WH To Impose Its Own Briefing Room Seating Chart

Axios reports:

The White House plans to impose its own seating chart for reporters in the briefing room in coming weeks, taking over a function long managed by the reporters themselves through the White House Correspondents’ Association.

It’s the latest — but likely not the last — effort by the White House to take a heavier hand in shaping who covers President Trump. In public and private, White House officials make it clear they are determined to upend decades-old press corps traditions.

Prominent seats in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room are coveted because it’s easier to catch the press secretary’s eye to ask tough and probing questions. Those correspondents’ interactions are also more likely to be showcased on TV.

Read the full article. Fox’s Peter Doocy often has a front row seat, so expect him to be joined by the likes of Breitbart, Newsmax, and OAN.

NEW in @axios AM:@WhiteHouse to impose new Briefing Room seating chart, which for decades was managed by @whca, in coming weeks

WH official tells me it’s a “fundamental restructuring of the briefing room, based on metrics more reflective of how media is consumed today” pic.twitter.com/OsxNUnffzv

— Mike Allen (@mikeallen) March 30, 2025