Founded in New York in 1918, The Foreign Press Association (FPA) is a member driven international not-for-profit organization. 
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The mission of the FPA is: 

• Promote professional and social relationships for media professionals.
• Support and protect foreign correspondents working and living in the United States.
• Provide opportunities that keep members in contact with American life and opinion and with affairs in other countries.
• Foster international goodwill through relationships built through global media. ​