This year’s White House Correspondents Dinner may truly be about White House correspondents
“What was already shaping up to be a rather earnest affair ― CNN announced last month that it will invite journalism students rather than celebrities ― is expected to be especially mission-driven and keeping with a renewed focus on the press’ essential role in a democracy,” writes of The Huffington Post. “Although the dinner will highlight the the First Amendment, it’s likely to be more in vein of Washington Post editor Marty Baron’s new newsroom mantra (‘We’re not at war, we’re at work’) than his paper’s new tagline (‘Democracy Dies in Darkness.’)”