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Review of President Obama's Travel to Mexico and Costa Rica

5/15: Ricardo Zuniga, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs; and Roberta Jacobson, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, brief at the Washington Foreign Press Center on "President Obama's Travel to Mexico and Costa Rica." Full Text» Video»

Date: 05/03/2013 Location: Washington, DC Description: Under Secretary Sonenshine and Ambassador Kozak speak to journalists participating in a Foreign Press Center foreign media tour on
Press Freedom in the Digital Age

5/3:  Under Secretary Sonenshine and Ambassador Kozak brief journalists as part of the "Media Freedom and Developments in Journalism" foreign reporting tour.  Journalists from nineteen countries, including Pakistan, Bolivia, Thailand, Zimbabwe, and Bulgaria participated in the program.  The tour took place April 30 - May 8, 2013 in Washington, D.C. and New York.  Full Text»

Automation of Form I-94 for International Travelers to the U.S.

5/3: John Wagner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Field Operations, briefs at the Washington Foreign Press Center on "U.S. Customs and Border Protection Automation of Form I-94 for International Travelers." Full Text» Video»

Date: 04/30/2013 Location: Washington, DC Description: Rusty Hassan and Davey Yarborough brief foreign journalists at a special program to commemorate International Jazz Day at the Duke Ellington School for the Arts. - State Dept Image
International Jazz Day

4/30:  Rusty Hassan, jazz producer and teacher for the past 45 years, and Davey Yarborough, jazz recording artist and educator, brief foreign media at a special program to commemorate International Jazz Day at the Duke Ellington School for the Arts.   Full Text»

The New Face of America

4/29:  Audrey Singer, Senior Fellow, Metropolitcan Policy Program, Brookings Institution, briefs at the Washington Foreign Press Center on "The New Face of America: How Growing Minority Populations Affect U.S. Politics and Public Policy." Full Text» Video»


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The United States Department of State has Foreign Press Centers in Washington, D.C. and New York. The Foreign Press Centers support U.S. policies by helping foreign media cover the U.S. Their goal is to promote the depth, accuracy, and balance of foreign reporting from the U.S., by providing direct access to authoritative American information sources.

Washington Foreign Press Center - National Press Bldg., Suite 800
New York Foreign Press Center -799 UN Plaza, 10th Floor