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Gibbs Takes On YouTube's Toughest Questions After Oval Initiation

June 17, 2010 By WHC Insider

Obama’s Oval Office premiere kept most pundits salivating for more, but Robert Gibbs knocked his own debut out of the park.

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Filed Under: News, Press Secretaries Tagged With: BP, Robert Gibbs, White House, YouTube

Former Bush Press Aides to Advise House GOP

May 4, 2009 By WHC Insider

Press Secretary Perino gives final press briefing of Bush Administration in Washington

Former Bush White House press secretary Dana Perino and her former deputy Tony Fratto, along with ex-Bush press adviser Ed Gillespie, will advise House Republican press secretaries during their annual workshop at the end of this week, Politico reports. Specifically, they will advise on reshaping the GOP’s overall message.

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Filed Under: Media Strategy, Press Secretaries Tagged With: Dana Perino, Ed Gillespie, GOP message, Tony Fratto

Bush Gift to Obama "Visual Messaging" Team

April 18, 2009 By WHC Insider

Behind the Scenes at the New White House Briefing Room Redesigned for the 24/7 News Cycle

The White Briefing Room Series
Part One: The Technology

Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in 2007. Courtesy of White House Photo Office.

Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in 2007. Courtesy of White House Photo Office.

On the surface, the revamped and spiffed-up White House Press Briefing Room looks like a clean, well-lighted and more streamlined version of its old self. But largely hidden from public view is evidence of the extensive cutting-edge technology — not to mention the intensive labor — that went into the 2006-07 renovation.

For instance, that rich, royal blue backdrop behind the podium? Not blue at all. “That’s an entirely new backdrop with lots of LEDs,” says Scott Sforza, the former White House deputy assistant communications director and director of the renovation project. “Those lights can make the backdrop any color of the spectrum.”

Complete walls were torn out. A stairwell to access cabling in the deep end of the pool below the briefing room floor was dug and installed. (Yes, the briefing room is atop the old White House swimming pool.) New wiring, new lighting, new air conditioning (finally serious air flow), and pretty much new everything went in. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Press Secretaries, Uncategorized Tagged With: Scott Sforza, Starship Enterprise, White House Press Briefing Room

List of White House Press Secretaries According to Wikepedia

March 27, 2009 By WHC Insider

 

  • White House Press Secretary

A

  • George Edward Akerson
    Press Secretary George Akerson

    Hoover Press Secretary George Akerson

     

B

  • James Brady

D

  • Jonathan W. Daniels

E

  • Stephen Early

F

  • Marlin Fitzwater
  • Ari Fleischer

G

  • Robert Gibbs

H

  • James Hagerty

L

  • Joe Lockhart

M

  • Scott McClellan
  • Mike McCurry (press secretary)
  • Bill Moyers
  • Dee Dee Myers

N

  • Ron Nessen

P

  • Dana Perino
  • Joseph Lester Powell

R

  • George Reedy
  • J. Leonard Reinsch

R cont.

  • Charles Griffith Ross

S

  • Pierre Salinger
  • Joseph Short
  • Jake Siewert
  • Tony Snow
  • Larry Speakes

T

  • Jerald terHorst
  • Roger Tubby

Z

  • Ron Ziegler

Filed Under: Press Secretaries Tagged With: Bill Moyers, Charles Griffith Ross, Dana Perino, Dee Dee Myers, George Akerson, George Reedy, J. Leonard Reinsch, Jake Siewert, James Brady, Jerald terHorst, Joe Lockhart, Jonathan W. Daniels, Joseph Lester Powell, Joseph Short, Larry Speakes, Mike McCurry, Pierre Salinger, Roger Tubby, Ron Nessen, Ron Ziegler, Scott McClellan, Tony Snow, White House Press Secretary

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