Ron Fournier

Marc Ambinder Departs Atlantic Media - Posted December 15, 2011
Marc Ambinder, a White House Correspondent for the National Journal and Contributing Editor for The Atlantic, is taking "a pause from daily journalism" and departing Atlantic Media to work on other projects. Ambinder ... [FishbowlNY]

NJ's Fournier Bids Farewell to Two Journalists - Posted November 9, 2011
In an internal memo this afternoon, NJ's Editor-in-Chief Ron Fournier, expresses his sadness for the departure of two journalists -- Susan Davis... [FishbowlDC]

Washington: The Punching Bag - Posted November 9, 2011
Yesterday we brought you NJ Editor-in-Chief Ron Fournier cracking on Washington for its treasure trove of political sex scandals. Today we have... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted November 9, 2011
Quotes of the Day - Herman Cain Edition Part Deux Holy sh&$ they missed it? "I'm on a train and haven't seen the Cain press conf yet. Was it really that terrible as my Twitter stream seems to indicate?" -- Human Events' infamous amb... [FishbowlDC]

NJ's Fournier Hates on Washington - Posted November 8, 2011
It's never goes out of style to hate on Washington. Even NJ's mild-mannered Editor-in-Chief Ron Fournier is doing it. In an evening post called "Another Reason to Hate Washington," he writes about the He... [FishbowlDC]

Lede Du Jour: Up in Smoke - Posted November 1, 2011
NJ Editor-in-Chief Ron Fournier is hustling as hard as his reporters this morning. A little while ago he published this story on GO... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted October 31, 2011
Quotes of the Day Adios WaPo! PBS's New Prez and CEO Bo Jones mingles with Robert Mac... [FishbowlDC]

Atlantic Media Brings on 'Extreme Talent' - Posted October 17, 2011
Atlantic Media Chairman David Bradley announced today that Andy Sareyan is joining the company as... [FishbowlDC]

D.C. Media Events Can be Nasty Biz - Posted October 7, 2011
Media event planning can be a dirty business in Washington. In many instances it's tough to tell who is playing copy cat, but some things are clear: publications are vying to host pointedly similar events and competing for guests and warm bodies to fill their audiences. Getting the events underwritten is... [FishbowlDC]

NJ Steals Roberts from Reuters - Posted October 3, 2011
NJ Group announces today that Reuters Washington News Editor and Deputy Bureau Chief Kristin Roberts is joining the organization as NJ's new Managing Editor for Budget and the ... [FishbowlDC]

NJ Hires 'Business of War' Reporter - Posted September 22, 2011
NJ has hired Kevin Baron, a military reporter for Stars and Stripes to cover the Business of War beat. He has a wealth of experience and his overseas assignments have led him to Africa, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, Southern Asia and the South Pacific. Read the detailed memo from Editor-in-Chief... [FishbowlDC]

NJ Hires Golden LAT Reporter - Posted September 21, 2011
NJ is excited to announce another outside the Beltway hire. It's LAT's lead state budget reporter Shane Goldmacher, who they discovered in last summer's nationwide talent search (a little like American Idol, but slightly... [FishbowlDC]

NJ Hires New Healthcare Scribe from Yale Alumni Mag - Posted August 4, 2011
NJ Editor-in-Chief Ron Fournier announced this morning that Margot Sanger-Katz will be signing on as Health Care Correspondent. Margot is currently the senior staff editor at the Yale Alumni Magazine. She was previously a health care reporter at the Concord Monitor in New Hampshire and an associate editor... [FishbowlDC]

NJ Fournier's Daughter was Todd's Babysitter - Posted August 1, 2011
MSNBC's "The Daily Rundown" has a new feature called "Shameless Plugs" that has guests revealing personal details. At the end of the segment, host Chuck Todd gives his panel, often filled with journalists, pols and ex-pols, a moment to say virt... [FishbowlDC]

