White House Correspondents ' Association - wikipedia White House Correspondents ' Association For the press corps generally, see White House press corps. It has been suggested that White House press corps be merged into this article. ( Discuss ) Proposed since April 2018. White House Correspondents ' Association Abbreviation WHCA Formation February 25, 1914 ; 104 years ago ( 1914 - 02 - 25 ) Tax ID no. 52 - 0799067 Legal status 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) nonprofit organization Location Washington, D.C. Coordinates 38 ° 53 ′ 52 '' N 77 ° 03 ′ 18 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 38.897776 ° N 77.055130 ° W ﻿ / 38.897776 ; - 77.055130 Coordinates : 38 ° 53 ′ 52 '' N 77 ° 03 ′ 18 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 38.897776 ° N 77.055130 ° W ﻿ / 38.897776 ; - 77.055130 President Margaret Talev ( Bloomberg News ) Executive Director Steven Thomma Revenue ( 2015 ) $366,481 Expenses ( 2015 ) $311,090 Employees ( 2015 ) 0 Website www. whca. press The White House Correspondents ' Association ( WHCA ) is an organization of journalists who cover the White House and the President of the United States. The WHCA was founded on February 25, 1914 by journalists in response to an unfounded rumor that a United States congressional committee would select which journalists could attend press conferences of President Woodrow Wilson. The WHCA operates independently of the White House. Among the more notable issues handled by the WHCA are the credentialing process, access to the President and physical conditions in the White House press briefing rooms. Its most high - profile activity is the annual White House Correspondents ' Dinner, which is traditionally attended by the President and covered by the news media. Not every member of the White House press corps is a member of the White House Correspondents ' Association. Contents 1 Association leadership, 2017 - 2018 2 Table of association presidents 3 White House Press Room 4 White House Correspondents ' Dinner 4.1 Dinner criticisms 4.2 List of dinners 4.3 Gallery 5 Awards 5.1 The Merriman Smith Memorial Award 5.2 The Aldo Beckman Memorial Award 5.3 The Edgar A. Poe Memorial Award 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Association leadership, 2017 - 2018 The current leadership team of the White House Correspondents ' Association includes : Officers President : Margaret Talev, Bloomberg News Vice President : Olivier Knox, Yahoo News Secretary : Jon Decker, Fox News Treasurer : Julie Pace, Associated Press Board members Zeke Miller, Associated Press Alicia Jennings, NBC News Jonathan Karl, ABC News Doug Mills, New York Times Todd Gillman, Dallas Morning News Executive Director Steven Thomma Table of association presidents Year Name Employer 1914 -- 20 William Wallace Price The Washington Star 1921 -- 22 Frank R. Lamb The Washington Star 1922 -- 23 J. Russell Young The Washington Star 1923 -- 24 E. Ross Bartley Associated Press 1924 -- 25 Isaac Gregg The Sun 1925 -- 26 George E. Durno International News Service 1926 -- 27 John Edwin Nevin The Washington Post 1927 -- 28 John T. Lambert Universal Service 1928 -- 29 J. Russell Young The Washington Star 1929 -- 30 Wilbur Forrest New York Herald Tribune 1930 -- 31 Lewis Wood The New York Times 1931 -- 33 Paul R. Mallon syndicated columnist 1933 -- 34 George E. Durno International News Service 1934 -- 35 Francis M. Stephenson Associated Press 1935 -- 36 Albert J. Warner New York Herald Tribune 1936 -- 37 Frederick J. Storm United Press Associations 1937 -- 38 Walter J. Trohan Chicago Tribune 1938 -- 40 Earl Godwin The Washington Times 1940 Felix Belair Jr. The New York Times 1940 -- 41 Thomas F. Reynolds United Press Associations 1941 -- 42 John C. O'Brien The Philadelphia Inquirer 1942 John C. Henry The Washington Star 1942 -- 43 Douglas B. Cornell Associated Press 1943 -- 44 Paul Wooten The Times - Picayune 1944 -- 45 Merriman Smith United Press Associations 1946 -- 47 Edward T. Folliard The Washington Post 1947 -- 48 Felix Belair Jr. The