What’s It Like to Cover the Trump White House?
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The White House beat is always challenging, but being in the press corps during the first few months of the Trump administration has truly been a wild ride. From the administration’s daily antagonism toward the press to the physically threatening environment journalists are encountering at rallies and political events — and the simply furious pace of it all — learn how these top journos are doing their jobs in this time of extraordinary news. Underwritten by Nestlé Waters North America
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Gillian TettFinancial Times editor and columnist -
John DickersonCorrespondent for “60 Minutes” on CBS -
Susan PageWashington Bureau Chief of USA Today -
Elisabeth BumillerWashington Bureau Chief, The New York Times -
Anna PalmerSenior Washington Correspondent, Co-Author of Playbook, POLITICO -
Molly BallStaff Writer, The Atlantic
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