#shorts Reporter: How are the reporters decided?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So — so the way that we have moved forward with this type of process is that we reach out to a number of reporters who — who we’re going to — who we know are going to be at the press conference, and that’s what we did yesterday. And also, we try to be really mindful on who — who has not gotten a question in a while. And — and so, as you know, we could only pick two reporters yesterday, so that limits our ability on how many reporters we can call on. Mary is not here, but I can say one of the reasons that we — we picked Mary is because she was just named Chief White House Correspondent for ABC and had not gotten a question in some time. And we picked the Los Angeles Times, which has gotten a — which has not gotten a question in some time …

On 4/27/2023, Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre addressed the photo of President Biden holding what appeared to be a cheat sheet of a reporter’s question at White House press briefing, claiming it was “entirely normal.” At a joint press conference with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday, a photographer caught an image of Biden’s notes which signaled that he would receive a question from Los Angeles Times journalist Courtney Subramanian on domestic manufacturing, which he did. The issue was brought up at the press briefing the following day.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/Hzb5-stEv70
Q: How are the reporters decided? A: who has not gotten a question in a while