Time To Cheer The White House Press Corps
December 7, 2007 at 11:42 am
Sure we’ve taken our shots at the White House press corps over the past year. Hasn’t everyone? After all, the White House posts transcripts of White House press briefings online, for all to see the sausage being made. Yes, it’s an unforgiving enviroment.
But today we get wind of something good coming out the WH press corps — greater transparency. Greater openness. And embrace of the Web 2.0 media world.
It’s the White House Correspondents’ Association’s spiffy new interactive website, officially launching Monday.
It has great pics, fun history, and — this my favorite — links to some of the Association’s members who write insider blogs. Plus archives of the White House Correspondents Association Dinners. Thanks to C-SPAN, visitors can even buy a DVD of performances like Stephen Colbert.
Of course, you probably won’t agree with all the content on the site (Colbert, perhaps?). Just like you might not agree with everything coming out of the White House. But cheers to the Association for assembling all this information in one place for the public. Let’s hope it grows in content and attention.
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