“Presumptive Nominee” Is a Fine Term. But There Are Better Alternatives
A day before Hillary Clinton won primary contests in California, New Mexico, New Jersey, and South Dakota Tuesday, the Associated Press bestowed on her a two-word title that you’ll be seeing a lot...
View ArticleFounding Farmers Counters Tom Sietsema Slam With “Everyone Is Entitled to...
A day after Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema pounded Founding Farmers with a zero-stars review, the popular mini-chain chose not to defend what he called its “unpleasantly mouth-puckering”...
View ArticleSorry, Interns, You’ve Been Replaced by a Google Doc
Automation threatens the most venerable of DC traditions: Forcing interns to compile spreadsheets that make them want to leap out of a window. The Sunlight Foundation now offers an easy way to, as it...
View ArticleWhy NPR’s Orlando Coverage Came With a “Warning Label”
An important notice resides at the bottom of NPR’s breaking news story about Sunday’s mass shooting in Orlando: This is a developing story. Some things that get reported by the media will later turn...
View ArticleYou Can Adopt a Dog or Cat for Half Price This Weekend
There are too many dogs and cats at the Washington Humane Society-Washington Animal Rescue League’s adoption centers and foster facilities! So this weekend (June 18 and 19) it’s cutting adoption fees...
View ArticleWashingtonians May Soon Have Another Reagan Place Name They Won’t Use
Gravelly Point may be renamed after Nancy Reagan if a bill introduced by Representative Jody Hice is successful. The park is across from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, and it’s a splendid...
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Jessica Sidman Joins Washingtonian
Jessica Sidman will join Washingtonian as a food editor. In an email to staff Thursday, Washingtonian Editor Michael Schaffer called Sidman, who is currently food editor at Washington City Paper, “a...
View Article5 Questions for Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman
Politico announced Sunday night that Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman will take over its Playbook franchise next month as its founder, Mike Allen, plans to work his way out of the company to join a new...
View ArticleHere Are Time-Lapse Videos of the Cleveland Park Metro Station Flooding
The Cleveland Park Metro station flooded Tuesday night, and while there are striking photos of the event, this video reinforces how insane the flood was. It also raises some questions, like, who is...
View ArticleJeff Bezos’s Greatest Gift to the Washington Post: Silence
In 2012 the Washington Post Co. had newspaper publishing revenue of $581.7 million, a 7 percent drop from the year before. At the time, the Post Company owned the Washington Post, the Everett,...
View ArticleWAMU Will Sell or Close Its Bluegrass Station
WAMU will seek a buyer for its music service Bluegrass Country, station General Manager J.J. Yore told staffers Thursday afternoon. If one is not found by the end of December, the service will close....
View ArticleMike Allen’s Last Playbook Is on Sunday
This Sunday, your inbox will host one final Mike Allen-written Playbook. The Politico reporter is leaving the publication to join his former boss, Jim VandeHei, in a yet-to-be-announced new...
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Carrie Budoff Brown Is Politico’s New Editor
Carrie Budoff Brown is Politico’s new editor. She’ll replace Susan Glasser, publisher and Editor-in-Chief John Harris tells staffers in a memo. Glasser will remain in place through the election. Budoff...
View ArticleThe Washington Post Magazine Is Seeking a New Editor
The Washington Post Magazine is looking for a new editor. Lynn Medford, who became the publication’s editor in 2010, is retiring, according to a memo from Executive Editor Martin Baron and executive...
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Why Didn’t the Washington Post Put Hillary Clinton’s Photo on Its Front Page?
Hillary Clinton became the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party last night, the first woman to ever head a major US party’s ticket. Many American newspapers showed a picture of her husband...
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Politico to Trump: Here Are the Magazines You Asked For. Will You Lift the...
On Tuesday, Politico Playbook reported that Donald Trump’s campaign asked Politico for copies of “Politico Magazine with Mr. Trump on the cover.” Politico is one of the many news organizations Trump...
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15 Things to Do In DC This August
1. Purity by Jonathan Franzen Jonathan Franzen. Photograph by Watter Al Bahry. Sixth & I, August 2 More than a few people have named Franzen his generation’s great American novelist, and at this...
View ArticleHow Atlas Obscura Is Building the “Nice Vice”
One day in 2014, soon after David Plotz left his job as editor of the online magazine Slate, he took his then 13-year-old daughter, Noa, on a bike ride through Anacostia. Noticing how many places he...
View Article5 Questions for Rupert Allman
WAMU announced last week that Rupert Allman will become executive producer of the program that will replace Diane Rehm‘s daily show when she steps down after the election. Allman, 49, grew up in London...
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How to Order From a Beer Menu When You Don’t Recognize Anything
Walk into a bar with a lot of unfamiliar beers on tap and you might feel like everyone turns to look at you as the record-scratch sound plays. But you don’t need to know a ton about craft beer to find...
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