The Defense Department is changing access for journalists following a recent court ruling. A federal judge determined that the Defense Secretary had improperly revoked credentials for numerous media organizations and found the existing media policy unconstitutional.
As a result, the Pentagon has closed the “Correspondents’ Corridor,” the workspace previously available to credentialed press inside the main building.
The department announced it will no longer allow media organizations to maintain offices within the Pentagon itself. Instead, journalists will be relocated to an “annex” facility located on the Pentagon grounds, but outside the main structure.
These changes represent a shift in how the Defense Department accommodates the press, moving the workspace for credentialed journalists to a separate location.