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Articles tagged White House (9)

Michael J. SocolowMay 21, 2020

Aiming for novelty in coronavirus coverage, journalists end up sensationalizing the trivial and untrue

Sometimes the biggest story does not advance as quickly as journalists might hope. It is in these moments of seeming stasis that journalistic repetition can become more powerful and serve as a way to hold government accountable.

“We’re slowly but surely being dragged into a new normal in this country” as press briefings shrink and fade

Obama signs a FOIA reform bill into law, paving the way for more (and hopefully fulfilled) records requests

Mark CoddingtonMay 2, 2014

This Week in Review: The FCC defends its plan, and Facebook’s (sort of) privacy concession

Plus: Questions about Twitter’s growth, inside the White House press corps, and the rest of the week’s news in journalism and tech.

Mark CoddingtonFebruary 22, 2013

This Week in Review: Negotiating the press’s presidential access, and does Yahoo’s redesign matter?

Plus: The New York Times Co. tries to sell The Boston Globe, more corporate hacking victims and clues, and the rest of this week’s news.

Adrienne LaFranceMay 23, 2012

Obama directive means federal agencies have to go mobile — can newsrooms keep up?

Each major federal agency is required to make two key government services available via mobile phones.

January 26, 2011

State of the Union: Whitehouse.gov as a media outlet

April 9, 2010

HuffPost, Whitehouse.gov team up to talk student aid

December 3, 2009

Feinstein and Durbin seeking to narrow shield law’s scope