Newsmaker Luncheon
The club holds Newsmaker Luncheons at the Newsroom Pub. Speakers and topics run the gamut. Held monthly at the Newsroom Pub, each event is a forum for a local, regional or national person or entity currently making headlines to speak and field questions from journalists and the public. Reservations are required and many events sell out. Admission (typically $20 for members, $25 for non-members and $15 for college students) includes lunch.
Josh Kaul, Wisconsin Attorney General to Headline Newsmaker Luncheon

September 8, 2026

11:45 am – 1:15 pm

Rotary Club of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County War Memorial Center

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Annual Meetings
Since the opening of The Newsroom Pub in 2000, the club has elevated its September annual meeting from strictly a business meeting to a large social gathering with a keynote speaker.
Annual Meeting 2026

September 15, 2026

5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Newsroom Pub

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Media Hall of Fame
In October, the club presents the induction ceremony for the Milwaukee Media Hall of Fame. The club’s past presidents’ council nominates inductees, which the board ratifies. Names of all the inductees are displayed at the Newsroom Pub.
Media Hall of Fame

October 16, 2026

5:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Saint Kate – The Arts Hotel

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Newsmaker Luncheon
The club holds Newsmaker Luncheons at the Newsroom Pub. Speakers and topics run the gamut. Held monthly at the Newsroom Pub, each event is a forum for a local, regional or national person or entity currently making headlines to speak and field questions from journalists and the public. Reservations are required and many events sell out. Admission (typically $20 for members, $25 for non-members and $15 for college students) includes lunch.
Charles Franklin, Marquette Law School Pollster to Headline Post-Election Newsmaker Luncheon

November 11, 2026

11:45 am – 1:15 pm

Newsroom Pub

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Meet the Media
The annual Meet the (Milwaukee) Media event offers a unique networking opportunity to meet and mingle with Milwaukee’s journalists, business leaders and public officials! Media professionals from local television, radio, newspaper, magazine and online outlets will be tending bar at the Newsroom Pub. Local business leaders, public officials and others will also serve as “celebrity bartenders”.
Meet the Media

December 3, 2026

5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Newsroom Pub

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MPC Endowment

Contribute to Journalism Excellence

The endowment carries out its mission by providing scholarships to students, funding journalism-related education programs and supporting activities of the Milwaukee Press Club.

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Membership

MPC Membership

Support journalistic excellence in Milwaukee and throughout Wisconsin and become part of the oldest continuously operating press club in the country, founded in 1885. The Press Club also supports the MPC Endowment Ltd., which awards annual journalism scholarships to students and provides grants to journalism programs.

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