Seating Chart for the New Briefing Room

Journalists from the nation’s largest TV networks, newswires, newspapers, and radio networks currently occupy the front seats under the association’s seating chart. Numerous other reputable news organizations have also been given seats; some of them alternate so that 49 seats can accommodate more than 60 outlets.

The associati on revises the seating chart every few years to account for shifts in the media environment. According to its website, it also allocates “all booths and desks” in the White House workspace for the news media.

Since Trump returned to office in January, the association has been the target of harsh criticism from the Trump White House. According to some correspondents, Trump wants to completely eradicate the group.

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