NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Press secretary

A press secretary is a senior advisor (usually to a politician) who provides advice on how to deal with the media and, using news management techniques, helps them to maintain a positive public image and avoid negative media coverage. They often, but not always, act as the organisation's senior spokesperson. Many governments also have press secretaries.

KiwiCareers - Press Secretary / Print Page (1541 words)
	Press secretaries need to have excellent oral and written communication skills as they spend a lot of time talking with the media and writing press releases and speeches for their minister.
	Press secretaries are employed to work for a particular minister for as long as that minister holds their position.
	Press secretaries use email extensively and often organise for relevant information, such as media statements, to be placed on the Internet on behalf of the minister they work for.

White House Press Secretary - definition of White House Press Secretary in Encyclopedia (173 words)
	The White House Press Secretary is a senior White House official with a rank one step below Cabinet level.
	The Press Secretary is the primary spokesperson for the Administration.
	The Press Secretary traditionally also fields questions from the press corps in briefings, which are generally televised and "press gaggles", which are on the record briefings where no video is allowed, but transcripts are made available.

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