White House press corps - wikipedia White House press corps 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. Contents 1 Overview 2 History 3 Correspondents 3.1 Current 3.1. 1 Television 3.1. 2 Print and Internet 3.1. 3 Radio 3.2 Notable former correspondents 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Overview Semi-permanent setup of press corps on the west end of the north White House lawn, from where live media broadcasts with the White House are typically delivered 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. 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 This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. This section needs additional citations for verification. ( March 2017 ) Current Television Jim Acosta -- CNN Yasmeen Sami Alamiri -- CGTN Gustau Alegret -- Nuestra Tele Noticias 24 Horas Jacqueline Alemany -- CBS News Peter Alexander -- NBC News Wes Barrett -- Fox News Emel Bayrak -- TRT Turkish Radio and Television Corporation James Bays -- Al Jazeera English Kate Bennett -- CNN Margaret Brennan -- CBS News David Brody -- Christian Broadcasting Network Blake Burman -- Fox Business News Ching - Yi Chang -- Shanghai Media Group Ronica Cleary -- Fox 5 DC WTTG Kaitlan Collins -- CNN Stephen Collinson -- CNN Sara Cook -- NHK Kevin Corke -- Fox News Philip Crowther -- France 24 Zoe Daniel -- ABC News ( Australia ) Jeremy Diamond -- CNN Kristin Donnelly -- NBC News Devin Dwyer -- ABC News Arden Farhi -- CBS News Katherine Faulders -- ABC News Alan Fisher -- Al Jazeera English Jon Garcia -- ABC News Major Garrett -- CBS News Serafin Gómez -- Fox News Noah Gray -- CNN Kimberly Halkett -- Al Jazeera English Dan Hausle -- WHDH Caroline Horn -- CBS News Jillian Hughes -- CBS News Hallie Jackson -- NBC News Lesa Jansen -- Fox News Chris Jansing -- MSNBC Eamon Javers -- CNBC Athena Jones -- CNN Jonathan Karl -- ABC News Peter Kleim -- n - tv Raquel Krähenbühl -- GloboNews Elizabeth Landers -- CNN Richard Latendresse -- TVA Group Kevin Liptak -- CNN Cordelia Lynch -- Sky News Joy Malbon -- CTV News Allie Malloy -- CNN Mark Meredith -- Nexstar Media Group Dan Merica -- CNN Victor Montoro -- C - SPAN Sara Murray -- CNN Kelly O'Donnell -- MSNBC John R. Parkinson -- ABC News Jordyn Phelps -- ABC News Fernando Pizzaro -- Univision John Roberts -- Fox News Janet Rodriguez -- Univision Arlette Saenz -- ABC News Steve Scully -- C - SPAN Jon Sopel -- BBC Jessica Stone -- CGTN Amber Strong -- Christian Broadcasting Network Margaret Talev -- Bloomberg Television Kayla Tausche -- CNBC Scott Thuman -- ABC 7 News WJLA - TV ; Sinclair Broadcast Group Cecilia Vega -- ABC News Ali Vitali -- NBC News Kristen Welker -- NBC News Jennifer Wishon -- Christian Broadcasting Network Trey Yingst -- One America News Network Jeff Zeleny -- CNN Print and Internet Kristina Anderson -- AWPS News Melanie Arter -- CNSNews.com Peter Baker -- New York Times Rebecca Ballhaus -- The Wall Street Journal Andrew Beatty -- Agence France - Presse Michael Bender -- The Wall Street Journal Jennifer Bendery -- The Huffington Post Brian Bennett -- Los Angeles Times John T. Bennett -- Roll Call Nadia Bilbassy -- Al Arabiya English Josh Boak -- Associated Press Cheryl Bolen -- Bloomberg BNA Dave Boyer -- The Washington Times Paul Brandus -- West Wing Reports Robin Bravender -- Environment & Energy Publishing Jon - Christopher Bua -- EuroNews Miriam Burgués -- EFE Julie Bykowicz -- Associated Press Adrian Carrasquillo -- BuzzFeed Jérôme Cartillier -- Agence France - Presse Conrad