Jill Zuckman

Johnson Follows In Zuckman's Footsteps - Posted May 4, 2009
CNN senior producer Sasha Johnson will join former Chicago Tribune reporter Jill Zuckman over at the Department of Transportation later this month. Johnson will take on a new role as press secretary for the Department under Secretary Ray LaHood beginning May 19th, according to Politico. ... [FishBowlDC]

Sasha's Send Off From Print To Glossy - Posted April 29, 2009
Last night at Poste, friends of Sasha Issenberg gathered to celebrate his move from The Boston Globe to the magazine Monocle. He starts today as a Washington correspondent. We, unfortunately, weren't able to make it, but hear these folks did: Peter Canellos, Lisa Wangsness and the Boston Globers, Jay Newton-Small, Jill... [FishBowlDC]

Obama's Journalism Bailout? Come Work for Us! - Posted February 18, 2009
Does six times make a trend? That's how many journalists have jumped ship in recent months to take on jobs with the Obama administration — the most recent being Jill Zuckman who was a Washington-based correspondent at the Chicago Tribune. Zuckman joins a list that most recently includes Jay... [FishBowlNY]

Obama's Journalism Bailout? Come Work for Us! - Posted February 18, 2009
Does six times make a trend? That's how many journalists have jumped ship in recent months to take on jobs with the Obama administration — the most recent being Jill Zuckman who was a Washington-based correspondent at the Chicago Tribune. Zuckman joins a list that most recently includes Jay... [FishBowlNY]

Revolving Door: Cox's Scott Shepard to Sen. Kerry Staff - Posted February 17, 2009
FBDC has learned Scott Shepard is leaving Cox's Washington, DC Bureau to join the staff of Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) as a speechwriter. Journos to government is becoming a bit of a trend these days. We told you this weekend about Chicago Tribune's Jill Zuckman's move to the Obama administration as... [FishBowlDC]

Zuckman to Obama Administration - Posted February 15, 2009
Chicago Tribune's Jill Zuckman joins President Obama's administration as the Department of Transportation's director of public affairs and assistant to Secretary Ray LaHood. Zuckman was a Washington-based correspondent at the Tribune and also made frequent appearances on MSNBC and Fox News. She is the second Tribune reporter to take a job in... [FishBowlDC]

One Source Or Two? Reporting the Palin News - Posted August 29, 2008
While Fox News lays claim to being the first network to confirm the Palin news at 10:35amET, CNBC is saying it was first to report the pick through reporting by CNBC's John Harwood. The screenshot to the right is from 9:31amET. So we wondered, if Harwood had the confirmation, why... [TVNewser]

Hotline Profiles Zuckman - Posted March 26, 2007
From here: Jill Zuckman is chief cong. corr. of the Chicago Tribune. She has been covering nat'l and cong. affairs for 16 years, including the last three WH campaigns. She joined the Tribune in 2000 and before that she worked at the Boston Globe and CQ. But today she's our Friday Feature: Where's... [FishBowlDC]