May 14, 2020
About This Episode
Live televised press conferences are a mainstay in politics today, but it was President John F. Kennedy who held the first one from the White House in 1961. On this episode, we’ll take a look at how and why President Kennedy continues to be a role model for presidential press conferences almost sixty years later.
In this episode, we’ll discuss the history of presidential press conferences with Los Angeles Times Washington D.C. Bureau Chief Jackie Calmes. We'll also take a closer look at President Kennedy and how he quickly became the country's first television president with historian Fredrik Logevall.
View the transcript for this episode.
What We Talked About
- Read more about our museum exhibit, "JFK Meets the Press"
- Listen and read transcripts of all of President Kennedy's 64 news conferences
- Watch President Kennedy's first live televised news conference