The White House press corps is the group of

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s, and members of the media usually assigned to the

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, to cover the

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, White House events, and news briefings. Its offices are located in the

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Overview

The White House press secretary, or a deputy, generally holds a weekday news briefing in the

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, which 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 "press pool" is assembled to report back to their colleagues on events where the venue would make open coverage logistically difficult. There can be different pools assembled on any given day to include a pool covering the president, vice president, first lady, and other prominent members of the staff. 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

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, who had covered

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during his presidential campaign, to the White House correspondent's position.

History

The White House press corps had their first duties in the White House in the early 1900s. An

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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. The White House press "pool" gets its name from the briefing room which used to be a pool until

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converted the pool to a briefing room. The pool which was covered still remains under the briefing room.

Notable correspondents

The following outlets have had reporters covering the White House full time and a permanent assigned seat in the

: * Andrew Feinberg * Annie Karni * Ashley Parker *

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* Ben Tracy *

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* Chanel Rion * David Brody * David Nakamura *

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* Jacqui Heinrich * Jennifer Bendery *

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* Kristen Welker * Kristin Fisher *

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* Mara Liasson *

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* Michael D. Shear *

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* Olivier Knox * Paula Reid * Peter Alexander * Peter Baker *

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* Philip Crowther * Rebecca Ballhaus * Richard Latendresse * Seung Min Kim * Tamara Keith *

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* Yamiche Alcindor * Zeke Miller

References

External links

White House Correspondents' Association official websiteCollection of White House Press Pool reports
{{Portalbar, Journalism Political mass media in the United States White House American journalism

Overview

History

Notable correspondents

See also

References

External links