Chaffee -- Tokyo Shimbun Francesca Chambers -- Mail Online Cho Yi - jun -- The Chosun Ilbo Dave Clarke -- The Washington Post Jill Colvin -- Associated Press George E. Condon Jr. -- National Journal David Corn -- Mother Jones Jerome Corsi -- infowars.com Jeanne Cummings -- The Wall Street Journal Anne Walters Custer -- Deutsche Presse - Agentur Kelly Daschle -- Associated Press Shirish V. Dáte -- Huffington Post Julie Davis -- New York Times Josh Dawsey -- Politico Tom DeFrank -- National Journal Mike Dorning -- Bloomberg News Edward - Isaac Dovere -- Politico Al Drago -- New York Times Dan Eggen -- The Washington Post Juliet Eilperin -- The Washington Post Jennifer Epstein -- Bloomberg News J. Jesús Esquivel -- Proceso Jordan Fabian -- The Hill Andrew Feinberg -- BroadbandBreakfast.com Linda Feldman -- Christian Science Monitor Dan Freedman -- Hearst Communications Josh Gerstein -- Politico Todd J. Gillman -- The Dallas Morning News John Gizzi -- Newsmax Raghubir Goyal -- India Globe Rosie Gray -- The Atlantic Maggie Haberman -- New York Times Anthony Harper -- InterMountain Christian News ; Christian Newspaper Association Bryant Harris -- Yomiuri Shimbun Peter Heinlein -- Voice of America Kathleen Hennessey -- Associated Press Steven L. Herman -- Voice of America Steve Holland -- Reuters David Jackson -- USA Today Jennifer Jacobs -- Bloomberg News Lalit Jha -- Press Trust of India Chris Johnson -- Washington Blade Jenna Johnson -- The Washington Post Cameron Joseph -- Talking Points Memo Brian Karem -- The Sentinel Newspapers Annie Karni -- Politico Olivier Knox -- Yahoo ! News Gregory Korte -- USA Today Anita Kumar -- The McClatchy Company Martha Joynt Kumar -- White House Transition Project Mark Landler -- New York Times Lucía Leal -- EFE Evan Lehmann -- Environment & Energy Publishing Jonathan Lemire -- Associated Press Annie Linskey -- The Boston Globe Ryan Lizza -- The New Yorker Frank Lockwood -- Arkansas Democrat - Gazette Fred Lucas -- The Daily Signal Catherine Lucey -- Associated Press Lachlan Markay -- The Daily Beast Jeff Mason -- Reuters Kyle Mazza -- UNF News Tara McKelvey -- BBC News Erin McPike -- Independent Journal Review Steven A. Miller -- The Washington Times Zeke Miller -- Time Gabby Morrongiello -- The Washington Examiner David Nakamura -- The Washington Post Daniel Nasaw -- The Wall Street Journal Steven Nelson -- The Washington Examiner Emily Ngo -- Newsday Peter Nicholas -- The Wall Street Journal Matthew Nussbaum -- Politico Toluse Olorunnipa -- Bloomberg News Franco Ordoñez -- The McClatchy Company Damian Paletta -- The Washington Post Tara Palmeri -- Politico Ashley Parker -- The Washington Post Amie Parnes -- The Hill Christi Parsons -- tronc Katie Pavlich -- Townhall Ksenija Pavlovic -- The Pavlovic Today Maria Peña -- La Opinion / impreMedia Shannon Pettypiece -- Bloomberg Alex Pfeiffer -- The Daily Caller Abby Phillip -- The Washington Post Heidi Przybyla -- USA Today Louise Radnofsky -- The Wall Street Journal Roberta Rampton -- Reuters Ayesha Rascoe -- Reuters Andrew Restuccia -- Politico Cara Rinkoff - Sputnik News Wires Philip Rucker -- The Washington Post Vivian Salama -- Associated Press Mary Alice Salinas -- Voice of America Darren Samuelsohn -- Politico Debra J. Saunders -- Las Vegas Review - Journal Demetri Sevastopulo -- Financial Times Michael D. Shear -- New York Times Alexis Simendinger -- Real Clear Politics Justin Sink -- Bloomberg News Andrei Sitov -- Itar - Tass News Agency Donovan Slack -- USA Today David Smith -- The Guardian Sara Sorcher -- USA Today Charlie Spiering -- Breitbart Niall Stanage -- The Hill Jim Stinson -- LifeZette Eli Stokols -- The Wall Street Journal Darlene Superville -- Associated Press Jonathan Swan -- Axios Lynn Sweet -- Chicago Sun - Times ChiaChieh Tang -- Sina News Heather Timmons -- Quartz Ken Thomas -- Associated Press Glenn Thrush -- New York Times Jake Turx -- Ami John Wagner -- The Washington Post Hunter Walker -- Yahoo ! News Kenneth T. Walsh -- U.S. News & World Report Michael Warren -- The Weekly Standard Sarah Westwood -- The Washington Examiner Anna Wilding -- Herald de Paris Michael Wilner -- The Jerusalem Post Lucian Wintrich -- The Gateway Pundit Michael S. Moates -- The Narrative Times Radio Geoff Bennett -- NPR Greg Clugston -- Salem Radio Network Bob Costantini -- Westwood One News Jon Decker -- Fox News Radio Justin Duckham -- Talk Media News John Fredericks -- The John Fredericks Show Scott Horsley -- NPR Victoria Jones -- Talk Media News Tamara Keith -- NPR Mark Knoller -- CBS Radio News Connie Lawn -- USA Radio Network Mara Liasson -- NPR Steven Portnoy -- CBS Radio News Ellen Ratner -- Talk Media News Jared Rizzi -- SiriusXM POTUS April Ryan -- American Urban Radio Networks Karen Travers -- ABC News Radio Robert S. Weiner -- Main Street Radio Network Notable former correspondents Mike Allen -- Politico Jim Angle -- National Public Radio Jim Axelrod -- CBS News Bret Baier -- Fox News Richard Benedetto -- USA Today Bob Berkowitz -- CNN Wolf Blitzer -- Jerusalem Post David Bloom -- NBC News Caren Bohan -- Reuters Rita Braver -- CBS News David Broder -- The Washington Post Tom Brokaw -- NBC News Campbell Brown -- NBC News Carl Cameron -- Fox News Lou Cannon -- The Washington Post, National Journal Ann Compton -- ABC News Radio Helene Cooper -- The New York Times Steve Daley -- Chicago Tribune James Deakin -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Ann Devroy -- Gannett Company, USA Today, The Washington Post John Dickerson -- Time Sam Donaldson -- ABC News John Donvan -- ABC News Bill Downs -- ABC News Mike Emanuel -- Fox News Trude Feldman -- The New York Times, The Washington Post Thomas Friedman -- The New York Times David Gregory -- NBC News Wendell Goler -- Fox News Don Gonyea -- NPR Savannah Guthrie -- NBC News Ed Henry -- Fox News Brit Hume -- ABC News Gwen Ifill -- The New York Times Chris Jansing -- MSNBC Tom Jarriel -- ABC News Herb Kaplow -- NBC News John King -- CNN Greg Kelly -- Fox News Michelle Kosinski -- CNN Carl Leubsdorf -- The Baltimore Sun, The Dallas Morning News Jennifer Loven -- Associated Press Suzanne Malveaux -- CNN Christoph von Marschall -- Der Tagesspiegel Jane Mayer -- The Wall Street Journal Sarah McClendon Myles Miller -- The Daily Andrea Mitchell -- NBC News Terry Moran -- ABC News Sophia A. Nelson -- Jet Magazine Norah O'Donnell -- NBC News, MSNBC, CBS News Susan Page -- USA Today John Palmer -- NBC News Scott Pelley -- CBS News Bill Plante -- CBS News Sean Quinn -- FiveThirtyEight.com Martha Raddatz -- ABC News Dan Rather -- CBS News Chip Reid -- CBS News John D. Roberts -- CBS News Bill Sammon -- The Washington Times, The Washington Examiner Bob Schieffer -- CBS News Ari Shapiro -- National Public Radio Claire Shipman -- NBC News Hugh Sidey -- Time Mark Smith -- Associated Press Paul Sperry -- Investor 's Business Daily Lesley Stahl -- CBS News Sam Stein -- The Huffington Post Jake Tapper -- ABC News Helen Thomas -- Hearst Newspapers, United Press International Bob Thompson -- Hearst