The George Washington University, Harvard University, and the National Press Club have produced 60 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 “Democracy and the Press.”  Guests have included Katie Couric, Christiane Amanpour, Walter Cronkite, Jim Lehrer, U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes, Nobel Prize winner Eli Wiesel and documentary filmmaker Ken Burns.  

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

The executive producer of The Kalb Report series is Michael Freedman, vice president for communications, executive director of the GW Global Media Institute and professorial lecturer in journalism at The George Washington University. The director of the series is Robert Vitarelli, a 39-year CBS News veteran. The producer is Heather Date, a GW alumna and former CNN producer. The associate producer is GW graduate student Matt Saunders.

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.