As an extension of First Amendment Day, Steve Thomma will present “The Press, the Presidency and the Campaign” at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union.

As a former president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, Thomma has produced multiple written pieces about political topics since 1987. Thomma has received the Aldo Beckman Award for distinguished White House writing for his achievements in 2000.

Before working at the bureau, he was a part of the St. Paul Pioneer Press as the Washington correspondent and won the National Press Club’s award for top regional reporting.

He has done work for the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette and City News Bureau.