New York Times 1948 -- 49 Ernest B. Vaccaro Associated Press 1949 -- 50 Robert G. Nixon International News Service 1950 -- 53 Carlton Kent Chicago Sun - Times 1953 -- 54 Robert J. Donovan New York Herald Tribune 1954 -- 55 Anthony H. Leviero The New York Times 1955 -- 56 Laurence H. Burd Chicago Tribune 1956 -- 58 Francis M. Stephenson Daily News 1958 -- 59 Marvin Arrowsmith Associated Press 1959 -- 61 Garnett D. Horner The Washington Star 1961 -- 62 William H.Y. Knighton Jr. The Baltimore Sun 1962 -- 63 Robert Roth Philadelphia Bulletin 1963 -- 64 Merriman Smith United Press International 1964 -- 66 Alan L. Otten The Wall Street Journal 1966 -- 67 Robert E. Thompson Hearst Newspapers 1967 -- 68 Frank Cormier Associated Press 1968 -- 69 Carroll Kilpatrick The Washington Post 1969 -- 70 Charles W. Bailey II Minneapolis Tribune 1970 -- 71 Peter Lisagor Chicago Daily News 1971 -- 72 John P. Sutherland U.S. News & World Report 1972 -- 73 Edgar A. Poe The Times - Picayune ( New Orleans ) Year Name Employer 1973 -- 74 Ted Knap Scripps Howard Newspapers 1974 -- 75 James Deakin St. Louis Post-Dispatch 1975 -- 76 Helen Thomas United Press International 1976 -- 77 Lawrence M. O'Rourke Philadelphia Bulletin 1977 -- 78 Paul F. Healy Daily News 1978 -- 79 Aldo Beckman Chicago Tribune 1979 -- 80 Ralph Harris Reuters 1980 -- 81 Robert C. Pierpoint CBS News 1981 -- 82 Clifford Evans RKO General Broadcasting 1982 -- 83 Thomas M. DeFrank Newsweek 1983 -- 84 James R. Gerstenzang Associated Press 1984 -- 85 Sara Fritz Los Angeles Times 1985 -- 86 Gary F. Schuster CBS News 1986 -- 87 Bill Plante CBS News 1987 -- 88 Norman D. Sandler United Press International 1988 -- 89 Jeremiah O'Leary The Washington Times 1989 -- 90 Johanna Neuman USA Today 1990 -- 91 Robert M. Ellison Sheridan Broadcasting 1991 -- 92 Charles Bierbauer CNN 1992 -- 93 Karen Hosler The Baltimore Sun 1993 -- 94 George E. Condon Jr. Copley News Service 1994 -- 95 Kenneth T. Walsh U.S. News & World Report 1995 -- 96 Carl P. Leubsdorf The Dallas Morning News 1996 -- 97 Terence Hunt Associated Press 1997 -- 98 Laurence McQuillan Reuters 1998 -- 99 Stewart Powell Hearst Newspapers 1999 -- 2000 Susan Page USA Today 2000 -- 01 Arlene Dillon CBS News 2001 -- 02 Steve Holland Reuters 2002 -- 03 Bob Deans Cox Newspapers 2003 -- 04 Carl Cannon National Journal 2004 -- 05 Ron Hutcheson Knight Ridder 2005 -- 06 Mark Smith Associated Press TV and Radio 2006 -- 07 Steve Scully C - SPAN 2007 -- 08 Ann Compton ABC News 2008 -- 09 Jennifer Loven Associated Press 2009 -- 10 Edwin Chen Bloomberg 2010 -- 11 David Jackson USA Today 2011 -- 12 Caren Bohan Reuters 2012 -- 13 Ed Henry Fox News 2013 -- 14 Steven Thomma McClatchy 2014 -- 15 Christi Parsons Tribune Media 2015 -- 16 Carol Lee Wall Street Journal 2016 -- 17 Jeff Mason Reuters 2017 -- 18 Margaret Talev Bloomberg 2018 -- 19 Olivier Knox ( elect ) Yahoo News 2019 -- 20 Jonathan Karl ( elect ) ABC News White House press Room The WHCA is responsible for assigning seating in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing of the White House. Current White House James S. Brady Press Briefing Room seating chart Row Podium 5 6 7 NBC Wall Street Journal Agence France - Presse MSNBC Bloomberg BNA Washington Examiner TRNS / Univision Fox News CBS Radio AP Radio Foreign Pool Time Yahoo ! News Dallas Morning News CBS News Bloomberg McClatchy Washington Times SiriusXM Salem Radio Globe / Roll Call AP NPR AURN The Hill Regionals Newsmax CBN ABC News Washington Post Politico Fox News Radio CSM / NY Post Daily Mail BBC / OAN Reuters NY Times Chicago Tribune VOA RealClearPolitics HuffPost / NY Daily News BuzzFeed / Daily Beast CNN USA Today ABC Radio National Journal Al Jazeera / PBS Westwood One Financial Times / Guardian White House Correspondents ' Association White House Correspondents ' Dinner Wikimedia Commons has media related to White House Correspondents ' Association dinner. The WHCA 's annual dinner, begun in 1921, has become a Washington, D.C. tradition and is traditionally attended by the president and vice