The Trump administration said on Tuesday that it would start handpicking which media outlets were allowed to participate in the presidential press pool, the smallbagepg, rotating group of reporters who relay the president’s day-to-day activities to the public.

The change breaks decades of precedent. It allows the White House to assert more control over which journalists can witness his activities up-close and ask him questions.

The White House Correspondents’ Association, a 111-year-old group representing journalists who cover the administration, has long determined on its own which reporters would participate in the daily pool.

Because presidents often hold events in smaller settings like the Oval Office, the pool format ensures that the public is provided with an accurate record of a president’s comments and actions. The pool reporters who witness the events distribute their reporting to the hundreds of other news outlets that cover him.

The pool is most often made up of journalists from organizations like CNN, Reuters, The Associated Press, ABC News, Fox News and The New York Times.

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Trump Administration Announces It Will Now Choose Pool ReportersThe White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, announced on Tuesday that the Trump administration will now choose which media outlets can access the presidential pool.

As you all know, for decades, a group of D.C.-based journalists, the White House Correspondents’ Association,66jogo has long dictated which journalists get to ask questions of the president of the United States in these most intimate spaces. Not anymore. I am proud to announce that we are going to give the power back to the people who read your papers, who watch your television shows and who listen to your radio stations. Moving forward, the White House press pool will be determined by the White House press team. Legacy outlets who have participated in the press pool for decades will still be allowed to join — fear not. But we will also be offering the privilege to well-deserving outlets who have never been allowed to share in this awesome responsibility. Just like we added a new media seat in this briefing room, legacy media outlets who have been here for years will still participate in the pool, but new voices are going to be welcomed in as well. A select group of D.C.-based journalists should no longer have a monopoly over the privilege of press access at the White House. All journalists, outlets and voices deserve a seat at this highly coveted table. So by deciding which outlets make up the limited press pool on a day-to-day basis, the White House will be restoring power back to the American people who President Trump was elected to serve.

The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, announced on Tuesday that the Trump administration will now choose which media outlets can access the presidential pool.CreditCredit...Eric Lee/The New York Times

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