Political spokespersons as journalists: Crossing the line?
April 13, 2022
Taking a political operative into a news operation seems an odd way to serve readers
Some arrested for the Capitol riot Jan. 6 falsely claim they were ‘journalists’ doing their job
April 19, 2021
Memo to the wannabes: It takes a lot more than filming your participation in an attempt to overthrow America’s government with a smartphone to make you a journalist
A proud member of The Fourth Estate
May 13, 2016
For the second time in two weeks, an email brought back memories of the past. In one sentence, Dave Butler, editor of the Providence Journal
The government shuts down but Capitol Hill Blue continues after 19 years on the Internet
October 1, 2013
Ironic that when the federal government went into shutdown mode in the wee hours of October 1, Capitol Hill Blue celebrated its 19th year on
Is there still a place for old-style newspaper reporting?
June 27, 2012
When I started Capitol Hill Blue in the den of our home in Arlington, Virginia, on October 1, 1994, I wasn’t sure what direction what
Not so pleasant memories of Mike Wallace
April 9, 2012
Mike Wallace switched on his smile like an electric light as he strode into the auditorium at the University of Illinois in 1975 with all
Happy birthday to us
October 1, 2010
Capitol Hill Blue is 16 years old this morning. That’s right: 16. In Internet terms, that’s a lifetime…and more. This experiment in web political journalism