It’s just not as glamorous as fans of The West Wing imagine. I’m not saying it isn’t an awesome high-stakes job. It isn’t so much a beat as it is the most high-profile general assignment reporting position around. The frustrating lack of access I’ve had with him makes our relationship anything but. The perception that I’m on a first-name basis with the president. Laura Haim, Canal+Īccess that doesn’t exist! - Chris Jansing, NBC Angela Greiling Keane, Bloombergĭealing with emails and press phone calls in which you have to push the star button to ask a question. But at least the mice seem to have abated.
While you spend time in a lot of amazingly beautiful and historic White House rooms, your actual work space is cramped and windowless. It’s very, very cool, but that workspace is quite cramped. Major Garrett, CBSīeing at the White House. Seriously, it’s a great beat, and I’m honored to cover it. But no, you are not necessarily closer to information. George Condon, National JournalĪccess expectations! - Bob Costantini, Westwood One And their aides don’t want you to know them. Since Nixon, it has been a real challenge. Sad to say, White House reporters in the 21st century do not really know the president in the way that reporters did during the first 50 years of the White House Correspondents’ Association. They don’t believe that you are spending much of your time trying to find out the answer to that question.
Ching-Yi Chang, Shanghai Media GroupĮverybody asks you what the president is really like. People think you see the president every day, which you do, but on instead of at the White House. Dennis Brack, Black Star Publishing Co. Most of the time the same four to five reporters get to ask questions while the rest of us sit there. Peter Baker, New York TimesĪttending a press conference with the president. The assumption that we spend much time with the president or really get to know him or her. Try doing that when it’s 6 … or 96 degrees. Takaaki Abe, Nippon Televisionĭoing live shots outside. The most overrated part of covering the White House is…
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