News conference

/njˈuːz kˈɒnfɹəns/

/nˈuːz kˈɑːnfɹəns/

News conference

a meeting during which a very important person talks to journalists and answers their questions or makes a statement

Examples

1. Those news conferences have a functional significance.

2. Today, her family, originally from Chile, held a news conference.

3. Back at the news conference, the president also voiced concerns about the world economy, especially the European debt crisis.

4. The election and transition dominated President Obama's White House news conference today.