Gil Klein moderating a National Press Club panel, April 2023
Gil Klein is a journalist, author, professor, and guest speaker. He is the Resident Director of the University of Oklahoma’s Washington Journalism Program. As a volunteer, he is president of the National Press Club’s Journalism Institute, the Club’s nonprofit arm that focuses on journalism education and press freedom issues.
From 2010 to 2018, Gil worked with American University's Washington Semester Program, as the Director of the Journalism and New Media concentration. For 22 years he was a national correspondent for the Media General News Service, covering the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court and a wide range of general assignment stories for 23 Southern newspapers.
He was National Press Club President in 1994, and he toured the United States in 2008 for the Club’s centennial, organizing and moderating forums with leading local journalists on the future of journalism and how to protect its core values.
He is the author of two books, “Trouble in Lafayette Square: Assassination, Protest and Murder at the White House” (The History Press, 2018) and “Tales from the National Press Club” (The History Press, 2020).
Before coming to Washington, he worked as the environment and transportation reporter for the Tampa Tribune and as police and courts reporter for the Gwinnett Daily News in Georgia. He is a graduate of Rollins College and has an M.A. from American University.
From 2010 to 2018, Gil worked with American University's Washington Semester Program, as the Director of the Journalism and New Media concentration. For 22 years he was a national correspondent for the Media General News Service, covering the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court and a wide range of general assignment stories for 23 Southern newspapers.
He was National Press Club President in 1994, and he toured the United States in 2008 for the Club’s centennial, organizing and moderating forums with leading local journalists on the future of journalism and how to protect its core values.
He is the author of two books, “Trouble in Lafayette Square: Assassination, Protest and Murder at the White House” (The History Press, 2018) and “Tales from the National Press Club” (The History Press, 2020).
Before coming to Washington, he worked as the environment and transportation reporter for the Tampa Tribune and as police and courts reporter for the Gwinnett Daily News in Georgia. He is a graduate of Rollins College and has an M.A. from American University.
Recent additional works by Gil
- NPC in History: The Surprise after Joe Biden's speech, November 10, 2020 - https://www.press.org/newsroom/npc-history-surprise-after-joe-bidens-speech
- NPC in History: Gram Robinson, women’s suffrage and the Women’s National Press Club, August 19, 2020 -https://www.press.org/newsroom/npc-history-gram-robinson-womens-suffrage-and-womens-national-press-club
- NPC in History: V-J Day at 14th and F, August 13, 2020 - https://www.press.org/newsroom/npc-history-v-j-day-14th-and-f
- Remembering Ernie Pyle on the 75th anniversary of his death in American Heritage, Spring 2020 - https://www.americanheritage.com/remembering-ernie-pyle?fbclid=IwAR0d1h5XDpeRa9VPgFR6KfrXAcjC_CDGnHl-pch-M2HvgpMUDei8RZmpRMQ
- As President of the National Press Club, Gil was involved with many public events. See some of his videos here: www.c-span.org/person/?gilklein
- Gil is a frequent author on history associated with Colonial Williamsburg, such as this piece on using pollen and seeds to understand a colonial town: www.history.org/foundation/magazine/spring16/tiny.cfm
- The Use of Myth in History: www.history.org/Foundation/journal/summer12/myths.cfm
- What's Wrong with This Picture? A discussion of the painting of Congress at the Independence Hall, Philadelphia, July 4, 1776 - www.history.org/foundation/journal/winter11/painting.cfm
- Videos on CSPAN - www.c-span.org/person/?gilklein
