For the press corps generally, see White House press corps.

White House Correspondents' Association
Abbreviation WHCA
Formation February 25, 1914; 112 years ago (1914-02-25)
Tax ID no.
52-0799067[1]
Legal status 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization[1]
Location
  • Washington, D.C.
Coordinates 38°53′52″N 77°03′18″W / 38.89778°N 77.05500°W / 38.89778; -77.05500
President
Weijia Jiang (CBS News)[3]
Executive Director
Steven Thomma[3]
Revenue $366,481[2] (2015)
Expenses $311,090[2] (2015)
Employees 0[2] (2015)
Website whca.press Edit this at Wikidata

The White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) is an organization of journalists who cover the White House and the president of the United States. The WHCA was founded on February 25, 1914, by journalists in response to an unfounded rumor that a United States congressional committee would select which journalists could attend press conferences of President Woodrow Wilson.[4]

The WHCA operates independently of the White House. Application for membership is made online and granted by the association on the basis of criteria. Historically, notable issues handled by the WHCA were the credentialing process, access to the president and physical conditions in the White House press briefing rooms.[3][5] Its most high-profile activity is the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner, which is traditionally attended by the president and covered by the news media. Except for Donald Trump’s first term, every president has attended at least one WHCA dinner during their term, beginning with Calvin Coolidge in 1924.[6]

In February 2025, the White House announced that the WHCA would no longer determine which outlets are allowed access to the president.[7][needs update]

Association leadership

The leadership of the White House Correspondents' Association for 2025–26 includes:[3]

  • Officers
    • President: Weijia Jiang, CBS News
    • Vice President: Justin Sink, Bloomberg News
    • Treasurer: Jacqui Heinrich, Fox News
    • Secretary: Brian Bennett, Time
  • Board members
    • Sara Cook, CBS News
    • Andrew Harnik, Getty Images
    • Trevor Hunnicutt, Reuters
    • Courtney Subramanian, Bloomberg News
    • Karen Travers, ABC News
  • Executive Director
    • Steven Thomma

