Perry Bacon

DC's Women in Media Support the Rebecca Project - Posted November 16, 2009
Juleanna Glover and Richard Wolffe with Rebecca Project's Malika Saada-Saar and a party guest. Juleanna Glover opened the doors of her Kalorama home Saturday night to some of DC's most powerful women in media to benefit the Rebecca Project for Human Rights. This is a group founded by executive director Malika Saada-Saar... [FishBowlDC]

DC's Women in Media Support the Rebecca Project - Posted November 16, 2009
Juleanna Glover and Richard Wolffe with Rebecca Project's Malika Saada-Saar and a party guest. Juleanna Glover opened the doors of her Kalorama home Saturday night to some of DC's most powerful women in media to benefit the Rebecca Project for Human Rights. This is a group founded by executive director Malika Saada-Saar... [FishBowlDC]

Pool Report: Karen Leigh's Going Away to Cambodia Party - Posted August 21, 2009
In case you haven't already heard, Bloomberg's Karen Leigh is ditching DC and the White House for Phnom Penh. Press corps friends gathered at Stetson's last night to send her off to Cambodia... Bonney Kapp, Mike Memoli, Christina Bellantoni, Athena Jones, Lizzie O'Leary, Heidi Przybyla, Kristen Jensen, Kim Chipman, Phil Elliott, Jeff... [FishBowlDC]

Pool Report: Karen Leigh's Going Away to Cambodia Party - Posted August 21, 2009
In case you haven't already heard, Bloomberg's Karen Leigh is ditching DC and the White House for Phnom Penh. Press corps friends gathered at Stetson's last night to send her off to Cambodia... Bonney Kapp, Mike Memoli, Christina Bellantoni, Athena Jones, Lizzie O'Leary, Heidi Przybyla, Kristen Jensen, Kim Chipman, Phil Elliott, Jeff... [FishBowlDC]

Bloomberg's Karen Leigh Packs DC Bags for Cambodia - Posted August 19, 2009
Bloomberg's Karen Leigh is "trading in golf pool and helo landings for the splendors of Phnom Penh." She'll still be working for Bloomberg, and additionally the Cambodia Daily, just now in the home country of Maddox Pitt. FBDC caught up with Leigh as she packs her bags for a big move... [FishBowlDC]

Behind the Scenes With Katie at the White House - Posted July 24, 2009
Katie Couric takes us behind the scenes of her interview with President Obama this week, with guest appearances by CBS' White House correspondents Chip Reid and Bill Plante, CBS political director Steve Chaggaris, Deputy White House press secretary Bill Burton ("the enforcer"), White House director of broadcast media Dag Vega and... [FishBowlDC]

Behind the Scenes With Katie at the White House - Posted July 24, 2009
Katie Couric takes us behind the scenes of her interview with President Obama this week, with guest appearances by CBS' White House correspondents Chip Reid and Bill Plante, CBS political director Steve Chaggaris, Deputy White House press secretary Bill Burton ("the enforcer"), White House director of broadcast media Dag Vega and... [FishBowlDC]

More Sotomayor Coverage Notes: WaPo - Posted July 13, 2009
WaPo will have live video coverage and commentary by Post political reporters as Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings begin this morning. Jerry Markon and Ben Pershing kick off coverage at 10am and Perry Bacon picks up at 11am. The Fix will also look at the five Senators to watch during the... [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]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted April 4, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: General Motors President & CEO Fritz Henderson CBS' Face the Nation: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, WaPo's Perry Bacon and CBS' Lara Logan ABC's This Week: US Ambassador to the UN Dr. Susan Rice and a roundtable with former President Bush speechwriter David Frum, Council on Foreign Relations President Richard... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted April 4, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: General Motors President & CEO Fritz Henderson and a roundtable with former President Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson, CNBC's John Harwood, BBC's Katty Kay, author Joshua Cooper Ramo and former Chief Economist at the US Department of Labor Dr. Bill Rodgers CBS' Face the Nation: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner,... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted April 4, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: General Motors President & CEO Fritz Henderson and a roundtable with former President Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson, CNBC's John Harwood, BBC's Katty Kay, author Joshua Cooper Ramo and former Chief Economist at the US Department of Labor Dr. Bill Rodgers CBS' Face the Nation: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner,... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted April 3, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Motors President & CEO Fritz Henderson CBS' Face the Nation: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, WaPo's Perry Bacon and CBS' Lara Logan ABC's This Week: Fox News Sunday: President's Senior Advisor David Axelrod, Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC), former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) CNN's State... [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]

WaPo Announces New White House Team - Posted November 3, 2008
An internal memo from Washington Post Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli, obtained by FishbowlDC: Looking Ahead at the White House and in Congress Though we're all still waiting for the curtain to finally come down on the 2008 presidential campaign, an equally compelling and competitive story begins Wednesday morning. In anticipation of... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted October 3, 2008
Meet the Press: Democratic strategist Paul Begala and Republican strategist Mike Murphy, and a roundtable with NBC's David Gregory, PBS' Gwen Ifill, Wall Street Journal's Peggy Noonan, NBC political director Chuck Todd and Des Moines Register's David Yepsen. Face The Nation: Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D-MI), Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Rep. Roy Blunt... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 12.13.07 - Posted December 13, 2007
Good morning Washington. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | RADIO | REVOLVING DOOR | JOBS Your coworkers shouldn't expect any gifts from you this year. NEWSPAPERS Regarding this, a reader writes in, "Other young reporters at the Post, just fyi: Philip Rucker, who just covered the Maryland General Assembly special... [FishBowlDC]

Daly/Bacon: Day Two - Posted December 12, 2007
It's amazing the amount of buzz and commentary Chris Daly's post on Perry Bacon has sparked (earlier). Some updates: Chris Daly provides an update and "clarifies" many of his original points (read: re-states them in a much more polite tone that he should have employed in the first place). Jack Shafer calls Daly's... [FishBowlDC]

Daly Cooks Bacon - Posted December 11, 2007
Boston University professor Chris Daly isn't a huge fan of the Post's Perry Bacon following Bacon's front page story that has been panned in several places. He calls it "the worst political reporting of 2007." And, now, he's using that story to raise some other questions about the Post's political coverage,... [FishBowlDC]

Rising Star Finalists - Posted February 6, 2007
After the jump, you'll find the finalists for FishbowlDC's Rising Star competition. Congrats to everyone for being nominated and making it into the 2nd round in our first "Rising Star" competition. The winners will accompany mediabistro.com and FishbowlDC to the National Press Foundation Dinner, with a seat next to a high-profile... [FishBowlDC]