president. Fifteen presidents have attended at least one WHCA dinner, beginning with Calvin Coolidge in 1924. The dinner is traditionally held on the evening of the last Saturday in April at the Washington Hilton. Until 1962, the dinner was open only to men, even though WHCA 's membership included women. At the urging of Helen Thomas, President John F. Kennedy refused to attend the dinner unless the ban on women was dropped. Prior to World War II, the annual dinner featured singing between courses, a homemade movie, and an hour - long, post-dinner show with big - name performers. Since 1983, however, the featured speaker has usually been a comedian, with the dinner taking on the form of a ' roast ' of the president and his administration. The dinner also funds scholarships for gifted students in college journalism programs. Many annual dinners have been cancelled or downsized due to deaths or political crises. The dinner was cancelled in 1930 due to the death of former president William Howard Taft ; in 1942, following the United States ' entry into World War II ; and in 1951, over what President Harry S. Truman called the `` uncertainty of the world situation ''. In 1981, Ronald Reagan did not attend because he was recuperating after the attempted assassination on his life the previous month, but he did phone in and told a joke about the shooting. President Donald Trump did not attend the dinners in 2017 and 2018. Dinner criticisms The WHCD has been increasingly criticized as an example of the coziness between the White House press corps and the administration. The dinner typically includes a skit, either live or videotaped, by the sitting president in which he mocks himself, for the amusement of the press corps. The press corps, in turn, hobnobs with administration officials, even those who are unpopular and are not regularly cooperative with the press. Increasing scrutiny by bloggers has contributed to added public focus on this friendliness. After the 2007 dinner, New York Times columnist Frank Rich implied that the Times would no longer participate in the dinners. Rich wrote that the dinner had become `` a crystallization of the press 's failures in the post-9 / 11 era '' because it `` illustrates how easily a propaganda - driven White House can enlist the Washington news media in its shows ''. Other criticism has focused on the amount of money actually raised for scholarships, which has decreased over the past few years. In recent years, the dinners have drawn increasing public attention, and the guest list grows `` more Hollywood ''. The attention given to the guest list and entertainers often overshadows the intended purpose of the dinner, which is to `` acknowledge award - winners, present scholarships, and give the press and the president an evening of friendly appreciation ''. This has led to an atmosphere of coming to the event only to `` see and be seen ''. This usually takes place at pre-dinner receptions and post-dinner parties hosted by various media organizations, which are often a bigger draw and can be more exclusive than the dinners themselves. List of dinners Date Performer ( s ) Notes 1944 Bob Hope, Fritz Kreisler, Gracie Fields, Mexican tenor Pedro Vargas, Fred Waring, Elsie Janis, Ed Gardiner, Nan Merriman, Robert Merrill, and NBC musical director Frank Black with a 40 - piece orchestra. 1945 Frank Sinatra, Danny Thomas, Jimmy Durante, Fanny Brice, Danny Kaye, and Garry Moore shared hosting duties. 1953 Bob Hope 1954 Milton Berle, The Four Step Brothers, Jaye P. Morgan, The McGuire Sisters, and Irving Berlin performed. Berlin performed an original song, `` I Still Like Ike, '' to honor President Eisenhower. 1956 James Cagney emceed ; Nat King Cole, Patti Page, and Dizzy Gillespie performed. 1961 The Peiro Brothers ( jugglers ), Julie London, Dorothy Provine, violinist Mischa Elman, opera singer Jerome Hines 1962 Peter Sellers, Gwen Verdon, Richard Goodman, and Benny Goodman shared hosting duties. Event opened to female correspondents for the first time. 1963 Merv Griffin emceed ; Barbra Streisand performed. 