White House Press Corps

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White House press corps or White House press pool, the group of journalists or correspondents usually stationed at the White House to cover White House press briefings and press releases.

The press briefings take place in the the White House Press Room. There is no equivalent to the British Parliament's press gallery at the White House, either as the name of a place or a group of journalists, although at the U.S. Capitol journalists do occupy galleries of their own in the chambers of the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives. Journalists who specialize in covering the upper and lower house of the U.S. Congress are known as congressional correspondents

Press briefings are usually led by the White House Press Secretary.

[edit] Notable press people

• The Associated Press's Terence Hunt
• Helen Thomas
• NBC News's David Gregory
• The Washington Posts David Broder
• TIME's Mike Allen
• Newsweek's Richard Wolfe
• Les Kinsolving of WorldNetDaily

[edit] See also

Canberra Press Gallery

[edit] External links

• White House Press Corps.org home page. Daily Adventures with the White House Press Corps, in their own words..