press gallery


noun

a press section, especially in a legislative chamber.
the group of news reporters present or qualified to be present in this section.

Origin of press gallery

First recorded in 1880–85

Example sentences from the Web for press gallery

  • The journalists in the press-gallery craned their necks toward "the tribune," hushing for silence in order not to lose a word.

    The Torrent |Vicente Blasco Ibaez

British Dictionary definitions for press gallery

press gallery

noun

an area set apart for newspaper reporters, esp in a legislative assembly