1964 Duke Ellington, the Smothers Brothers 1968 Richard Pryor 1969 The Disneyland Golden Horseshoe Revue April 14, 1973 May 3, 1975 Danny Thomas and Marlo Thomas 1976 Bob Hope emceed and Chevy Chase performed. When President Ford rose to speak, he pretended to fumble, and began his speech with `` Good evening. I 'm Gerald Ford and you 're not '' -- a reference to Chase 's catchphrase from Saturday Night Live 's Weekend Update. April 28, 1979 April 25, 1981 Mark Russell 1984 Rich Little April 17, 1986 Dick Cavett Jay Leno April 21, 1988 Yakov Smirnoff Jim Morris ( Bush impersonator ) Garry Shandling made a surprise appearance. Jim Morris 1991 Sinbad Paula Poundstone Poundstone was the first solo female host. May 1, 1993 Elayne Boosler This was the first year that the dinner was televised on C - SPAN. April 23, 1994 Al Franken April 29, 1995 Conan O'Brien May 4, 1996 Al Franken April 26, 1997 Jon Stewart Norm Macdonald delivered a Weekend Update parody. April 25, 1998 Ray Romano May 1, 1999 Aretha Franklin NBC 's Brian Williams performed a skit. April 29, 2000 Jay Leno President Bill Clinton also mocked himself in the short film President Clinton : The Final Days, which depicted him as a lonely man closing down a nearly deserted White House, riding a bicycle, and learning about the Internet with the help of actor Mike Maronna. April 28, 2001 Darrell Hammond May 4, 2002 Drew Carey April 26, 2003 Ray Charles President George W. Bush decided to eschew a comedian that year, given the recent invasion of Iraq. May 1, 2004 Jay Leno April 30, 2005 Cedric the Entertainer First Lady Laura Bush also performed some jokes. April 29, 2006 Stephen Colbert Wikinews has related news : Comedians lampoon Bush at White House Correspondents ' Dinner See also : Stephen Colbert at the 2006 White House Correspondents ' Dinner Colbert performed his television satire of a right - wing cable television pundit. Several of President Bush 's aides and supporters walked out during Colbert 's speech, and one former aide said that the President had `` that look that he 's ready to blow ''. Steve Bridges also performed a Bush impersonation. April 21, 2007 Rich Little David Letterman appeared by video with a Top 10 list of `` favorite George W. Bush moments ''. April 26, 2008 Craig Ferguson Like his Late Late Show monologues, Ferguson appeared to go off script and started improvising new jokes. It was noted that President Bush had difficulty understanding Ferguson 's Scottish accent. May 9, 2009 Wanda Sykes May 1, 2010 Jay Leno Leno hosted for the fourth time, more than any other individual in the dinner 's history. Leno had been chosen several weeks before his controversial Tonight Show conflict, and his use of recycled jokes was noted by critics. April 30, 2011 Seth Meyers Both President Barack Obama and then - Secretary of Defense Robert Gates were seen laughing at Meyers ' jokes about the government 's apparent inability to track down Osama Bin Laden, even though they were a day away from the operation to assassinate him. President Obama and Meyers also mocked then - Celebrity Apprentice host Donald Trump 's role as the face of the birther movement. Trump would go on to be elected President of the United States five years later in the 2016 United States presidential election. Journalists that were present at the dinner say that being mocked by President Obama and Meyers led him to decide to run for President of the United States, but Trump would later deny this, saying that he had been considering running for President for many years prior to the dinner. April 28, 2012 Jimmy Kimmel April 27, 2013 Conan O'Brien May 3, 2014 Joel McHale April 25, 2015 Cecily Strong Keegan - Michael Key made a guest appearance as President Obama 's `` anger translator '', Luther, a recurring character from the Comedy Central show Key & Peele. April 30, 2016 Larry Wilmore Wilmore delivered a controversial, searing routine targeting the president, elite media, lobbyists, politicians, and celebrities. At