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press pool

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[pres pool] / ˈprɛs ˌpul /

noun

  • press pools
    plural
  1. a group of news organizations that pool resources, such as personnel and equipment, to gather and distribute news among all members.


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Meanwhile, the press pool acted like it was business as usual.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

CNN was scheduled to provide press pool coverage of Trump’s trip to Texas and Oklahoma on Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Monday’s decision suspends—for now—the television press pool, which distributes video footage and reporting about the president to TV networks and other broadcast outlets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Journalists wrist-slapped Barack Obama in 2010 after he briefly slipped the press pool in Washington to attend his daughter’s soccer game.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

Cameras from the now busy press pool in front of the hearing tables strobe-lit the room until every photographer had his first quota of shots.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Winn Schwartau

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