“At times, Just IN will break newspublishing information ahead of any other news outlet. Strategies for determining how and when to give priority to such ‘exclusive’ coverage remain under discussion,” Pence’s administration said in a question-and-answer sheet sent to state agencies’ communications directors, the Star reported.
It’s Pence’s biggest move yet to increase controls on what tidbits of information the state’s independent reporters obtain and when.
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Pence’s media outlet didn’t appear to have a precedent, but White House reporters have long complained about increasingly restricted access to presidents. In recent years one key battle has been over President Barack Obama’s administration’s decision to release the White House photographer’s shots of major moments, rather than allowing independent photographers to document them.
