I’m slated for White House press pool duty next week – my third and final during this internship. So in honor of my last day at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. as a Newsday intern, I figured I’d post some pictures from my most recent press pool experience.
Good morning, White House. I snapped this after the pool got back from watching Bush give an early morning speech at the Chamber of Commerce. Fun story - we traveled to the Chamber with Bush's motorcade, but he got dropped off at a back door while the rest of made a mad dash for the building, trying to reach the ballroom before he started his speech. I wish I could have snapped a shot of all of us running down the sidewalk in our nice suits with reporter notebooks and camera gear in hand. We arrived just as a man on stage said, "And now, the president of the United States."
A reporter doing her thing inside the White House gates. Broadcast news organizations have a reserved strip off the driveway where they film reports with the White House in the background.
Entrance to the press briefing room - no, we don't get to walk in the front door of the White House.
Waiting in the Rose Garden for President Bush to come out for a press conference.
My friend McKenna was also covering the press conference that day. He's in my intern class with the Washington Center for Politics and Journalism.
A beautiful day in the Rose Garden.... still waiting for the press conference to begin.
President Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff walk out to the Rose Garden.
Bush announced a new visa waiver program that would help ease visa requirements with certain countries for tourism- and business-related travel. Behind him are representatives from various countries who participated in the new program.
***McKenna took this picture with his nice camera, which shows just how inadequate my point and shoot really is. A fabulous picture of Bush and Condoleezza Rice as they head offstage and back toward the White House.
After the news conference, I had some time to kill before press pool duties resumed. McKenna and I took pictures in the Press Briefing room. Presidents and press secretaries have delivered the news and answered some of the media's toughest questions from that podium.
A nice White House reporter snapped this for us.
I’m hoping for another exciting day at the White House next week.