Association presidents

Year Name Employer
1914–20 William Wallace Price The Washington Star
1921–22 Frank R. Lamb
1922–23 J. Russell Young
1923–24 E. Ross Bartley Associated Press
1924–25 Isaac Gregg The Sun
1925–26 George E. Durno International News Service
1926–27 John Edwin Nevin The Washington Post
1927–28 John T. Lambert Universal Service
1928–29 J. Russell Young The Washington Star
1929–30 Wilbur Forrest New York Herald Tribune
1930–31 Lewis Wood The New York Times
1931–33 Paul R. Mallon syndicated columnist
1933–34 George E. Durno International News Service
1934–35 Francis M. Stephenson Associated Press
1935–36 Albert J. Warner New York Herald Tribune
1936–37 Frederick J. Storm United Press Associations
1937–38 Walter J. Trohan Chicago Tribune
1938–40 Earl Godwin The Washington Times
1940 Felix Belair Jr. The New York Times
1940–41 Thomas F. Reynolds United Press Associations
1941–42 John C. O'Brien The Philadelphia Inquirer
1942 John C. Henry The Washington Star
1942–43 Douglas B. Cornell Associated Press
1943–44 Paul Wooten The Times-Picayune
1944–45 Merriman Smith United Press Associations
1946–47 Edward T. Folliard The Washington Post
1947–48 Felix Belair Jr. The New York Times
1948–49 Ernest B. ("Tony") Vaccaro Associated Press
1949–50 Robert G. Nixon International News Service
1950–53 Carlton Kent Chicago Sun-Times
1953–54 Robert J. Donovan New York Herald Tribune
1954–55 Anthony H. Leviero The New York Times
1955–56 Laurence H. Burd Chicago Tribune
1956–58 Francis M. Stephenson Daily News
1958–59 Marvin Arrowsmith Associated Press
1959–61 Garnett D. Horner The Washington Star
1961–62 William H.Y. Knighton Jr. The Baltimore Sun
1962–63 Robert Roth Philadelphia Bulletin
1963–64 Merriman Smith United Press International
1964–66 Alan L. Otten The Wall Street Journal
1966–67 Robert E. Thompson Hearst Newspapers
1967–68 Frank Cormier Associated Press
1968–69 Carroll Kilpatrick The Washington Post
1969–70 Charles W. Bailey II Minneapolis Tribune
1970–71 Peter Lisagor Chicago Daily News
1971–72 John P. Sutherland U.S. News & World Report
1972–73 Edgar A. Poe The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)
1973–74 Ted Knap Scripps Howard Newspapers
1974–75 James Deakin St. Louis Post-Dispatch
1976–77 Lawrence M. O'Rourke Philadelphia Bulletin
1977–78 Paul F. Healy Daily News
1978–79 Aldo Beckman Chicago Tribune
1979–80 Ralph Harris Reuters
1980–81 Robert C. Pierpoint CBS News
1981–82 Clifford Evans RKO General Broadcasting
1982–83 Thomas M. DeFrank Newsweek
1983–84 James R. Gerstenzang Associated Press
1984–85 Sara Fritz Los Angeles Times
1985–86 Gary F. Schuster CBS News
1986–87 Bill Plante
1987–88 Norman D. Sandler United Press International
1988–89 Jeremiah O'Leary The Washington Times
1989–90 Johanna Neuman USA Today
1990–91 Robert M. Ellison Sheridan Broadcasting
1991–92 Charles Bierbauer CNN
1992–93 Karen Hosler The Baltimore Sun
1993–94 George E. Condon Jr. Copley News Service
1994–95 Kenneth T. Walsh U.S. News & World Report
1995–96 Carl P. Leubsdorf The Dallas Morning News
1996–97 Terence Hunt Associated Press
1997–98 Laurence McQuillan Reuters
1998–99 Stewart Powell Hearst Newspapers
1999–2000 Susan Page USA Today
2000–01 Arlene Dillon CBS News
2001–02 Steve Holland Reuters
2002–03 Bob Deans Cox Newspapers
2003–04 Carl M. Cannon National Journal
2004–05 Ron Hutcheson Knight Ridder
2005–06 Mark Smith Associated Press TV and Radio
2006–07 Steve Scully C-SPAN
2007–08 Ann Compton ABC News
2008–09 Jennifer Loven Associated Press
2009–10 Edwin Chen Bloomberg
2010–11 David Jackson USA Today
2011–12 Caren Bohan Reuters
2012–13 Ed Henry Fox News
2013–14 Steven Thomma McClatchy
2014–15 Christi Parsons Tribune Media
2015–16 Carol Lee Wall Street Journal
2016–17 Jeff Mason Reuters
2017–18 Margaret Talev Bloomberg
2018–19 Olivier Knox[8] Sirius XM
2019–20 Jonathan Karl[9] ABC News
2020–21 Zeke Miller[10] Associated Press
2021–22 Steven Portnoy[11] CBS News Radio
2022–23 Tamara Keith NPR
2023–24 Kelly O'Donnell NBC News
2024–25 Eugene Daniels[12] Politico
2025–26 Weijia Jiang[13] CBS News
2026–27 Justin Sink (elect)[14] Bloomberg News

White House press room

The WHCA is responsible for assigning the seats and the standing room in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the White House. Even though the press office issues the passes for each session of press briefing, the correspondents' association decides who sits where. The board of directors assigns news sources to certain positions, which change about each 3–4 years.

Most media providers have their own seat, but some share seats with other providers.

The association usually publishes the seating chart on its website every time a new one is decided and comes into effect.[15][16]

White House Correspondents' Dinner

Main article: White House Correspondents' Dinner

The WHCA's annual dinner, begun in 1921, has become a Washington, D.C., tradition, and is traditionally attended by the president and vice president. The dinner is traditionally held on the evening of the last Saturday in April at the Washington Hilton.

Awards

Note: Award years represent the date the work was published/broadcast, which is always one year before the prize was awarded.

The Aldo Beckman Memorial Award

Main article: Aldo Beckman Award for Journalistic Excellence

Established in 1981 in memory of Aldo Beckman (1934–1980), the "late Chicago Tribune Washington bureau chief, a past president of the association.... Given annually to a Washington reporter 'who personifies the journalistic excellence as well as the personal qualities exemplified by Mr. Beckman, an award-winning White House correspondent.'"[17] Awarded for overall excellence in White House coverage.[18]

