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Date: 05/26/2016 Location: New York, NY Description: Roll Call's Editor-in-Chief Melinda Henneberger talkS about what to expect at the 2016 conventions and gives advice on how to cover them. - State Dept Image

5/26: Roll Call's Editor-in-Chief Melinda Henneberger outlines what to expect at the 2016 conventions and gives advice on how to cover them at the New York Foreign Press Center. Full Text»

Date: 05/26/2016 Location: New York, NY Description: Dr. Harper discusses how people think about citizenship and how those understandings influence civic engagement with journalists at the New York Foreign Press Center. - State Dept Image

5/26: Dr. Robin Harper, Associate Professor of Political Science at York College, discusses how people think about citizenship and how those understandings influence civic engagement with journalists at the New York Foreign Press Center.
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Date: 05/24/2016 Location: New York, NY Description: Dr. Laird Bergad briefs journalists at the New York Foreign Press Center on the role of the Latino electorate in this year's presidential election. - State Dept Image

5/24: Dr. Laird Bergad briefs journalists at the New York Foreign Press Center on the role of the Latino electorate in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Full Text»

Date: 05/19/2016 Location: New York, NY Description: Economist James Parrott discusses the new American economy in the context of the minimum wage, income inequality, and free trade debates.   - State Dept Image

5/19: Economist James Parrott discusses the new American economy in the context of the minimum wage, income inequality, and free trade debates at the New York Foreign Press Center. Full Text»

5/18: Daniel Kritenbrink, Senior Director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council, and Daniel Russel, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, provide journalists with a preview of President Obama's travel to Vietnam and Japan. Full Text» Video»


The United States Department of State has Foreign Press Centers in Washington, D.C. and New York. The Foreign Press Centers support U.S. policies by helping foreign media cover the U.S. Their goal is to promote the depth, accuracy, and balance of foreign reporting from the U.S., by providing direct access to authoritative American information sources.


Washington Foreign Press Center
National Press Building
529 14th Street NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20045
Phone: (202) 504-6300

New York Foreign Press Center
799 U.N. Plaza, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10017
Phone: (646) 282-2830