Newspapers Chuck Todd -- NBC News Alvin Toffler -- York Gazette Daily Jim VandeHei -- The Washington Post Mike Viqueira -- Al Jazeera America Chris Wallace -- NBC News Brian Williams -- NBC News Juan Williams -- The Washington Post Richard Wolffe -- Newsweek Judy Woodruff -- NBC News Byron York -- National Review See also Journalism portal Press gallery Canberra Press Gallery Kremlin Pool Press Secretary References Jump up ^ `` HISTORY OF THE WHCA ''. WHCA. White House Correspondents ' Association. Jump up ^ `` CNN Profiles -- Jim Acosta -- Senior White House Correspondent ''. CNN.com. September 1, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2016. Jump up ^ `` All Joking Aside, Here 's How Sean Spicer is Shaking Up the White House Press Briefing ''. New York Times. February 11, 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Major Garrett ''. CBS News. April 19, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2016. Jump up ^ Ariens, Chris ( January 18, 2017 ). `` NBC Names Hallie Jackson White House Correspondent, Kasie Hunt to Capitol Hill ''. TVNewser. Adweek Network. Jump up ^ `` Jonathan Karl ABC News Official Biography -- ABC News ''. Abcnews.go.com. November 1, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2016. Jump up ^ `` John Roberts ( @ johnrobertsFox ) ''. Twitter. Retrieved November 17, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Steve Scully ( @ SteveScully ) ''. Twitter. Retrieved November 17, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Margaret Talev ( @ margarettalev ) ''. Twitter. Retrieved November 17, 2016. Jump up ^ Katz, A.J. ( January 30, 2017 ). `` CNBC 's Kayla Tausche Moves From Wall Street to Washington ''. TVNewser. Adweek Network. Jump up ^ Katz, A.J. ( January 30, 2017 ). `` Jonathan Karl, Cecilia Vega and Tom Llamas Earn New Roles at ABC News ''. TVNewser. Adweek Network. Jump up ^ `` Kristen Welker ( @ kwelkernbc ) ''. Twitter. Retrieved November 17, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Andrew Beatty ( @ AndrewBeatty ) ''. Twitter. March 27, 2009. Retrieved November 17, 2016. ^ Jump up to : Bruno, Debra ( February 21, 2016 ). `` There 's the major media. And then there 's the ' other ' White House press corps. ''. The Washington Post. Retrieved September 19, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Jérôme Cartillier ( @ jcartillier ) ''. Twitter. December 29, 2009. Retrieved November 17, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Jordan Fabian ( @ Jordanfabian ) ''. Twitter. June 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Bloomberg Announces White House Team ''. Cision.com. December 22, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Glenn Thrush ( @ GlennThrush ) ''. twitter.com. January 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2017. Jump up ^ `` The Narrative Times Profiles -- Michael Moates -- Chief White House Correspondent ''. thenarrativetimes.org. September 1, 2017. Retrieved November 17, 2016. Jump up ^ `` CNN Profiles -- Michelle Kosinski -- White House Correspondent ''. CNN.com. September 1, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2016. 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 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 Talk Media News / 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 The seating chart as of July 10, 2017. 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Question: who sits in the front row at the white house press briefing
Answer: most prominent organizations