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The White House and the Press PodcastThe White House and the Press Podcast seeks to ex Author: Helen Gibson
The White House and the Press Podcast seeks to explain the historic, adversarial and sometimes hard-to-understand relationship between the President of the United States and the media tasked with covering him. It's an important, complicated and multifaceted relationship, but with each episode, we try to make it a little easier to understand. The White House and the Press Podcast is hosted and produced by Helen Gibson. It is created for the Fleischaker/Greene Scholars in First Amendment Studies program at Western Kentucky University. To view more research, projects and reflections from this class, visit WKUJournalism.com/whitehouseandpress. Language: en Genres: News Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Episode 7: Covering the White House
Tuesday, 28 November, 2017
White House correspondents play an important role in our system of democracy. Their work provides a window into the White House, giving the American people a better idea of what’s really happening in Washington, D.C. In this episode, Helen Gibson talks with Steven Thomma to learn more about the role of a White House Correspondent. Thomma spent around 30 years covering national politics, with much of that time being spent covering the presidency. Now, he serves as executive director of the White House Correspondent’s Association. He describes the work of a White House correspondent and shares about some of the highlights of his career. The White House and the Press Podcast is hosted and produced by Helen Gibson. It is created for the Fleischaker/Greene Scholars in First Amendment Studies Program at Western Kentucky University. To view more research, projects and reflections from this class, visit WKUJournalism.com/whitehouseandpress.