the end of the speech, Wilmore ended his set by thanking President Obama for having been the country 's first black President and finished his speech by calling him `` my nigga '' on live television. This remark sparked controversy among the media, with some calling it disrespectful. April 29, 2017 Hasan Minhaj President Donald Trump did not attend the dinner. The last time the sitting president was not involved was Ronald Reagan in 1981. He was recovering from being shot in an assassination attempt. However, Reagan did phone into the event and even joked about the shooting. The Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein presented awards and spoke about the importance of the First Amendment. April 28, 2018 Michelle Wolf President Trump did not attend the dinner for the second consecutive year. Instead, he sent his press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Aya Hijazi recognized. Wolf received both praise and criticism for her monologue. The association released a rare statement regarding the monologue. After the dinner, newspaper The Hill informed the WHCA that it would no longer participate in the event, saying, `` In short, there 's simply no reason for us to participate in something that casts our profession in a poor light. Major changes are needed to the annual event. '' Gallery President Bill Clinton ( right ) with television actor Mike Maronna ( left ) celebrating a successful online purchase in a comedic short film recorded for the 2000 Dinner. President George W. Bush ( left ) with Bush impersonator Steve Bridges in character ( right ) at the 2006 Dinner. President Barack Obama ( left ) with sketch comedian Keegan - Michael Key in character as `` anger translator '' Luther ( right ) at the 2015 Dinner. President Barack Obama ending his final Correspondents ' Dinner speech with a mic drop at the 2016 Dinner. AWARDS The Merriman Smith memorial Award See footnote. Awarded for outstanding examples of deadline reporting. This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. Year Recipient Distinction Employer Article / Show Notes & Ref 2000 Gary Nurenberg Broadcast KTLA - Tribune Broadcasting Jodi Enda Print Knight - Ridder Newspapers 2001 Jim Angle Broadcast Fox News Channel Sandra Sobieraj Print Associated Press 2002 Peter Maer Broadcast CBS News Ron Fournier Print Associated Press 2003 Jim Angle Broadcast Fox News Channel David Sanger Print The New York Times Mike Allen Print The Washington Post 2005 Ron Fournier Print Associated Press Jackie Calmes Print The Wall Street Journal Honorable Mention 2006 Terry Moran Broadcast ABC News Deb Riechmann Print Associated Press 2007 Martha Raddatz Broadcast ABC News David Sanger Print The New York Times 2008 Ed Henry Broadcast CNN Deb Riechmann Print Associated Press 2009 David Greene Broadcast NPR Sandra Sobieraj Westfall Print People magazine Jake Tapper Broadcast ABC News Ben Feller Print Associated Press 2011 Jake Tapper Broadcast ABC News Dan Balz Print The Washington Post 2012 Jake Tapper Broadcast ABC News Glenn Thrush, Carrie Budoff Brown, Manu Raju and John Bresnahan Print Politico `` Excellence in presidential coverage under pressure '' 2013 Terry Morgan Broadcast ABC News Julie Pace Print Associated Press 2014 Peter Maer Broadcast CBS News `` Sequestration '' Peter Baker Print The New York Times `` Obama Seeks Approval by Congress for Strike in Syria '' 2015 Jim Avila Broadcast ABC News Cuba / Alan Gross Josh Lederman Print Associated Press Fence Jumper 2016 Norah O'Donnell Broadcast CBS News Matt Viser Print The Boston Globe 2017 Edward - Isaac Dovere Print Politico `` How Obama set a trap for Raul Castro '' 2018 Evan Perez, Jim Sciutto, Jake Tapper and Carl Bernstein Broadcast CNN Josh Dawsey Print Politico The aldo beckman memorial Award See footnote. Awarded for journalistic excellence. This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. Year Recipient Employer Ref 2000 Jeanne Cummings The Wall Street Journal 2001 Steve Thomma Knight Ridder 2002 Anne E. Kornblut The Boston Globe 2003 Dana