press corps
Beat coverage team
The press corps is the group of journalists assigned to cover a particular institution, beat, or event.
Most commonly it refers to reporters who regularly cover a president, government, or military operation: The White House press corps gathered for the briefing.
The singular corps (silent p and s) takes plural verb agreement when referring to the group collectively.
News gatherers and writers
- correspondentsThose who exchange messages
- reportersThose who gather news
- photographersThose who take pictures
- cameramenThose who shoot footage
anchors · broadcasters · columnists · stringers · foreign correspondents · war correspondents · beat reporters · credentialed
Raised platform for speakers
- microphonesAudio input devices
- spokespersonAuthorized representative communicator
- questionsRequests for information
- statementsExpressed claims or declarations
briefing room · White House · announcement · live · broadcast · transcript · daily briefing · gaggle
Official urgent messages
- datelineReport's origin stamp
- bylineArticle author identification
- scoopFirst-reported story
- exclusiveLimited to one group
leaks · sources · investigation · fact-checking · breaking news · filing · deadline · newsroom
Collective fund or basin
- rotationTurning on an axis
- adversarialCharacterized by conflict
- watchdogGuard or monitor
- off-the-recordNot for attribution
deep background · embargo · blackout · access
journalists
News gatherers and writers
- correspondentsThose who exchange messages
- reportersThose who gather news
- photographersThose who take pictures
cameramen · anchors · broadcasters · columnists · stringers · foreign correspondents · war correspondents · beat reporters · credentialed · accreditation
podium
Raised platform for speakers
- microphonesAudio input devices
- spokespersonAuthorized representative communicator
- questionsRequests for information
statements · briefing room · White House · announcement · live · broadcast · transcript · daily briefing · gaggle · readout
dispatches
Official urgent messages
exclusive · leaks · sources · investigation · fact-checking · breaking news · filing · deadline · newsroom · bureau
pool
Collective fund or basin
- rotationTurning on an axis
- adversarialCharacterized by conflict
- watchdogGuard or monitor
off-the-record · deep background · embargo · blackout · access
- journalismreporters, interview, editors, student editors, school paper
- news medianews agency, newspaper, documentary, article, news photo
- pressnewspaper, newsroom, newsprint, headline, headlines
- media peoplejournalists, journalist, reporters, reporter, editors
- US MediaCNN, Fox News, MSNBC, NBC News, CBS News
- media jargonbyline, headline, dateline, lead story, breaking news
press corpsstate censors
Government speech suppressors
press office · spin doctors · press secretary · spokesperson · media relations
press corpsgeneral public
People as a whole
audience · readership · ordinary citizens · bystanders · spectators
press, express, pressing, expression, impress, depressed, impressive, impression, pressed