Jeffrey Goldberg

News Notes: Nutting Fired but CQ-Roll Call Burned - Posted September 29, 2009
Perhaps the biggest misstep (and PR nightmare) of the Economist's acquisition of CQ has been the firing of veteran newsman and CQ editor Brian Nutting after he questioned the layoffs of 44 staffers via email to the CQ-Roll Call newsroom. Tips, endorsements and notes of raw emotion and respect for... [FishBowlDC]

"First Draft of History" Event Announced - Posted August 31, 2009
Invitations for the "First Draft of History," a Newseum event sponsored by The Atlantic and the Aspen Institute are being extended today. The invite-only, all on-the-record event will include interviews and panel discussions with folks like Larry Summers, Janet Napolitano, Michael Bloomberg, David Petraeus, Lindsey Graham and Eric Schmitt. The... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List 06.02.09 - Posted June 2, 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. That's the top of a ferry boat on the shore of Nassau in the Bahamas- can't escape politics or DC on vacation. Happy Birthday to... [FishBowlDC]

Atlantic/NJ Poll of Prominent Journos Says Journalism Hurt By Internet; Obama Coverage "Right" - Posted April 10, 2009
The Atlantic and National Journal turned to the big dogs to get a read on the state of traditional journalism. They polled 43 prominent journalists on whether journalism has been helped or hurt by the Internet- 65 percent said it has been hurt more, while 34 percent said it has been... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted January 9, 2009
Meet the Press: Bill Cosby, DC Mayor Adrian Fenty, Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint, Rep. Maxine Waters and a roundtable with former Rep. David Bonior, Wall Street Journal's Paul Gigot, CNBC's John Harwood, Vanity Fair's Bethany McLean and McCain economic adviser Mark Zandi. This Week: President-elect Barack Obama and a roundtable with former... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted January 2, 2009
Meet The Press: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and a roundtable with The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg, BBC World News America's Katty Kay, Al-Arabiya's Hisham Melhem, NBC's Andrea Mitchell and The New York Times' David Sanger. This Week: Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Mitch McConnell (R-KY), U.S. Senate Appointee Roland Burris (D-IL)... [FishBowlDC]

The Atlantic Redesign Featuring...Bloggers! - Posted October 16, 2008
We mentioned last week that our favorite online magazine, the 150 year-old Atlantic, had re-branded and re-designed itself. At the launch party the other night at the Exit art gallery on the west side of Manhattan (which included an art installation of "provocative" questions like: Why do presidents lie?) we... [FishBowlNY]

NYT: What Would You Ask the VP Candidates Tonight? - Posted October 2, 2008
Should Gwen Ifill suddenly find herself at a loss for questions tonight the NYT and friends are here to help! The Times has rounded up the punditry troops and asked them what they would like to hear from Palin and Biden tonight. There's some good and practical questions, some... [FishBowlNY]

The New York Times Discovers a New 'N' Word - Posted July 10, 2008
So Jesse Jackson. Pretty awful (also, unbelievably stupid), and offensive on so many levels. But language-wise? We're pretty sure six-year-olds in Kansas have heard worse on school playground. However, on the off chance this is not the case we're fortunate enough to have The New York... [FishBowlNY]

Ken Silverstein: The FishbowlDC Interview - Posted January 15, 2008
Say hello to Ken Silverstein, Washington editor of Harper's. What word do you routinely misspell? As of late: Berdymukhamedov, the president of Turkmenistan. What's the name of your cell phone ring? Old Phone What time did you get up this morning? Late -- 7:30 When did you last cry and why? At a movie,... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 07.30.07 - Posted July 30, 2007
Good morning Washington. Washington Post reports, "Four days after the Democratic debate in Charleston, S.C., more than 400 questions directed to the GOP presidential field have been uploaded on YouTube, as Republicans are scheduled to take their turn at video-populism on Sept. 17. But only Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) and Rep. Ron... [FishBowlDC]

Goldberg Leaves The New Yorker For The Atlantic - Posted June 27, 2007
How many times does anyone leave the New Yorker? Exactly. A big, big coup for The Atlantic... Jeffrey Goldberg, its Washington correspondent, who's leaving to join the cerebral literati's other favorite mag, The Atlantic, as a national correspondent. The last departure at this level of The New Yorker was two years ago. Goldberg... [FishBowlDC]