The George Washington University, the National Press Club and Harvard’s Shorenstein Center have produced 59 forums in the The Kalb Report series since 1994. This highly acclaimed public affairs series is hosted by the distinguished journalist/scholar Marvin Kalb. Through one-on-one interviews and panel discussions emanating from the main ballroom of the National Press Club before audiences comprising several hundred students and professionals, Kalb explores topics ranging from ethics in journalism to the impact of technology on news. Guests have included Katie Couric, Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather, Jim Lehrer, Ted Koppel, Sen. Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, New York Times Publisher Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., NPR President and CEO Kevin Klose, FOX News Chairman Roger Ailes, New York Times Columnist Thomas Friedman, and Washington Post Writer/Editor Bob Woodward.

The Kalb Report airs on New England Cable News and is distributed to public television stations nationwide by Oklahoma Educational Television Authority and American Public Television. The series is distributed for radio by CBS Radio Network.

Executive producer for The Kalb Report is Michael Freedman, vice president and professorial lecturer in broadcast journalism at GW. The Kalb Report producer is Heather Date and the series is directed by Robert Vitarelli.

In June 2004, the Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association named The Kalb Report "Best Public Affairs Program" on radio in the Washington, D.C., region.

The Kalb Report is underwritten by a grant from the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation.