The White House is creating four new “Skype seats” designed to accommodate non-local reporters interested in covering press conferences and briefings. The seats will be made available starting this week to members of the press corps located further than 50 miles from Washington DC.
White House Press secretary, Sean Spicer, announced the addition of the so-called “Skype seats” on Monday during a press briefing in the White House. Attending briefings can be difficult for smaller news outlets who do not staff full-time White House correspondents, so by utilizing modern video conference technologies the administration hopes to open up access.
