user: Problem: They described a controversial off-the-record meeting with the attorney general as "constructive".
They said officials expressed a commitment to altering guidelines on issuing subpoenas in criminal investigations involving reporters.
Several major US media organisations boycotted the meeting.
The New York Times and Fox News were among them.
The justice department is facing questions over its seizure of phone records and emails from journalists.
The records were taken as part of investigations into leaking classified information to the media.
A review of how the justice department conducts investigations into reporters prompted this round of off-the-record meetings.
After the first of them, on Thursday, executives from news organisations which chose to be present said government officials agreed to significant changes.
Executive editor of the Washington Post, Martin Baron, said it was a "constructive meeting".
"They expressed their commitment to the president's statement that reporters would not be at legal risk for doing their jobs," he said.
Jerry Seib, Washington bureau chief of The Wall Street Journal, said there was also a renewed commitment, from the government, to supporting a federal shield law for journalists.
Such laws are in already in force in many US states to protect journalists from having to reveal confidential sources.
The Associated Press news agency had said it would not attend, but would "offer our views on how the regulations should be updated in an open letter".
New York Times Executive Editor, Jill Abramson, said it would not be "appropriate" for the newspaper to attend an off-the-record meeting.
"Our Washington bureau is aggressively covering the department's handling of leak investigations at this time," Ms Abramson said.
CNN, CBS, Huffington Post and Fox News were also absent.
Politico Editor-in-Chief, John Harris, explained the publication's attendance by saying he routinely has off-the-record conversations to discuss news coverage and newsgathering practices.
Mr Baron said he would prefer to meet on the record, but added: "Journalists routinely participate in off-the-record sessions, whether they prefer those conditions or not."
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A: US Attorney General, Eric Holder, has made concessions on how he conducts criminal investigations of reporters, according to media executives.


The keys for Barry Island Pleasure Park were handed to new owner Henry Danter on Monday, leaving just five days to get the site ready for visitors.
Mr Danter's daughter Kimberley, who is managing the construction, said that Monday's high winds, problems with diggers and a delay in receiving the keys had put them behind schedule.
On Wednesday 30 men were on site.
Ms Danter said that they would complete "three days' work in one day" in order to "put on a show for Barry" on Friday.
A new ride, the Star Flyer, has been delivered to the site alongside fairground staples like the dodgems, the Miami trip and the waltzer.
A child-size caterpillar roller-coaster and hot dog stand has also been planned for the  opening.
The Vale of Glamorgan fair has been an attraction since 1920 and had 400,000 visitors over a bank holiday at its peak in 1934.
In recent years it found new fame with the TV comedy Gavin and Stacey after featuring in the BBC show.

Sum: The new owners of one of south Wales' most famous fairgrounds have said they will open on Friday despite setbacks.


Q: Three reservoirs which supply the largest city, La Paz, are almost dry, and water rationing is in effect until further notice.
More than 125,000 families are thought to be affected, with some communities only receiving water every third day.
President Evo Morales declared a national state of emergency on Monday.
The supply is so limited that many people only have enough to drink, and cannot bathe or wash clothing.
The recently-created "water cabinet" in the country is planning to distribute water from 100 tankers in La Paz, where long queues for water have formed each day.
"We have gone more than three weeks without a water supply," Rocio Lazarte, a school director, said. "All we had for the children was the water from the hillside."
The water cabinet has also asked foreign companies for help with technical advice, the La Razon newspaper reported.
It quoted the country's defence minister, Reymi Ferreira, as saying a Korean and several European companies were providing help.
He told the newspaper that long-term projects such as the provision of wells and aqueducts, as well as diverting rivers, were being considered, but such ideas would take up to a year to implement.
President Morales has blamed the crisis on global warming, saying he had seen the dry lakes from which the country draws its water first-hand from a helicopter.

A: Authorities in three Bolivian regions have called an end to the school year two weeks early as the country suffers from a severe and prolonged drought.


Text: Estate agents Your Move found the average house price rose 1.7% to a new record high of £169,742.
Prices rose 6% over the year - the strongest increase since August 2010.
Your Move said the rise was driven by high-end buyers trying to complete purchases under stamp duty rates.
Stamp duty was replaced by the new Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) in April.
The Your Move/Acadata house price index for February found the Shetland Islands had the highest yearly rise in Scotland, with a 26.9% increase.
Aberdeenshire, Edinburgh City, Aberdeen City, East Lothian and Angus also experienced peak prices in February.
Edinburgh topped the table with an average house price of £248,791, the report found.
Fifteen properties priced at £1m or more were sold in Scotland in February, compared to six the previous month.
They included one on the outskirts of Edinburgh which sold for just under £3.7m, the most expensive house to be purchased in Scotland since July 2011.
Your Move regional managing director Christine Campbell said: "Tactical tax considerations have helped foster price growth in the Scottish housing market and are likely to play a significant role in the months to come too.
"Now that the LBTT has come into force, we expect to see a temporary drop-off in the number of properties sold above £750,000, now liable for the top rate of tax - similar to the impact we're currently seeing in London among £2m properties - in light of December's stamp duty changes.
"Typically in the housing market cycle, we would expect home sales to ease back in February, in the aftermath of the costly Christmas period."
summary:

assistant: Scottish property prices in February rose at their fastest rate since the 2007 housing boom as high-end buyers completed purchases to avoid new tax rates, according to a report.