Milbank The Washington Post David Sanger The New York Times 2005 Susan Page USA Today 2006 Carl Cannon National Journal 2007 Kenneth T. Walsh U.S. News & World Report 2008 Alexis Simendinger National Journal 2009 Michael Abramowitz The Washington Post Mark Knoller CBS News 2011 Peter Baker The New York Times 2012 Scott Wilson The Washington Post 2013 Ryan Lizza The New Yorker 2014 Glenn Thrush Politico Brianna Keilar CNN 2015 Peter Baker The New York Times 2016 Carol Lee Wall Street Journal 2017 Greg Jaffe Washington Post 2018 Maggie Haberman New York Times The edgar a poe memorial Award See footnote. Awarded for excellence on a story of national or regional significance. This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. Year Recipient Employer Notes & Ref 2000 Sam Roe The Toledo Blade 2001 Elizabeth Marchak, Dave Davis, and Joan Mazzolini The Plain Dealer John Barry and Evan Thomas Newsweek Honorable Mention David Pace Associated Press Honorable Mention 2002 Evan Thomas, Mark Hosenball, Martha Brant, and Roy Gutman Newsweek Staff The Seattle Times Honorable Mention Staff The Dayton Daily News Honorable Mention 2003 Sean Naylor Army Times Staff South Florida Sun - Sentinel Honorable Mention Michael Berens Chicago Tribune Honorable Mention Russell Corollo and Mei - ling Hopgood Dayton Daily News Christopher H. Schmitt and Edward T. Pound U.S. News & World Report Honorable Mention Michael Hudson Southern Exposure magazine Honorable Mention Warren P. Strobel and Jonathan S. Landy Knight Ridder Honorable Mention Rod Nordland and Michael Hirsh Newsweek Honorable Mention Sami Yousafzai, Ron Moreau, and Michael Hirsh Newsweek Honorable Mention Fareed Zakaria Newsweek Honorable Mention 2005 Mark Fainaru - Wada and Lance Williams The San Francisco Chronicle Donald Barlett and James Steele Time magazine Honorable Mention 2006 Marcus Stern and Jerry Kammer Copley News Service Staff Time magazine Honorable Mention Russell Carollo and Larry Kaplow Dayton Daily News Honorable Mention 2007 Joan Ryan The San Francisco Chronicle 2008 Paul Shukovsky, Tracy Johnson, and Daniel Lathrop Seattle Post-Intelligencer 2009 Michael J. Berens and Ken Armstrong The Seattle Times Suzanne Bohan and Sandy Kleffman Contra Costa Times, California 2011 Michael Berens The Seattle Times 2012 Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman, Eileen Sullivan and Chris Hawley Associated Press 2013 Jim Morris, Chris Hamby, Ronnie Greene The Center for Public Integrity ( CPI ) Hard Labor 2014 Megan Twohey Reuters `` The Child Exchange : Inside America 's Underground Market for Adopted Children, '' Chris Hamby, Matthew Mosk and Brian Ross The Center for Public Integrity ( CPI ) and ABC News `` Breathless and Burdened : Dying from black lung, buried by law and medicine, '' 2015 Gary Fields, John R. Emshwiller, Rob Barry and Coulter Jones Wall Street Journal `` America 's Rap Sheet '' Carol A. Leonnig The Washington Post `` Secret Service '' 2016 Neela Banerjee, John Cushman Jr., David Hasemyer and Lisa Song InsideClimate News Terrence McCoy The Washington Post 2017 David Fahrenthold The Washington Post 2018 Jason Szep, Peter Eisler, Tim Reid, Lisa Girion, Grant Smith and team Reuters `` Shock Tactics '' Norah O'Donnell CBS This Morning Sexual Assault in the Air Force Academy Honorable Mention Dan Diamond and Rachana Pradhan Politico Tom Price 's Private Jet Travel Honorable Mention See also Gridiron Club Radio and Television Correspondents ' Association Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner Not the White House Correspondents ' Dinner National Press Club Parliamentary Press Gallery List of dining events References ^ Jump up to : `` White House Correspondents Association ''. Exempt Organization Select Check. Internal Revenue Service. Retrieved July 10, 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Officers ''. White House Correspondents ' Association. 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Question: when was the white house correspondents dinner started
Answer: February 25, 1914