Here's Where Everyone Sits In The White House Briefing Room

Here's The New Seating Chart For The White House Briefing Room
US President Barack Obama waves after a press conference in the briefing room of the White House December 19, 2014 in Washington, DC. Obama addressed the press before traveling with the first family on their annual Christmas beach vacation in the president's birth state of Hawaii. Obama on Friday warned North Korea it would face retaliation over a cyber attack on Sony Pictures and pledged not to bow to dictators, as an envoy for Pyongyang denied involvement. AFP PHOTO/BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
US President Barack Obama waves after a press conference in the briefing room of the White House December 19, 2014 in Washington, DC. Obama addressed the press before traveling with the first family on their annual Christmas beach vacation in the president's birth state of Hawaii. Obama on Friday warned North Korea it would face retaliation over a cyber attack on Sony Pictures and pledged not to bow to dictators, as an envoy for Pyongyang denied involvement. AFP PHOTO/BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

There are hundreds — maybe thousands — of reporters in Washington who cover the White House from time to time, but only 49 seats in the White House briefing room. And those seats are only slightly less coveted than the chair in the Oval Office just a few doors down the hall.

The White House Correspondents’ Association recently made adjustments to the briefing seating chart, promoting some news organizations and instituting seat-sharing arrangements for others.

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