AP photojournalist steals the show at court hearing on Trump exclusion
Can Evan Vucci please testify every time a major First Amendment dispute arises in federal court?
Vucci is the chief Washington photographer for the Associated Press, a job in which he paces the White House complex in pursuit of candid and compelling shots of presidents and aides, plus the politicians, foreign potentates and celebrities who come to visit. The craft requires an aesthete’s eye, a newshound’s reading diet, and a curious mix of patience and endurance. But who knew that Vucci could light up a courtroom with his quips about his profession and some blunt talk about photographs?
Related Knowledge Center: The White House vs. the press
Whether it’s the Des Moines Register’s publication of an unfavorable election poll, a routine edit of a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, or the Associated Press’s decision in its authoritative stylebook to continue to use “Gulf of Mexico,” Donald Trump and the White House have used executive authority and legal reprisals in an effort to punish and suppress press coverage that runs contrary to the administration’s preferred narratives.
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