Debate Banter - Posted June 14, 2011
Debate chatter turned downright adorable last night. Take this pivotal moment when TPM's Brian Beutler (D-Boybander) tweeted a faux question mocking CNN moderator John King's either-or queries during last night's GOP debate. "Liberty or diapers?" Beutler asked. But NJ's Editor-in-Chief ... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Steal: NJ Swipes a Politico Original - Posted June 13, 2011
Politico's Chris Frates is heading to National Journal to be their lobbying correspondent. Frates started at Politico in 2007, making him one of their "originals." His latest beat, one of several he ... [FishbowlDC]

Matt Cooper Named Editor of NJ Daily - Posted June 7, 2011
National Journal Group announced today that Matthew Cooper has been named Editor of National Journal Daily. Cooper will oversee a "ramping up" of Daily resources. This means more reporters and editors... [PRNewser]

Matt Cooper Named Editor of NJ Daily - Posted June 7, 2011
National Journal Group announced today that Matthew Cooper has been named Editor of National Journal Daily. Cooper will oversee a "ramping up" of Daily resources. This means more reporters and editors... [FishbowlDC]

The Mystery Behind Major Garrett's Friday Afternoons - Posted April 20, 2011
What weird thing does NJ Congressional Correspondent Major Garrett do on Friday afternoons? His boss, Editor-in-Chief ... [FishbowlDC]

NJ Taps NPR for New Hire, Promotes Editor - Posted March 29, 2011
Jamie Tarabay is joining National Journal Group as Managing Editor for National Security. Tarabay (pictured here) most recently worked at NPR, where she has served as both a foreign and domestic correspondent since 2005. She's fluent in Arabic and French ... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted February 23, 2011
QUOTES of the DAY ... [FishbowlDC]

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers - Posted January 24, 2011
Washington Reacts to Olbermann Exit "It's better to fire... [FishbowlDC]

NJ Editor-in-Chief Enjoys Brief Anonymous Bliss - Posted December 21, 2010
NJ Editor-in-Chief Ron Fournier has escaped the bubble for a few days in northern Michigan. No one cares what he does. He's minus all the whirling details of life as a Washington journalist. He wrote on Twitter, "Two days in No. Michigan and not one person has asked me what I... [FishbowlDC]

Middle of the Night Banter - Posted November 3, 2010
What are journalists like in the wee hours of Election Night? Some attended parties, others did TV hits and still others were holed up in bed with a dangerous combination of champagne and computers (thank you FamousDC for that excellent imagery). To give you a sense, we've rounded up the best... [FishbowlDC]

NJ Parties Like the Pink Panther - Posted October 29, 2010
It was Night 4 of NJ's flurry of launch parties at the rented space on E St. Thursday night was thought to be the mother of parties so far. The room was packed. So much so, that partygoers periodically slipped out into the cool air when they couldn't take the crowding.... [FishbowlDC]

NJ's Ron Fournier Wants you 'Equipped for the Dinner Party' - Posted October 25, 2010
Who is National Journal's biggest competitor? "Myself," replied Editor-in-Chief Ron Fournier this afternoon to a question posed within a s... [FishbowlDC]

Office View... - Posted October 25, 2010
NJ's suite of offices in the Watergate on the whole is drenched in whites and beiges. A number of employees, situated not far from an elegant spiral staircase, have this beautiful, meditative view of the Potomac. One such view belongs to Atlantic Media Company's V.P., head of Corporate and Strategic Communications... [FishbowlDC]

NJ's Unveiling - Posted October 19, 2010
The new NJ is ready for its close-up, a press release informs. Following a summer of new hires, National Journal Group will unveil its new website, redesigned publications, and invigorated mission on Monday, October 25th, with a special issue of the ma... [FishbowlDC]

