Gil Klein giving a book talk at Politics and Prose, 2019
Photo Credit: Angus Paul
Gil Klein is a journalist, author, professor, and guest speaker. He is currently the Washington Program Coordinator for the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Communication. He is also the Bureau Chief of Gaylord News. 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 Gil 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 toured the United States in 2008 for the National Press Club, organizing and moderating forums with leading local journalists on the future of journalism and how to protect its core values. Before coming to Washington, he worked as the environment and transportation reporter for the Tampa Tribune and for the Gwinnett Daily News in Georgia. He is a past president of the National Press Club and wrote its centennial history: "Reliable Sources: 100 Years at the National Press Club." Gil 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
