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Independent Minds Events: get involved in the news agenda

Ever wondered how journalists keep up with the latest news on Donald Trump, even if they’re not there in person?

There is the president’s Twitter feed, of course, which he blasts out to 61.6 million followers. Then there’s live TV of press conferences and the like.

Another tool is the White House press pool report. It’s been a tradition reaching back years that the media accompanies the president 24/7 and that a small pool of journalists, representing print, radio and TV, are on hand should something happen. In the early days of the Trump presidency, he angered “the pool” a couple of times by sneaking off to an NYC steakhouse without telling them.