Edmund Andrews Joins National Journal Group - Posted October 4, 2010
National Journal Group has hired Edmund Andrews as managing editor for economics, taxes, and budget. Andrews had a distinguished career at The New York Times, serving from 1992 to 2009 as an economic correspondent. He is currently senior Washington correspondent for the Fiscal Times. "Ed Andrews has distinguished himself with a unique... [FishbowlNY]

Kushner to Perform Heart Surgery at NJ Group - Posted September 30, 2010
Adam Kushner is joining NJ Group as the new Deputy Magazine Editor. He comes to NJ from Newsweek, where he is a senior editor. In one of his more memorable complimentary quotes, NJ Editor-in-Chief Ron Fournier remarked that Kushner will essentially be performing heart surgery. "Adam will in... [FishbowlDC]

The Daily News Parties While Hearst Thinks Like a Tech Company, Plus Other News of the Day - Posted September 23, 2010
- The New York Daily News fired features editor Orla Healy today, and her coworkers and underlings have piled it on, in what has been reported as a "quiet (but palpable) celebration." One unnamed source told The Village Voice that Hearly was "one of the most evil editors to ever work... [MediaJobsDaily]

Patricia Wilson Joins National Journal Group - Posted September 23, 2010
Washington-based National Journal Group announced today that veteran news professional Patricia Wilson is joining the organization as deputy editor-in-chief. She will run the day-to-day operations of the newsroom, with all managing editors reporting to her. Wilson is currently editor in charge of foreign policy and national security for Thomson... [FishbowlNY]

NJ Nabs 'Smart, Savvy' Kiely from USA TODAY - Posted September 20, 2010
NJ Group has announced today that political journalist Kathy Kiely is coming on board as Managing Editor for Politics. Kiely currently covers Congress and national politics for USA TODAY. "I couldn't have asked for a stronger leader for our political team than Kathy Kiely," said NJ Editor-in-Chief Ron Fournier... [FishbowlDC]

Politico's Dueling Columnists and Brewing Battle With NJ - Posted September 9, 2010
Here it is - NYT's Jeremy Peters scoop on Politico's hiring of The Atlantic's Michael Kin... [FishbowlDC]

Miami Herald Memo Sheds Insight on New NJ Hire - Posted September 3, 2010
On Thursday we brought you the news that Beth Reinhard, a veteran of the Miami Herald, will be taking a job for NJ as chief political correspondent. Now we have the internal memo from her Miami Herald editors, which gives you further insight into who she is, where she's been and why... [FishbowlDC]

Fournier Looks Outside Beltway for Two New Hires - Posted September 1, 2010
In an early morning memo today, NJ Editor in Chief Ron Fournier announced the hires of two new reporters - they're both Statehouse reporters. They are Jim O'Sullivan of Boston, Mass., and ... [FishbowlDC]

NJ Lands Newsweek's Hirsh - Posted August 30, 2010
The latest in National Journal's hiring spree is award-winning journo and author Michael Hirsh. It was announced today that Hirsh will join NJ as Chief Correspondent, covering the intersection of economic policy, foreign policy, and politics for the newsgroup. Hirsh joins NJ from Newsweek, where he is a senior editor, National... [FishbowlDC]

AnonymASS Tipster of the Week - Posted August 30, 2010
This tipster isn't so much quintessential AnonymASS as he or she is portraying an ability for creative nastiness. In this post, the tipster suggests that famous photographer Annie Liebowitz is taking a job with National Journal. Of course, it isn't so, as we've checked it out with NJ... [FishbowlDC]

NJ Lands 'Major' Hire - Posted August 25, 2010
Fox News White House correspondent Major Garrett is jumping ship and moving to NJ. National Journal Group announced today that the award-winning political journalist is joining National Journal as a Congressional Correspondent, "reporting and providing analysis across all of National Journal Group's publications." "Major Garrett is the embodiment of the new team we're... [FishbowlDC]

