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 | For the members of the working press who cover the news and events at the White House, there are several professional organizations such as the White House Correspondents' Association and the White House News Photographers' Association. According to the Freedom Forum, "the White House Correspondents' Association was founded in February 1914, when President Woodrow Wilson announced that he would hold formal press conferences each week to provide ‘full and free discussion of all large questions of the moment.' A group of 11 reporters created the association to ensure that none of them would be shut out of the press conferences. Today, more than 1,600 journalists hold credentials to cover the White House on a regular basis." |
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