Press club

A press club is an organization for journalists and others who are professionally engaged in the production and dissemination of news.

Press clubs for foreign correspondents are called Foreign Correspondents' Clubs.

They often create close relationships to their sources, effectively monopolizing the news.

[1][2] They also often institute "blackboard agreements", in which they agree not to report stories until a certain date.

[1] Examples of press clubs include the following.