THE DEEP END…TIPS FROM THE POOL

Gannett‘s Bart Jansen went into intensely descriptive detail in explaining President Obama‘s note taking abilities, including his facial positioning in the below Pool Report.

POTUS took notes — one of few in the room who did — with a yellow pencil as Penny Pritzker made her opening presentation. As others spoke, POTUS also nodded slightly and rested his chin on either his right or left hand, depending on who was speaking. He promised to ask questions, but said he wanted to hear from participants. After calling on speakers by pointing his pencil, Obama resumed taking notes about unemployment and houses being underwater by Robert Wolf and by John Doerr about legislation for homestar equipment that might hitch a ride on oil-spill legislation.

“I’ve been sold on this for a long time,” POTUS said.

Help Wanted? Now’s your chance! FishbowlDC has confirmed that SpyTalk’s Jeff Stein (one of my favorite reads), Chris Lehmann and award-winning reporter Jonathan Allen are all on the market after today’s layoffs at CQ-Roll Call.

Chris Lehmann @lehmannchris tweets:

I am now officially redundant, the Brits who canned me would say. Any jobleads, free drinks, career advice in the DC region warmly welcome

One thing being laid off has taught me: If anyone hugs me in this condition, I WILL cry. Fair notice.

From Jeff Stein:

“I have loved every minute of doing SpyTalk, which has gained a fervently loyal and growing readership, and I hope I can continue to do it somewhere else without missing a day. I have a lot of good stories in the pipeline.”

Our running list…

Jeff Stein
Jon Allen
Chris Lehmann
Derek Wallbank
Darren Harper
David Baumann
Avery Palmer
Amanda Munoz-Temple
Chuck Hoskinson
Thomas Hannett
Matt Speiler
Karoun Demirjian
Jodi Schneider
Vicki Needham
Stephen Langel
Jay Heflin
Adjoa Adofo
Karoun Demirjian
Bart Jansen
Greg McDonald
Adam Graham Silverman
Maureen Conners
Susan Shipp
Rachel Kapochunas
Matt Johnson
Paul Krawzak
Amanda Hirsch
Jessica Coomes
Dan Fowler

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