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WHCA Statement on the Unprecedented Exclusion of Wires on International Trip.

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April 1, 2025

ANNOUNCING 2025 WHCA JOURNALISM AWARDS

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March 11, 2025

WHCA Adds New Scholarship, Boosts Spending for Others

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What is the WHCA

The WHCA is a nonprofit member organization for White House journalists that helps facilitate robust coverage of the presidency.

Who is in the WHCA

Our membership encompasses a diverse group of journalists who cover the White House, including 900 individual members and more than 250 news outlets of all kinds and sizes, from a range of viewpoints, mediums and audiences and from locations across the U.S. and the world.

Why Our Work Matters

We serve as the go-between for our members and the White House – to fight for the broadest access to officials, policies, events and trips and the smoothest logistics and operations. This enables the journalists who cover the White House to seek answers from our nation’s highest office on behalf of the American people, who need unfiltered information about government officials to stay informed and make decisions critical to their lives. It is core to our organization’s mission, to American democracy itself, and to the needs of the American people to ensure the press has the ability to independently report on the presidency, without control from the government.

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icon-external-link A look behind the scenes at how the Washington Hilton prepares the WHCA Dinner (CBS, 04/28/2025)
icon-external-link White House journalists use annual press dinner to celebrate First Amendment (ABC News, 04/27/2025)
icon-external-link The White House is starting a new media policy that restricts access to the president (ABC News, 04/16/2025)
icon-external-link White House nixes ‘wire’ services’ guaranteed access to prez after AP’s court win — expands ‘print’ access (New York Post, 04/15/2025)
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