The White House press corps is the group of journalists, correspondents, or members of the media usually stationed at the White House in Washington, D.C., to cover the President of the United States, White House events, and news briefings. Their offices are located in the West Wing.
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Overview
The White House Press Secretary or a deputy generally holds a weekday news briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room. The room currently seats 49 reporters. Each seat is assigned to a news gathering organization, with the most prominent organizations occupying the first two rows. Reporters who do not have an assigned seat may stand. Often a smaller group of reporters known as the "White House press pool" is assembled to report back to their colleagues on events where the venue would make open coverage logistically difficult.
When a new U.S. president is elected, some news organizations change their correspondents, most often to the reporter who had been assigned to cover the new president during the preceding campaign. For example, after the 2008 presidential campaign, ABC News moved Jake Tapper, who had covered Barack Obama during his presidential campaign, to the White House correspondent's position.
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History
The White House press corps had their first duties in the White House in the early 1900s. An urban legend exists of President Theodore Roosevelt noticing a group of correspondents in the rain looking for sources for their stories and inviting them into the White House. Subsequent historical research outlines how reporters were able to start with small stories in the White House and then grew their presence and influence over a span of many years.
Correspondents
Current
Television
Print and Internet
Radio
Notable former correspondents
See also
- Press gallery
- Canberra Press Gallery
- Kremlin Pool
- Press Secretary
References
External links
- Official Obama Administration press briefings playlist on YouTube
- Papers of John L. Steele, White House correspondent, 1955-1958, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library (PDF)
- White House Correspondents' Association official website
- White House press pool reports
- Inside the White House Press Corps, Mediaite.com
- Who Sits Where?, Fivethirtyeight.com
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