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
November 11, 2026
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Newsroom Pub
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 Glessing, President Milwaukee Bucks to Headline Newsmaker
November 19, 2026
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Newsroom Pub
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
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.
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.