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Rachel Martin Will Become a Host of Morning Edition
Weekend Edition Sunday host Rachel Martin will join Steve Inskeep and David Greene as a host of Morning Edition, NPR’s flagship morning news program, the network announced Thursday. Martin will take...
View ArticleBarton Gellman Hits Washington Post’s “Passive Aggressive Critique” of Its...
The Washington Post‘s editorial board argued against a presidential pardon for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden this weekend. While some of Snowden’s revelations led to what the editorial board called...
View ArticleJournalists: No One Cares Whether You Vote or Not
Every two years, we learn that certain journalists don’t vote. Former Washington Post Executive Editor Len Downie Jr. famously didn’t vote. Neither does Mike Allen, nor Jake Tapper, nor Keith...
View ArticleDC Newsrooms’ Debate-Night Food, Ranked
Monday’s presidential debate was a bonanza for broadcasters, but it also appears to have provided a minor bump to Washington’s takeout joints as journalists engaged in the sacred ritual of eating free...
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The Washington Post Now Publishes Something Every Minute
A promo for a Washington Post sale (a really good deal! $9.99 for six months of digital access!) mentioned something that caught my eye: A “new piece of digital content every minute.” EVERY MINUTE?...
View ArticleI Have So Many Questions About This Guy Who Shot a Deer With a Handgun in DC
On Tuesday, police say Vernon Goyne of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, shot a deer in DC’s Palisades neighborhood. He used a handgun to drop the deer and was reportedly standing over it in the woods,...
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No Pundit Has Spent As Much Time Bashing Washington as Ron Fournier. Now He’s...
When National Journal political columnist Ron Fournier announced in August that he planned to leave Washington to become associate publisher of Crain’s Detroit Business, he didn’t sound like he’d miss...
View ArticlePolitical Reporters: Stop Using “Theater Criticism” as an Insult
Political journalists have a special term for political analysis they consider superficial: “theater criticism.” You heard it before Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump met in their first debate: “One...
View ArticleDC Halloween Bar Crawl Bans Clown Costumes
Attendees of this year’s Nightmare on M Street bar crawl may not wear clown costumes as they carouse. “With everything that’s been going on in the United States, we want to make sure we have a safe...
View ArticleHere’s a Car Driving on a Bike Path in Alexandria
Alexandria-based bike commuter Trey Harris shot this video of a car entering the Four Mile Run Park Trail in Alexandria from Jefferson Davis Highway, across from Potomac Yard. The car continues down...
View ArticleBao Bao Will Leave DC in Early 2017
The giant panda Bao Bao will leave DC in the “first few months of 2017,” Smithsonian’s National Zoo announced Thursday. Bao Bao was born at the zoo in August 2013. The zoo’s agreement with the China...
View ArticleWAMU Is Testing Names For the Diane Rehm Show’s Replacement
Any Questions. Talk Republic. The Follow. Any of these may be the name of the WAMU show that replaces The Diane Rehm Show when Rehm retires sometime after the presidential election. The station is...
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Love Your Neighborhood? You Probably Consume a Lot of Local News—But You...
People who have a deep attachment to their community are far more likely to follow local news closely and get it from more than one source, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center....
View ArticleWe’re Collecting Recipes for “Mazel Tov Cocktails”
Trump surrogate Scottie Nell Hughes has captured the heart of the nation with her charge on CNN that a Jay-Z video “starts off with a crowd throwing mazel tov cocktails.” What is a "mazel tov...
View ArticleThe Washington Post Will Open a Pop-Up Shop After the Election
The Washington Post will open a pop-up shop on Wednesday to sell single copies of its Election 2016 print issue. The store will be in a vacant retail space in the Post‘s headquarters building on...
View ArticleThe Washington Post Will 3-D Print White Houses Tonight to Count Electoral Votes
From 7 pm on Tuesday evening, the Washington Post plans to use 3-D printers to track the accumulation of electoral votes–by 3-D printing a pair of five-inch-wide models of the White House. The...
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Election Night in DC 2016: Be Good to One Another Tonight
At the doors of the Supreme Court. Photograph by Evy Mages. *** Elaina Plott writes: Something to meditate on, when it comes to the future of the Republican Party. Many Republican operatives I’ve...
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People Plucked Napkins From a Waitress’s Body at the Washington Post Election...
People gathered at the Washington Post on Tuesday to watch a woman vie for the presidency. While there, they could pluck napkins off another woman’s body. Less weird: The party featured a miniature...
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3 Ways to Get Out of Washington Over Inauguration Weekend
Donald Trump will be sworn in as the president of the United States on Friday, January 20. Feelings are high now and may mellow over the next few weeks, but we suspect that more than a few people in...
View ArticleTrump Froze Out the Press Corps Today. Good!
Donald Trump traveled to Washington Thursday and declined to bring along a traveling press corps, “breaking a long-standing practice intended to ensure the public has a watchful eye on the nation’s...
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