The White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) announced on Friday that Saturday Night Live’s Colin Jost is the featured entertainer for the 2024 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday, April 27 in Washington, D.C.
“Colin Jost knows how to make Saturday nights funny, and I am thrilled Colin will be live from the nation’s capital as the headline entertainer for this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner,” WHCA President Kelly O’Donnell, NBC News’s senior White House correspondent, said in a statement.
The annual dinner honoring journalism will be a homecoming of sorts for Jost. A one time journalist, he wrote for the Harvard Crimson and the Staten Island Advance before pursuing a career in entertainment.
With a potential presidential election rematch looming ahead, Jost is no stranger to political comedy. He has written for Saturday Night Live since 2005 and has co-anchored the show’s “Weekend Update” since 2014, collecting numerous awards along the way, including five Writers Guild Awards, two Peabody Awards and 14 Emmy nominations for his writing on SNL.
The black-tie event is known to be a tough crowd for any comedian, tasked with entertaining a room loaded with journalists, celebrities, and lawmakers. The President and First Lady traditionally attend the dinner as well.
This year’s annual WHCA dinner will take place at its longtime home in the ballroom of the Washington Hilton and proceeds from the night will go toward scholarships for journalism students.
About the WHCA
Founded in 1914, the White House Correspondents’ Association exists to promote excellence in journalism as well as journalism education, and to ensure robust news coverage of the president and the presidency. We support awards for some of the best political reporting of the past year, and scholarships for young reporters who carry our hopes for vibrant journalism in the years to come. Each day, we work to ensure that the men and women who cover the White House have the ability to seek answers from powerful officials, up to and including the President. Our association comprises hundreds of members from the worlds of print, television, radio and online journalism. Their work, for outlets based in the United States and overseas, reaches a global audience. The association has been holding an annual dinner since 1921.
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