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The White House "beat" concept that had been started during the Cleveland administration by reporter William Price was continued during the McKinley administration.<ref name="Nelson" />{{rp|14}} Around the time of the outbreak of the [[Spanish–American War]] in 1898, the reporters covering the White House were invited into the mansion itself and provided with space to write, conduct interviews, and generally cover the White House.<ref name="Nelson" />{{rp|14}} Now reporting from inside the White House, the reporters used their new location to interview guests entering or leaving the White House or confirm pieces of information from the president's secretaries as they passed through in the course of their duties. Reporters working in the White House did, however, honor an unspoken rule and refrain from asking the president himself a question if he happened to walk through their working area.<ref name="Nelson" />{{rp|14}} | The White House "beat" concept that had been started during the Cleveland administration by reporter William Price was continued during the McKinley administration.<ref name="Nelson" />{{rp|14}} Around the time of the outbreak of the [[Spanish–American War]] in 1898, the reporters covering the White House were invited into the mansion itself and provided with space to write, conduct interviews, and generally cover the White House.<ref name="Nelson" />{{rp|14}} Now reporting from inside the White House, the reporters used their new location to interview guests entering or leaving the White House or confirm pieces of information from the president's secretaries as they passed through in the course of their duties. Reporters working in the White House did, however, honor an unspoken rule and refrain from asking the president himself a question if he happened to walk through their working area.<ref name="Nelson" />{{rp|14}} | ||
The long-term presence of the White House Press Corps in the White House was cemented by | The long-term presence of the White House Press Corps in the White House was cemented by Theodore Roosevelt, who asked that planners include permanent space for the press corps in the executive office building now called the West Wing, which he had ordered built in the early 1900s.<ref name=Nelson/>{{rp|18}} It is the West Wing that ultimately housed the Office of the Press Secretary<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/interactives/westwing/index.html|title=Inside Obama's West Wing|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|last=Stanton|first=Laura|access-date=April 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429080952/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/interactives/westwing/index.html|archive-date=April 29, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> and the now-famous [[James S. Brady Press Briefing Room]], which was renovated by the George W. Bush administration in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/07/images/20070711_d-0329-3-515h.html|title=President Bush Unveils Renovated Press Briefing Room|date=July 11, 2007|access-date=April 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121205702/http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/07/images/20070711_d-0329-3-515h.html|archive-date=January 21, 2012|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|publisher=[[White House]]|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
=== Woodrow Wilson administration === | === Woodrow Wilson administration === | ||