President Trump’s press secretary invited social media influencers and content creators to sit with the traditional press corps.

In her first press briefing, Leavitt started with a question from an Axios journalist and made several criticisms of the media.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced significant changes to White House briefings to allow for influencers and podcast hosts to apply for media credentials.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt took on a combative tone with the media at her first press briefing Tuesday, vowing to hold them accountable for telling the truth. Why it matters: Tuesday's press briefing offered the first glimpse of how the new Trump administration plans to shape its relationship to the media as it presses forward with revamping the federal government.

Karoline Leavitt, the youngest person to serve as White House press secretary, will make her debut in the briefing room on Tuesday. Her first briefing is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET. The James S. Brady Press Briefing Room was the site of clashes between spokespeople and journalists during President Donald Trump’s first term.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, in her first White House press briefing this afternoon, promised greater access for independent journalists, podcasters and social media influencers. Displaying the results of a Gallup poll on a video monitor showing record low trust in media,

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, the youngest person to ever hold that office, made her debut Tuesday in the first White House briefing of Donald Trump's second term in office.