Karen Finney

Yahoo! News Celebrates Chalian, Campaign Season - Posted November 11, 2011
Photo L to R: Rick Klein, Robin Sproul, Richard Kaplan, Ross Levinsohn, Jonathan Karl, Amy Walter, Joe Ruffolo. If you didn't make it up to the rooftop of 101 Constitution Ave for Yahoo! News' swan... [FishbowlDC]

The Week Hosts Academy Awards Bash - Posted February 28, 2011
[caption id="attachment_32128" align="alignnone" width="448" caption="Mary Kathryn Covert, Glenn Ballard, Michael Steel, Brianna Keilar"][/caption] The Kalorama manse of lobbyist Jule... [FishbowlDC]

Your Friend in D.C., the Dog (Part IV) - Posted November 11, 2010
It's day four of DogBowl 2010. We have several more spectacularly cute canine contestants to show you from scribes, media types and flacks around town. We know some of your dogs are getting rambunctious about wanting into the contest. Especially some pooch named Alvin. We'll accommodate them. In the meantime, a... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted November 1, 2010
QUOTES of the DAY And one, and two, and one and two...Come on ladies, here's a Halloween costume to burn into memory. It's FishbowlDC's and QGA's Matt Dornic preparing to sweat to the oldies like only Richard Si... [FishbowlDC]

D and R Wonks Agree: Youth Vote Up for Grabs - Posted October 8, 2010
They may be political opposites, but at American University Wednesday night, MSNBC political analyst and former communications director of the DNC Karen Finney and public relations exec and GOP strategist Kevin Madden agreed the youth v... [FishbowlDC]

MSNBC Rethinking Dayside Strategy? - Posted June 25, 2010
Inside Cable News has a number of slides from an online survey about MSNBC's dayside programming. Among the questions are a number concerning straight news versus opinionated hosts. ... [TVNewser]

Finney Takes to Blogging for U.S. News & World Report - Posted June 10, 2010
MSNBC Political Analyst and former DNC Communications Director Karen Finney has started blogging for U.S News & World Report. She joins other recent arrivals such as Matthew Dallek , a visiting s... [FishbowlDC]

Courtovich Hosts Journos For Annual Gaucho - Posted May 24, 2010
Courtovich took this pic of Gaucho decorations. Jim Courtovich, managing partner of Kearsarge Global Advisers, hosted his annual Gaucho party Saturday night. And he delivered with a great m... [FishbowlDC]

Journos to Show up in Reality Show Trailer by Sex and the City Set Decorator - Posted March 23, 2010
Jennifer Sergent, formerly with Scripps Howard, is reporting on her "DC by Design" blog today that journalists and pundits are to take a star turn in the trailer by Sex and the City set decorator Ondine Karady (above). Karady wants to spruce up DC, and is shopping around a ... [FishbowlDC]

Fishbowl5 With Karen Finney: the Anti-Parrot - Posted January 27, 2010
If you don't know Democratic pundit Karen Finney you'll want to get acquainted, because if you're on political talk TV you'll likely appear alongside the new MSNBC contributor somewhere down the road. Asked about the toughest part of being on TV and she mentions having to get up at ungodly... [FishbowlDC]

Journos Join AU for Year One Review of Obama Administration - Posted January 19, 2010
On Thursday January 21, 2010, American University will host "The First Year of the Obama Administration: Its Successes and Failures, Legislatively and Politically." The three hour event will feature two panels of notable media types followed by Q&A. Hosted by Time's Jay Newton Small, the event will be held from 9.30... [FishbowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted December 11, 2009
• NBC's Meet the Press: President's Council of Economic Advisers Chair Dr. Christina Romer, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D-MI), former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) and CNBC's Jim Cramer • CBS' Face the Nation: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Sen.... [FishbowlDC]

Morgan Freeman in DC for "Invictus" Screening - Posted December 1, 2009
Mediocre blackberry pic of Matthews and Freeman by yours truly. Renowned actor Morgan Freeman graced DC last evening for a screening of "Invictus," which hits theaters December 11th. Directed by... [FishbowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted November 13, 2009
• NBC's Meet the Press: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and Rev. Al Sharpton • CBS' Face the Nation: Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), CBS News • ABC's This Week: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former NYC Mayor... [FishbowlDC]

Dinner with Deepak Chopra - Posted November 3, 2009
Most Washingtonians and journos use Twitter to stay connected or for a little self-promotion. Deepak Chopra is also an avid Twitter-er, but much d... [FishbowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted October 17, 2008
Meet The Press: Former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell (Ret.), NBC's political director Chuck Todd, David Brooks of the New York Times, Jon Meacham of Newsw... [FishbowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted September 12, 2008
Meet the Press: Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Rudy Giuliani, Bob Woodward and NBC's Chuck Todd. Face the Nation: Arizona Gov. ... [FishbowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted September 5, 2008
Meet The Press: Sen. Joe Biden and New York Times' Tom Friedman. Face The Nation: Sen. John McCain. This Week: Sen. Barack Obama and a roundtable with T... [FishbowlDC]