Year Recipient Employer Ref.
1981 Helen Thomas UPI [19]
1982 Rich Jaroslovsky The Wall Street Journal [citation needed]
1983 Lou Cannon The Washington Post [20]
1984 David Hoffman The Washington Post [21]
1985 Robert Timberg The Baltimore Sun [22]
1986 W. Dale Nelson Associated Press [23]
1987 Gerald F. Seib The Wall Street Journal [24]
1988
1989 Ann Devroy The Washington Post [25]
1990 Kenneth T. Walsh U.S. News & World Report [26]
1991 Timothy J. McNulty Chicago Tribune [27]
1992 Thomas DeFrank Newsweek [28]
1993 Jeffrey Birnbaum The Wall Street Journal [29][30]
1994 Kathy Lewis The Dallas Morning News [31]
1995 John A. Farrell The Boston Globe [32]
1996 Todd Purdum The New York Times [33]
1997 Michael K. Frisby The Wall Street Journal [34][35]
1998 John Harris The Washington Post [36]
1999 Jeanne Cummings The Wall Street Journal [37][38]
2000 Steve Thomma Knight Ridder [39]
2001 Anne E. Kornblut The Boston Globe [40]
2002 Dana Milbank The Washington Post [41]
2003 David Sanger The New York Times [42]
2004 Susan Page USA Today [43]
2005 Carl Cannon National Journal [44]
2006 Kenneth T. Walsh U.S. News & World Report [45]
2007 Alexis Simendinger National Journal [46]
2008 Michael Abramowitz The Washington Post [47]
2009 Mark Knoller CBS News [48]
2010 Peter Baker The New York Times [49]
2011 Scott Wilson The Washington Post [50]
2012 Ryan Lizza The New Yorker [51]
2013 Glenn Thrush Politico [52][53]
Brianna Keilar CNN
2014 Peter Baker The New York Times [54][55]
2015 Carol Lee The Wall Street Journal [56][57]
2016 Greg Jaffe The Washington Post [58]
2017 Maggie Haberman The New York Times [59]
2018 McKay Coppins The Atlantic [60]
2019 Yamiche Alcindor PBS NewsHour [61]
2020 Philip Rucker The Washington Post [62]
2021 Jonathan Swan Axios [63]
2022 Matt Viser The Washington Post [64]
2023 Barak Ravid Axios [65]
2025 Alex Thompson Axios [66]

Award for Excellence in Presidential News Coverage Under Deadline Pressure

The award was established in 1970 as the Merriman Smith Memorial Award for outstanding examples of deadline reporting.[18] (Smith died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1970.) The award was renamed in 2022 after the WHCA determined that Smith had supported excluding Black and female journalists from membership in the National Press Club and from attending the White House Correspondents' Dinner.[67][68]

