Jeff Zeleny

Plouffe to "Meet the Press" Sunday - Posted October 28, 2009
President Obama's 2008 presidential campaign manager David Plouffe will do his first interview since writing his new book "The Audacity to Win" this Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press" with David Gregory. "The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory" is scheduled to hit stands next... [FishBowlDC]

Plouffe to "Meet the Press" Sunday - Posted October 28, 2009
President Obama's 2008 presidential campaign manager David Plouffe will do his first interview since writing his new book "The Audacity to Win" this Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press" with David Gregory. "The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory" is scheduled to hit stands next... [FishBowlDC]

Last Night: Book Parties & Screenings - Posted October 20, 2009
• DC's media types also turned out last night for a screening of HBO's documentary "By the People: The Election of Barack Obama" at MPAA with filmmakers Amy Rice and Alicia Sams. NYT's Jeff Zeleny, the New Yorker's Ryan Lizza and Chicago Sun Times' Lynn Sweet were all actually in the... [FishBowlDC]

FishbookDC: Remaining Candidates Revealed - Posted September 1, 2009
Cutest Couple CNN's Dana Bash & John King Examiner's Kiki Ryan & Bloomberg's Tim Burger Bloomberg's Julianna Goldman & MSNBC's David Shuster Politico's Vandeharris CBS' Bob Schieffer & Kaylee Hartung NPR's Geoff Bennett & People/HuffPo's Beth Perry WaPo's Mary Ann Akers and Newsweek's Mike Isikoff Roll Call's Elizabeth Brotherton & TWT's Sonny Bunch CQ-RC... [FishBowlDC]

FishbookDC: Remaining Candidates Revealed - Posted September 1, 2009
Cutest Couple CNN's Dana Bash & John King Examiner's Kiki Ryan & Bloomberg's Tim Burger Bloomberg's Julianna Goldman & MSNBC's David Shuster Politico's Vandeharris CBS' Bob Schieffer & Kaylee Hartung NPR's Geoff Bennett & People/HuffPo's Beth Perry WaPo's Mary Ann Akers and Newsweek's Mike Isikoff Roll Call's Elizabeth Brotherton & TWT's Sonny Bunch CQ-RC... [FishBowlDC]

Meanwhile on Martha's Vineyard... - Posted August 26, 2009
Before news of Senator Ted Kennedy's death broke, Plum TV's Alex Friedman captured a few slow moments on Martha's Vineyard earlier this week. Oh, and NYT's Jeff Zeleny's red pants... ... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List 08.17.09 - Posted August 17, 2009
Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. Catching up on the Morning Reading List after a week out sick... Belated Happy Birthdays to Nora McAlvanah, Kelley McCormick and Sol Levine who celebrated... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted August 14, 2009
CBS' Face the Nation: WH Press Sec. Robert Gibbs. Roundtable with former Sen. Charles Hagel and Former Rep. Lee Hamilton. ABC's This Week w/ Jake Tapper (Steph on vacay): Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT). Rountable with Donna Brazile, Nat.... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List 08.05.09 - Posted August 5, 2009
Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. Happy Birthday to Taylor Griffin! What we know and what we're reading this Wednesday morning... TV | ONLINE | WEST WING REPORTAGE | NEWS NOTES |... [FishBowlDC]

Who Will Get Called On Tonight? A Look Back At Obama's Pressers - Posted July 22, 2009
Tonight is President Obama's fourth prime-time press conference, fifth overall. Each presser has lasted about an hour and averages 13 reporters' questions. Fox did not air Obama's 100th day press conference, the third, on the network and will not tonight either. In his first prime-time press conference Feb. 9th, the President called... [FishBowlDC]

FishPoolDC: Our Insider's Notes from Today's Press Briefing - Posted July 2, 2009
A truly brief pre-holiday weekend briefing started with Press Secretary/WH School Marm Robert Gibbs' scolding of NBC's Chuck Todd for another late entrance (though no one heard a two-minute warning). "Three times -- you've got to go to detention hall," RG announced. (Chucky T was allowed to stay.) But... Free Ice Cream?!:... [FishBowlDC]

