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View synonyms for press gallery

press gallery

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


press gallery

  1. an area set apart for newspaper reporters, esp in a legislative assembly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of press gallery1

First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences

In front of a packed press gallery, he glanced at reporters before he was asked to sit down before District Judge James Hatton.

From BBC

Sitting here in the press gallery, it was quite a moment as Keir Starmer did a spot of gloating about his latest new MP.

From BBC

I settled into my seat in the press gallery above the speaker’s dais at about 12:45 p.m. and prepared to watch the joint session of Congress convene for the electoral vote count.

On the fifth vote, a foreign journalist in the press gallery fell asleep, face down on the table.

Up there, actual reporters in the balcony press gallery!

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