Year Recipient Category Employer Article / Show Notes / Ref.
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974 Douglas C. Wilson Print The Providence Journal Resignation of President Nixon [69][70]
1975 Aldo Beckman Print Chicago Tribune "Sarah Jane Moore's assassination attempt on President Ford" [71][72]
1976
1977 Michael J. Sniffen and Richard E. Meyer Print AP Bert Lance used the same stock as collateral for two different loans. [73]
1978 Edward Walsh Print The Camp David Summit Conference [74]
1979
1980 John Palmer Broadcast NBC News "...the failed attempt by President Jimmy Carter's administration to rescue the American hostages in Iran". [75][76]
Lars-Erik Nelson and Frank Van Riper Print New York Daily News "deadline coverage of the negotiations to free American hostages held in Iran during the Carter administration". [77]
1981
1982
1983 Staff Print Newsweek "Coverage of the bombing of Marine headquarters in Lebanon" [20]
1984 David Hoffman Print The Washington Post "President Reagan's blaming a terrorist attack on the U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut on the 'near destruction' of U.S. intelligence during the Carter administration." [21]
1985
1986 Owen Ullmann Print Knight Ridder "The Reykjavík Summit" [23]
1987 Gerald F. Seib Print The Wall Street Journal [24]
1988
1989 Norman D. Sandler Print UPI [25]
1990 Steve Taylor Broadcast Unistar Radio Networks "President Bush's trip to Saudi Arabia." [26]
Norman D. Sandler Print UPI "1990 Helsinki summit" [26][78]
1991 Susan Page Print Newsday Gulf War [27]
1992 Peter Maer Broadcast Mutual-NBC Radio Live coverage of President George Bush's collapse at an official dinner in Tokyo [28]
David Espo Print AP Deadline reporting on Election Day 1992 [28]
1993 Mara Liasson Broadcast National Public Radio [30]
Terrence Hunt Print Associated Press
1994 Mara Liasson Broadcast NPR [79]
William Neikirk Print Chicago Tribune [31]
1995 Mark Knoller Broadcast CBS News "Writing and broadcasting multiple breaking stories ... about a White House intruder." [32]
Peter Maer Mutual/NBC Radio "Outstanding broadcast of President Clinton's attendance at the funeral of the Israeli Prime Minister."
Susan Cornwell Print Reuters America President Clinton and taxes: "For getting a scoop from an on-the-record presidential speech.... Cornwell's entry was the only one that caused second-day stories (and more) to be written. It not only covered news; it created news." [32][80][81]
1996 Mara Liasson Broadcast National Public Radio "Spot news coverage of the 1996 election campaign"; "she found time to ... deliver an insightful audio portrait of a small California town that President Clinton visited last October." [33]
Ron Fournier Print Associated Press "An exclusive on President Clinton's new cabinet choices for the second term." [33]
1997 Peter Maer Broadcast NBC Radio/Mutual News "Evocative radio account of President Clinton's visit to Little Rock Central High School, 40 years after the school was integrated." [35][34]
Ron Fournier Print Associated Press "President Clinton's knee injury that sent him to the hospital in the middle of the night." [35][34]
1998 Jodi Enda Print Knight Ridder "President Clinton's meeting with survivors of genocide in Rwanda...." [36]
1999 Gary Nurenberg Broadcast KTLA-TV, Tribune Broadcasting "Monica Lewinsky Deposed" [37][38]
Jodi Enda Print Knight Ridder Newspapers "A poignant story about an emotional day in Kosovo." [37][38]
2000 Jim Angle Broadcast Fox News Channel [39]
Sandra Sobieraj Print Associated Press [39]
2001 Peter Maer Broadcast CBS News [40]
Ron Fournier Print Associated Press [40]
2002 Jim Angle Broadcast Fox News Channel [41]
David Sanger Print The New York Times [41]
2003 Mike Allen Print The Washington Post [42]
2004 Ron Fournier Print Associated Press [43]
Jackie Calmes Print The Wall Street Journal Honorable Mention[43]
2005 Terry Moran Broadcast ABC News [44]
Deb Riechmann Print Associated Press [44]
2006 Martha Raddatz Broadcast ABC News [45]
David Sanger Print The New York Times [45]
2007 Ed Henry Broadcast CNN [46]
Deb Riechmann Print Associated Press [46]
2008 David Greene Broadcast NPR [47]
Sandra Sobieraj Westfall Print People magazine [47]
2009 Jake Tapper Broadcast ABC News [48]
Ben Feller Print Associated Press [48]
2010 Jake Tapper Broadcast ABC News [49]
Dan Balz Print The Washington Post [49]
2011 Jake Tapper Broadcast ABC News Reporting that "Standard & Poor was on the verge of downgrading America's triple-A credit rating because of concerns over political gridlock in Washington" [50]
Glenn Thrush, Carrie Budoff Brown, Manu Raju and John Bresnahan Print Politico "The deal between Barack Obama and congressional Republicans to raise the U.S. debt ceiling." [50]
2012 Terry Moran Broadcast ABC News On-air interpretation of the Supreme Court ruling of Obama's Health Care Reform Law [51]
Julie Pace Print Associated Press 2012 Obama campaign's get-out-the-vote strategy
2013 Peter Maer Broadcast CBS News "Sequestration" [52][53]
Peter Baker Print The New York Times "Obama Seeks Approval by Congress for Strike in Syria"
2014 Jim Avila Broadcast ABC News Cuba/Alan Gross [54][55]
Josh Lederman Print Associated Press Fence Jumper
2015 Norah O'Donnell Broadcast CBS News "60 Minutes interview with Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden on his decision not to run for president" in 2016. [56][57]
Matt Viser Print The Boston Globe "An Inside Look at How the Iran Talks Unfolded"
2016 Edward-Isaac Dovere Print Politico "How Obama set a trap for Raul Castro" [82]
2017 Evan Perez, Jim Sciutto, Jake Tapper and Carl Bernstein Broadcast CNN Intelligence community's briefing of Obama and Trump "that Russia had compromising information about Trump." [59]
Josh Dawsey Print Politico "Resignation of White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer"
2018 Ed Henry Broadcast Fox News Interview with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt [83]
Josh Dawsey Print Washington Post
2019 Alan Cullison, Rebecca Ballhaus, and Dustin Volz Print The Wall Street Journal "Trump Repeatedly Pressed Ukraine to Investigate Biden's Son" [61]
Broadcast CNN "FBI. Open the door."
2020 Michael Balsamo Print Associated Press "Disputing Trump, Barr says no widespread election fraud" [84][85]
Jonathan Karl Broadcast ABC News Trump getting COVID and being rushed to the hospital [84]
2021 Zeke Miller and Mike Balsamo Print Associated Press CDC mask order [86]
Jonathan Karl Broadcast ABC News January 6 United States Capitol attack coverage [86]
2022 Jeff Mason Print Reuters "Exclusive: Biden to waive tariffs for 24 months on solar panels hit by probe" [64]
Phil Mattingly Broadcast CNN Zelensky's White House visit
2023 Peter Baker Print The New York Times Coverage of President Biden's visit to Israel just days after the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel [65]
Tamara Keith Broadcast NPR Audio report of President Biden’s trip to Israel
2025 Aamer Madhani and Zeke Miller Print Associated Press Madhani and Miller caught the White House press office trying to alter the official account of history — the White House transcript of Biden’s use of the word “garbage” to describe supporters of Donald Trump. [87]

