White House To Meet With Media on Government Transparency

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest agreed to journalists' request (see 1407140043) to meet with him on media groups' concerns about lack of government transparency for interviews and information from experts, the Society of Professional Journalists said. SPJ said he will discuss "press access with a small group of SPJ and Society of Environmental Journalists representatives" Dec. 15. "We view the meeting as one more step in a long battle," SPJ's website said in a post dated Thursday. "Policy change and a more open government are what we hope to achieve by sharing our concerns with Mr. Earnest and others in the White House." The White House didn't comment Friday.