White House to add alt media to press pool

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday during a press conference that alternative media would be added to the press pool.

"We will continue the rotation amongst the five major television networks to ensure the president's remarks are heard far and wide around this world," Leavitt said. "We will add additional streaming services which reach different audiences than traditional cable and broadcast."

Leavitt said that radio hosts and reporters from around the U.S. and not just in D.C. will soon enter the press pool.

"We will continue to rotate a radio pooler and add other radio hosts who have been denied access, especially local radio hosts who serve as the heartbeat of our country," she said. 

Leavitt said last month that the seat in the front of the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, often occupied by the press secretary's staffer, will be called the "New Media Seat" where members of alternative media will sit if their applications are accepted to cover the White House.

"A select group of DC-based journalists should no longer have a monopoly over the privilege of press access at the White House," she said.