Katharine Graham Award for Courage and Accountability

A $10,000 prize to "recognize an individual or newsgathering team for coverage of subjects and events of significant national or regional importance in line with the human and professional qualities exemplified by the late Katharine Graham, the distinguished former publisher of The Washington Post. Debuted in 2020.[88]

Year Recipient Employer Article / Show Notes / Ref.
2019 ProPublica "Death in the Pacific" [61]
2020 The Marshall Project, AL.com, the IndyStar, and Invisible Institute "Mauled: When Police Dogs are Weapons" [62]
2021 International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, The Washington Post, "and media partners around the world" Pandora Papers [63]
2022 Josh Gerstein and Alex Ward Politico Decision "to report, verify and publish the draft Supreme Court opinion reversing abortion rights – and the organization’s follow-up work exploring the consequences of the decision...." [64]
2023 The Washington Post "The Washington Post shows courage, sensitivity and originality in breaking with journalism industry norms to inform and show readers how the AR-15 weapon inflicts horrific damage to the human body." [65]

Award for Excellence in Presidential News Coverage by Visual Journalists

$1,000 "award recognizes a video or photojournalist for uniquely covering the presidency from a journalistic standpoint, either at the White House or in the field. This could be breaking news, a scheduled event or feature coverage."[64] Debuted in 2020.

Year Recipient Employer Work Notes / Ref.
2019 Doug Mills The New York Times "The Pelosi Clap" [61]
2020 Win McNamee Getty Images Trump and Fauci [62]
2021 Brendan Smialowski Agence France-Presse "US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, President Joe Biden, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov wait for a meeting at Villa La Grange June 16, 2021, in Geneva." [63]
2022 Doug Mills The New York Times "President Joe Biden walks between the Marine Honor Guard as he enters an event to celebrate the passage of H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022." [64]
2023 Doug Mills The New York Times President Biden boarding Air Force One as he leaves Warsaw, Poland [65]

Discontinued awards

The Edgar A. Poe Memorial Award

Main article: Edgar A. Poe Award

Named in honor of the distinguished correspondent Edgar Allen Poe (1906–1998),[89] a former WHCA president unrelated to the American fiction writer of the nearly identical name.[90] Funded by the New Orleans Times-Picayune and Newhouse Newspapers,[89] the award honored excellence in news coverage of subjects and events of significant national or regional importance to the American people.[91] The Edgar A. Poe Memorial Award was presented from 1990 to 2019, when it was replaced by the Katharine Graham Award for Courage and Accountability and the Award for Excellence in Presidential News Coverage by Visual Journalists.

Notable past winners of the award include Rochelle Sharpe, Marjie Lundstrom, Michael Tackett, Russell Carollo, Cheryl Reed, Michael Isikoff, Sam Roe, Sean Naylor, Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada, Marcus Stern, Megan Twohey, David Fahrenthold, and Norah O'Donnell.

Raymond Clapper Memorial Award

Main article: Raymond Clapper Memorial Award

Named in honor of Raymond Clapper (1892-1944) and given "to a journalist or team for distinguished Washington reporting."[92] The award was presented from 1944 to 2003, usually at the WHCA dinner[93] (although in the period 1951–1965 it was presented at the American Society of News Editors annual dinner).[94][95]

In 2004, the award passed to the Scripps Howard National Journalism Awards.[92] Under Scripps Howard, the Washington Reporting Raymond Clapper Award was presented until 2011, at which point it was discontinued.[96]

Notable past winners of the Raymond Clapper Award included Ernie Pyle, Nicholas Lemann, Clark R. Mollenhoff, James Reston, Joseph Albright, Morton Mintz, Adam Liptak, Helene Cooper, Jean Heller, Newbold Noyes Jr., Thomas Lunsford Stokes, Tom Squitieri, Marcus Stern, Susan Feeney, Doris Fleeson, James Polk, James V. Risser, and William Neikirk.

See also

  • Gridiron Club
  • Radio and Television Correspondents' Association
  • National Press Club (United States)
  • Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery

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