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Representing Virginia’s legislative journalists.

The Virginia Capitol Correspondents Association is comprised of print, broadcast and online professional journalists who report on state government and politics in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

The Virginia Capitol Correspondents Association is among the nation's oldest organizations advocating for journalists who cover state legislatures. The VCCA is a not-for-profit organization based in Richmond, Virginia, made up of journalists whose primary responsibility is to cover state government and the General Assembly. Its members reach millions of viewers, listeners and readers daily throughout Virginia and beyond.

The association's primary purpose is to represent the interest of its members in the pursuit of their duties in reporting on state government and advancing the ideals of free and responsible news media. The VCCA also makes recommendations on press credentials to the General Assembly for media access to the House and Senate floors and the legislative press galleries, and its officers assign available space in pressroom facilities on Capitol Square.

Photograph of the Virginia Washington Statue in front of Old City Hall in downtown Richmond.

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The annual dinner, which helps sustain the organization, will take place Thursday, Feb. 15, in downtown Richmond.

RSVP to the 2024 VCCA dinner

Close-up photograph of tulips growing in front of the Virginia Capitol in downtown Richmond.

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Please note: Membership in the VCCA is limited to journalists who cover Virginia’s legislature. For additional requirements, click here to see our bylaws.

Mid-year dues were waived in 2023. Members seeking to renew in 2024 or journalists seeking to join for the first time can pay dues here.

To become a member:

“A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or perhaps both.”

— James Madison

Contact the VCCA

Contact VCCAbosses@gmail.com or use this form to get in touch with the Virginia Capitol Correspondents Association.