steve bridges sat in the front row at the white house press briefing.
who sits in the front row at the white house press briefing?
steve bridges
the white house press secretary or a deputy generally holds a weekday news briefing in the james s. brady press briefing room. the room currently seats 49 reporters. each seat is assigned to a news gathering organization, with the most prominent organizations occupying the first two rows. reporters who do not have an assigned seat may stand. often a smaller group of reporters known as the "white house press pool" is assembled to report back to their colleagues on events where the venue would make open coverage logistically difficult.
white house press corps
section::::first floor.:press briefing room.





























during the 1930s, the march of dimes constructed a swimming pool so that franklin roosevelt could exercise, as therapy for his polio-related disability. richard nixon had the swimming pool covered over to create the press briefing room, where the white house press secretary gives daily briefings.





























section::::first floor.:white house press corps.





























the journalists, correspondents, and others who are part of the white house press corps have offices near the press briefing room.





























section::::ground floor.





























section::::ground floor.:white house mess.
west wing