press corps
noun
: a group of news reporters who are located in a particular place or who follow a particular person
the White House press corps
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Members of the Supreme Court press corps released a public letter Wednesday asking that the audio of the court's opinions and oral dissents be streamed online.
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Npr Washington Desk, NPR, 11 June 2025
And John Kennedy was hopelessly addicted to a panoply of dangerous drugs that many close to him thought affected his judgment but a complicit press corps kept it all under wraps.
—Mark R. Weaver, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
Zoom out: The decision to scrap Ruffin's performance comes as the White House has upended decades-old press corps traditions, such as deciding which outlets get access to Trump and barring the AP from press pool events.
—Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025
The answer, developed through cooperation between news organizations and presidential administrations of both parties, was the creation of a small group of correspondents, TV cameras and photographers who would be the eyes and ears of the broader White House press corps in those small settings.
—Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
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Npr Washington Desk, NPR, 11 June 2025
And John Kennedy was hopelessly addicted to a panoply of dangerous drugs that many close to him thought affected his judgment but a complicit press corps kept it all under wraps.
—Mark R. Weaver, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
Zoom out: The decision to scrap Ruffin's performance comes as the White House has upended decades-old press corps traditions, such as deciding which outlets get access to Trump and barring the AP from press pool events.
—Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025
The answer, developed through cooperation between news organizations and presidential administrations of both parties, was the creation of a small group of correspondents, TV cameras and photographers who would be the eyes and ears of the broader White House press corps in those small settings.
—Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Press corps.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/press%20corps. Accessed 25 Jun. 2025.
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