Funnyman Cooper Leaps Back into Journalism - Posted August 24, 2010
Had Matt Cooper ever really left? It was only a matter of time until Cooper, who left journalism in late 2009 for a brief foray into a senior advisory position for the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, would return. In December 2009 he had been working for The Atlanti... [FishbowlDC]

Dowd Joins NJ as Columnist & Advisor - Posted August 18, 2010
Political analyst Matthew Dowd has joined National Journal as a columnist and strategic adviser to the newsgroup. Dowd's biweekly column will appear in National Journal magazine and on the new National Journal website launching in October. According t... [FishbowlDC]

NJ Announces New WH 'A-Team' - Posted August 16, 2010
Two journos will join forces to be NJ's new "formidable" White House team. They are The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder and USA Today's Aamer Madhani. The New 'A'-Team - Ambinder and Aamer - is going to ... [FishbowlDC]

NJ Hires the 'Wicked Smart' Susan Davis and Fawn Johnson - Posted August 13, 2010
<img alt="davis.jpg" src="/fishbowlDC/files/original/davis.jpg" width="200" class="alignleft" hspace="3" vspace="3"/ WSJ political blog writer Susan Davis and Dow Jones Newswire and WSJ's Fawn Johnson are joining the National Journal Group. ... [FishbowlDC]

AP Advertises for New Bureau Chief - Posted August 5, 2010
Step right up! You could be the next bureau chief of the Associated Press... The AP is advertising on JournalismJobs.com to fill the role of Washington bureau chief - a slot left vacant when Ron Fournier was recruited away by National Journal. Now I'm not judging and desperate times certainly... [FishbowlDC]

NJ Hires New Health Care Correspondent - Posted August 5, 2010
Ron Fournier announced this morning that Matthew Dobias has been hired by National Journal as the group's lead health care correspondent. Dobias joins NJ from Modern Health Care, where he served as Washington Bureau Chief. In his memo announcing the hire, Fournier said: "He [Dobias] joins ... [FishbowlDC]

Brownstein Gets Otherworldly Compliment of the Century - Posted July 26, 2010
Finally - a press release that doesn't put us to sleep. "Ron Brownstein is smarter than the human species was meant to be," said David Bradley, owner and chairman of the Atlantic Media Company. "The power of his mind - an extraordinary analytic skill - is simply in a class by... [FishbowlDC]

NJ Takes Politico's Kraushaar, Promotes Wilson - Posted July 15, 2010
National Journal's new EIC Ron Fournier announced today changes at the Hotline including the promotion of Reid Wilson and the hire of Politico's Josh Kraushaar. Reid will fill the spot left by ... [FishbowlDC]

AP's Fournier Accepts NJ EIC Gig - Posted June 23, 2010
FishbowlDC reported earlier this week that Ron Fournier, Washington bureau chief for the Associated Press was offered the role of EIC for National Journal. Sources now confirm that Fournier has accepted the job. AP's statement about Fournier's departure: "... [FishbowlDC]

National Journal Courting AP's Fournier for EIC Gig - Posted June 21, 2010
Sources tell FishbowlDC that National Journal is courting Associated Press Washington Bureau Chief Ron Fournier to take over the reinvented publication's editorial team. According to those familiar with the situation, Fournier originally declined a deal to become ... [FishbowlDC]

CBS' Dozier to AP - Posted March 26, 2010
Sean McManus announced in an email this morning that Kimberly Dozier, the CBS reporter who survived an Iraqi bombing will be joining the Associated Press. Memo from McManus below: It is my bittersweet task to inform you that Kimberly Dozier will be moving on to a new and exciting opportunity with... [FishbowlDC]

Daniel Lippman: the "Editor" Who Won't Make You Feel Stupid - Posted January 4, 2010
One of FishbowlDC's favorite media whisperers, Daniel Lippman, was interviewed on NPR on New Year's Day. It's only fitting that Lippman started out his new year on air. For years, he has been an unofficial editor-at-large for Washington media despite being a 19-year-old George Washington University student. FishbowlDC has previously reported on... [FishbowlDC]

