WHCA ANNOUNCES TREVOR NOAH AS ENTERTAINER FOR 2022 DINNER

The White House Correspondents’ Association is pleased to announce that Trevor Noah, the host of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, will entertain at the association’s annual dinner on Saturday, April 30, 2022.

“The White House Correspondents’ Dinner celebrates Americans’ freedoms and the working people who bring the news to the world,” said Steven Portnoy of CBS News Radio, president of the WHCA.  

“Trevor is an incredible talent who keeps us laughing — and thinking — four nights a week,” Portnoy added. “We can’t wait for him to help bring our 100-year Washington tradition ‘Back to Abnormal.’”

Noah, whose current comedy tour is entitled “Back to Abnormal,” is one of the most innovative and far-reaching entertainers working today.

Noah will host the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards this year. He has written, produced, and starred in 11 comedy specials. His most recent, “Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia,” received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Variety Show and a Grammy Award nomination for Best Comedy Album. 

He also is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller “Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood,” which has received the Thurber Prize for American Humor and two NAACP Image Awards.

In 2018, he launched The Trevor Noah Foundation, a youth development initiative.

“The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” has been nominated for several Emmy Awards, including for Outstanding Variety Talk Series in 2021, and received two 2021 NAACP Image Awards. Noah himself has won an Emmy for The Daily’s Show’s “Between the Scenes.”

This year’s dinner will be the WHCA’s first since 2019 and offer the first opportunity since 2016 for the press and the president to share a few laughs for a good cause.

Proceeds from the event support the association’s year-round work on behalf of the White House press corps as well as scholarships for aspiring journalists and awards recognizing excellence in the profession. 

Held for the first time in 1921, the association’s annual dinner is traditionally attended by the President and First Lady, as well as senior government officials and other guests of association members.

The evening’s programming will be produced in association with Bob Bain Productions.

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.