| About the FPCsThe United States Department of State has Foreign Press Centers in Washington, D.C., New York and Los Angeles. We provide foreign-based journalists with a variety of services to help them report on American society, politics and culture. The centers also work with US Embassy Public Affairs offices overseas to assist foreign correspondents visiting the United States on assignment or participating in U.S. government-sponsored professional reporting tours. HISTORY The Los Angeles location opened in 1982 to serve the approximately 300 journalists working there. Today, the Department of State's Foreign Press Centers serve more than 2,000 foreign journalists Locally-funded International Press Centers also exist in Chicago, Seattle, Houston, Atlanta, and Cleveland. They broaden and facilitate foreign journalists' coverage of America and are affiliated with the core Foreign Press Center network. |
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