FishPoolDC: Our Insider's Notes from Today's Press Briefing - Posted July 2, 2009
A truly brief pre-holiday weekend briefing started with Press Secretary/WH School Marm Robert Gibbs' scolding of NBC's Chuck Todd for another late entrance (though no one heard a two-minute warning). "Three times -- you've got to go to detention hall," RG announced. (Chucky T was allowed to stay.) But... Free Ice Cream?!:... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted June 19, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, Fmr. Sen. Sam Nunn (D-GA) and Nuclear Threat Initiative Co-Chairman and CEO, Fmr. Sen. Fred Thompson (R-TN) and Fmr. Chair, State Dept.'s International Security Advisory Board, Fortune's Nina Easton and NBC's Chuck Todd CBS' Face the Nation: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) ABC's This... [FishBowlDC]

Marquardt Joins ABC, Jets Off To Moscow - Posted June 4, 2009
Alexander Marquardt joins ABC from CNN today as a digital reporter based in Moscow. He'll be reporting on all ABC News platforms, including "World News," "Nightline," and "Good Morning America." At CNN, Marquardt was an embed reporter covering the Obama, Clinton and Biden campaigns, and before that, he was an anchor... [FishBowlDC]

Marquardt Joins ABC, Jets Off To Moscow - Posted June 4, 2009
Alexander Marquardt joins ABC from CNN today as a digital reporter based in Moscow. He'll be reporting on all ABC News platforms, including "World News," "Nightline," and "Good Morning America." At CNN, Marquardt was an embed reporter covering the Obama, Clinton and Biden campaigns, and before that, he was an anchor... [FishBowlDC]

Words of Wisdom: Washington Journos Dish Out Advice for New Grads - Posted May 22, 2009
"Life is a constant struggle between your head and your heart. Our head tells us to play it safe. It tells us to settle. Do what pays the bills and makes others happy. But there almost always is something deep within us that beckons us to another calling. ... [FishBowlDC]

Haddad Hosts Annual WHCD Brunch - Posted May 10, 2009
This was the scene at Tammy Haddad's annual pre-WHCD garden brunch. Who wasn't there? To name a few we saw... John King, Dana Bash, David Gregory, Luke Russert, Betsy Fischer, Mary Matalin, Ed Shultz, Maureen Orth, Jon Meacham, Savannah Guthrie, Arianna Huffington, Mika Brzezinski, Andrea Mitchell, Jeff Zeleny, Erin McPike, Patrick... [FishBowlDC]

Enchanted, Surprised, Troubled and Humbled at Time & People - Posted May 9, 2009
Larry Hackett and Sandra Sobieraj Westfall of People Magazine and Time Magazine's Richard Stengel and Michael Duffy kicked off the WHCA Dinner weekend with a star-studded cocktail at the Hotel St. Regis. Taking a cue from our pal Jeff Zeleny, we've decided to summarize the fete in a four-part format. ... [FishBowlDC]

Enchanted, Surprised, Troubled and Humbled at Time & People - Posted May 9, 2009
Larry Hackett and Sandra Sobieraj Westfall of People Magazine and Time Magazine's Richard Stengel and Michael Duffy kicked off the WHCA Dinner weekend with a star-studded cocktail at the Hotel St. Regis. Taking a cue from our pal Jeff Zeleny, we've decided to summarize the fete in a four-part format. ... [FishBowlDC]

Zeleny On Question: "Why Not Let Him Stretch A Little Bit" - Posted May 1, 2009
NYT's Jeff Zeleny was on CBS' political webcast "Washington Unplugged" to explain his question choice at Wednesday's presidential press conference. The question heard 'round the blog... "Had this been at the very beginning of the news conference, had I worked for the Associated Press or one of the networks in the beginning,... [FishBowlDC]

