News and Press Releases

Speaker Paul Ryan Greets WHCA Scholarship Winners

WHCA Announces President’s Award for Martha Joynt Kumar

WHCA Announces Scholarships, Now at a Record 11 Universities

The first draft of the first draft of history

February 22, 2018

Announcing the Entertainer for the 2018 WHCA Annual Dinner

October 23, 2017

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders to Join Reporters at GW to Assess Trump’s Impact on Politics, Policy, and the Presidency

Statement on Briefings

WHCA Receives International Freedom of Press Award in Germany

WHCA Statement on Press Briefings 5/12/17

White House Correspondents Win DW Freedom of Speech Award

White House Correspondents Association Announces 2017 Scholars

White House Correspondents’ Association Announces Entertainer for the 2017 Dinner

Recent Mentions

A look behind the scenes at how the Washington Hilton prepares the WHCA Dinner (CBS, 04/28/2025)

White House journalists use annual press dinner to celebrate First Amendment (ABC News, 04/27/2025)

The White House is starting a new media policy that restricts access to the president (ABC News, 04/16/2025)

White House nixes ‘wire’ services’ guaranteed access to prez after AP’s court win — expands ‘print’ access (New York Post, 04/15/2025)