth Estate Award, which recognizes journalists who have made significant contributions to the field. Previous winners include 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, Haze Fan and Danny Fenster. Fan is a Chinese citizen who has been detained in Beijing while working for Bloomberg, and Fenster is the managing editor of Frontier Myanmar who has been jailed in Myanmar since May 24. 

The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system, will receive the National Press Club Journalism Institute’s 2021 Neil and Susan Sheehan Award for Investigative Journalism. The Marshall Project partners with national and local media outlets to reach diverse audiences and produces deeply researched narratives with resource-strapped newsrooms. Its work informs criminal justice experts, policymakers, elected officials, and other journalists.

The fundraiser, attended by hundreds of members, guests, and media luminaries, raises the majority of the operating expenses for the Club’s nonprofit affiliate, the National Press Club Journalism Institute. The Institute advocates for press freedom worldwide, equips journalists with skills and standards to inform the public in ways that inspire civic engagement, and provides scholarships to aspiring journalists.

For more information, contact Julie Moos at [email protected] or visit pressclubinstitute.org.