Lisa Nicole Matthews Elected 114th National Press Club President

Members of the National Press Club elected longtime NABJ member Lisa Nicole Matthews of the Associated Press to serve as the Club’s 114th president as the organization continues to confront the COVID-19 pandemic and a challenging media environment.

Matthews, the AP’s U.S. Video assignment manager and winner of two Edward R. Murrow Awards, has more than two decades of experience in journalism. She is the third person of color to lead the Club, after Sheila Cherry in 2004 and Jeff Ballou in 2017.