Zeleny On Question: "Why Not Let Him Stretch A Little Bit" - Posted May 1, 2009
NYT's Jeff Zeleny was on CBS' political webcast "Washington Unplugged" to explain his question choice at Wednesday's presidential press conference. The question heard 'round the blog... "Had this been at the very beginning of the news conference, had I worked for the Associated Press or one of the networks in the beginning,... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted May 1, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA), Health and Human Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Center for Disease Control Acting Director Dr. Richard Besser and a roundtable with MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and former counselor to President Bush Ed Gillespie CBS' Face the Nation: Sen. Arlen Specter... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted May 1, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA), Health and Human Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Center for Disease Control Acting Director Dr. Richard Besser and a roundtable with MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and former counselor to President Bush Ed Gillespie CBS' Face the Nation: Sen. Arlen Specter... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted May 1, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA), Health and Human Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Center for Disease Control Acting Director Dr. Richard Besser and a roundtable with MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and former counselor to President Bush Ed Gillespie CBS' Face the Nation: Sen. Arlen Specter... [FishBowlDC]

Brilliant or BS? Zeleny Q at Last Night's Presser - Posted April 30, 2009
If you woke up feeling uncomfortable and maybe even a tad violated, then you might have witnessed Jeff Zeleny's four-part question for President Obama during last night's press conference. Surprisingly, the NYT's reporter asked Obama a set of questions more fit for a FishbowlDC interview than a nationally-televised presser. ... [FishBowlDC]

Who Was Called On? - Posted April 29, 2009
President Obama's news conference this evening lasted pretty exactly an hour as promised to the networks, and he took questions from 13 reporters (lucky 13- President Obama took 13 questions at a previous primetime press conference). In this order: AP's Jennifer Loven (three for three being called on first), The Detroit... [FishBowlDC]

FishPoolDC: Our Insider's Notes from Today's Press Briefing - Posted April 9, 2009
Back in the press briefing room... Arrghh: This week's Somali pirate attack has again put high-seas safety on the front page and in the forefront of State and White House briefings. While questions of "pirate negotiations" elicited snickers over at Foggy Bottom this morning, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was dead-serious... [FishBowlDC]

FishPoolDC: Our Insider's Notes from Today's Press Briefing - Posted April 9, 2009
Back in the press briefing room... Arrghh: This week's Somali pirate attack has again put high-seas safety on the front page and in the forefront of State and White House briefings. While questions of "pirate negotiations" elicited snickers over at Foggy Bottom this morning, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was dead-serious... [FishBowlDC]

Folo: Obama's First Primetime Press Conference - Posted February 10, 2009
WaPo's Howard Kurtz Media Notes: "At His First Prime-Time News Conference, Obama Is Serious and Expansive" Obama controlled the tone of the East Room proceedings, speaking with utmost seriousness, gesturing with his hands and displaying a command of the facts. His lengthy, multi-part answers-- allowing for just 13 questions-- went well beyond... [FishBowlDC]

Folo: Obama's First Primetime Press Conference - Posted February 10, 2009
WaPo's Howard Kurtz Media Notes: "At His First Prime-Time News Conference, Obama Is Serious and Expansive" Obama controlled the tone of the East Room proceedings, speaking with utmost seriousness, gesturing with his hands and displaying a command of the facts. His lengthy, multi-part answers-- allowing for just 13 questions-- went well beyond... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted January 23, 2009
Meet the Press: National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers, House Minority Leader John Boehner and a roundtable with New York Times' Thomas Friedman, NPR's Michele Norris and Weekly Standard's Stephen Hayes. This Week: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and a roundtable with former CEO of Hewlett-Packard Carly Fiorina, the New... [FishBowlDC]

Boys (and Girls) on the (Stockholm) Bus: Election Coverage '08 - Posted October 29, 2008
Well, here's a description of the inside of the Obama plane you don't come across everyday:It felt like the Lord of the Flies in there...The people who have been there for a long time have all of their little decorations and knickknacks all over the back of the plane. Everyone's a... [FishBowlNY]

Gwen Ifill Has A New Nickname For Jeff Zeleny - Posted July 21, 2008
After the jump, see what nickname PBS' Gwen Ifill gave New York Times reporter Jeff Zeleny over the weekend on "Washington Week"...... [FishBowlDC]

Did You Make Obama's Cut? - Posted July 21, 2008
There are so many journalists eager to join Sen. Barack Obama on his European trip that the campaign simply can't accommodate all of them on the plane. Lynn Sweet blogged a few days back: The Obama campaign plane, a 757, will have only about 40 journalists on the manifest. More reporters wanted... [FishBowlDC]