WHCA Board Considers Taking Pool Reports from WH - Posted October 30, 2009
FishbowlDC Exclusive:The White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) board late last month discussed a proposal to post pool reports written by reporters on its own website, seizing control from the White House, which has long distributed the reports. The issue has been a dicey one over the years. During the George W. Bush... [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 helped... [FishbowlDC]

Who Knew They Were So Cool? - Posted April 1, 2009
Spotted by a FBDC tipster: ABC's George Stephanopoulos, Politico's Jim VandeHei, John Harris and Mike Allen, AP's ... [FishbowlDC]

AP Outlines Regional Beat Restructuring - Posted December 4, 2008
Yesterday we brought you the Associated Press' new DC bureau reporting team. Today, we've obtained an internal memo from AP's Ron Fournier concerning the wire service's regional beat structure. Join us after the jump... From: Fournier, Ron Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 12:04 PM Colleagues, For tho... [FishbowlDC]

Feldman Assumes New Role in AP's DC Bureau - Posted November 24, 2008
AP's assistant DC bureau chief Carole Feldman has been charged with converging the DC bureau's text, broadcast and online formats. She will report to Washington Bureau Chief Ron Fournier and Acting Head of Domestic Broadcast News Kevin Roach. "F... [FishbowlDC]

AP Changes - Posted October 27, 2008
A staff notice from AP DC Bureau Chief Ron Fournier (via Mike Allen's Playbook)... Terry Hunt, the AP's award-winning White House Correspondent, will lead our coverage going forward. He will work with news leaders in Washington, New York and overseas to bring cohesion to AP's cov... [FishbowlDC]

AP Addresses The Thorny "Fournier Issue" - Posted September 1, 2008
Lots of lefty blogs have been going after AP's Ron Fournier lately, claiming that he's showing favoritism towards the Republican Party. Now, FishbowlDC has learned that Ellen Hale, VP for Corporate Communicat... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 07.24.08 - Posted July 24, 2008
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after t... [FishbowlDC]

Johnson To Fournier: Don't Destroy AP - Posted July 14, 2008
Remember when we reported that Sandy Johnson was out as AP D.C. Bureau chief? Looks like there are some sour grapes: ... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 03.03.08 - Posted March 3, 2008
Good morning Washington. One year ago we said goodbye to Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. and AP said hello (again) to Ron Fournier. It's the birthday of Al... [FishbowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 09.24.07 - Posted September 24, 2007
Good morning Washington. You think Dan Rather has totally lost it. An NBC release announced, "According to national Nielsen Media Research data, 'Meet the Press with Tim Russert' was the top-rated Sunday morning public affairs program,... [FishbowlDC]

Fournier Chimes In - Posted June 14, 2007
The AP's Ron Fournier weighs in on "Accountability Journalism: Liberating reporters and the truth." Matthew Felling gives it a thumbs up. Paul McLeary gives it a thumbs down. ... [FishbowlDC]

HotSoup's Back Up - Posted March 5, 2007
Including a farewell note from Ron Fournier. ... [FishbowlDC]

Fournier Back To AP: The Announcement - Posted March 2, 2007
AP Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll has announced the return of veteran political reporter Ron Fournier to The Associated Press. Below is her announcement. Ladies and Gentlemen I'm delighted to tell you that veteran political journalist Ron Fournier is returning to The Associated Press in the newly created role of Online Political Editor. His primary... [FishbowlDC]

Fournier Returns To AP - Posted March 1, 2007
FishbowlDC has learned that HotSoup.com's Ron Fournier is returning to the Associated Press. He will assume an "at-large role befitting his deep knowledge of politics and government, combined with the internet experience he earned at hotsoup.com," according to an email sent by AP DC Bureau Chief Sandy Johnson. "Ron's return and the... [FishbowlDC]