Roger Mudd

The Rise of the Emo-Anchor - Posted April 8, 2009
What's with all the on-air emoting? The New York Observer's Felix Gillette writes about this trend in the cover story for today's paper. "Not long ago, television news was a no-cry zone," he writes. "The top newsmen were celebrated for their emotional control in the face of gut-punching developments." But that's changed.... [TVNewser]

David Gregory Named Moderator of Meet the Press - Posted December 7, 2008
After a week of speculation, NBC's Tom Brokaw made it official this morning — David Gregory will become the next moderator of Meet the Press, the longest running show on television. Gregory joined Brokaw at the end of the broadcast for the announcement. After telling viewers he'd be moving on, Brokaw said,... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 04.07.08 - Posted April 7, 2008
Good morning Washington. Playbook tells us that Bloomberg's Billy McQuillen, "who provides 'adult' supervision to Catholic University's newspaper, is a birthday boy today.'" Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | WEST WING REPORTAGE | EVENTS | BOOKS | JOBS You think Monica... [FishBowlDC]

Decades Old Battles Are Never Too Old To Keep Fighting - Posted April 1, 2008
The Hill notes that former CBS newsman Roger Mudd takes to task Carol Joynt (former CBS employee and current owner of Nathans in Georgetown, where she does the Q&A Cafe) for some 1970s era battles, claiming that he had "a serious problem" with Joynt (who back then served as a writer... [FishBowlDC]

Mudd on CBS - Posted March 30, 2007
FishbowlDC has learned that longtime journalist and broadcaster Roger Mudd is writing a history of the CBS Washington bureau. He's about halfway thru it. ... [FishBowlDC]