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Roll Call is a newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...

 published in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, from Monday to Thursday when the United States Congress
United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....

 is in session and on Mondays only during recess. Roll Call reports news of legislative and political maneuverings on Capitol Hill, as well as political coverage of congressional elections across the country. In addition to breaking news, the paper features Washington, D.C., analysts such as Morton M. Kondracke, Stuart Rothenberg
Stuart Rothenberg
Stuart Rothenberg is an American editor, publisher, and political analyst best known for his Washington-based, biweekly, self-proclaimed non-partisan political newsletter The Rothenberg Political Report...

 and Norman Ornstein. RollCall.com, the online version of the newspaper, features breaking news stories and daily e-mail alerts and award winning photojournalism.

Founded in 1955 by Sid Yudain, a former press secretary to Congressman Al Morano
Albert P. Morano
Albert Paul Morano was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in Paterson, New Jersey, Morano moved to Greenwich, Connecticut in 1912 and attended the public schools there. He served as member of Greenwich Board of Tax Review 1933-1935, and as chairman of the Chickahominy Town Meeting...

 (R-Conn.), Roll Call is the flagship publication of the CQ-Roll Call Group, which also operates: Congressional Quarterly
Congressional Quarterly
Congressional Quarterly, Inc., or CQ, is a privately owned publishing company that produces a number of publications reporting primarily on the United States Congress...

(CQ), a publisher of print and online daily and weekly news about Congress and politics; GalleryWatch, an online legislative tracking service; and CongressNow, an online newsletter covering policy and legislation on Capitol Hill. Roll Call merged with CQ in 2009 after the latter publication was purchased by The Economist Group
The Economist Group
The Economist Group is a leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs, delivering information through a range of formats, from newspaper and magazines to conferences and electronic services...

, Roll Call's parent company. Other members of The Economist Group include The Economist
The Economist
The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in offices in the City of Westminster, London, England. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September 1843...

, CFO
CFO (Magazine)
CFO is a monthly magazine published in the United States. It was launched in 1985 for chief financial officers and other financial executives in companies in the U.S...

, European Voice
European Voice
European Voice is an English language newspaper owned by The Economist Group. The newspaper gives an account of the activities of the key European Union institutions – the European Commission, European Parliament and Council of Ministers...

and Capitol Advantage
Capitol Advantage
Capitol Advantage is a Fairfax, VA based technology company. Roll Call acquired Capitol Advantage for $43 million in August 2008.The company is the largest publisher of Congressional directories in the country as well as the market leader in software for online advocacy, having over 1,700 clients...

.

Every issue, 11,500 copies of Roll Call are delivered to Congress and 400 copies are delivered to the White House
White House
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 free of charge. The publication's motto is "The Newspaper of Capitol Hill Since 1955."

In February 2008, Roll Call announced the launch of Roll Call TV with Robert Traynham, a 30-minute Sunday morning talk show-style program featuring Roll Call reporters and other political and media types.

Prominent former and current staffers

  • Mary Ann Akers
    Mary Ann Akers
    Mary Ann Akers is a political gossip columnist. She currently writes The Sleuth for washingtonpost.com and contributes to the print edition of the Washington Post. She is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post. Before joining washingtonpost.com, Akers wrote Heard on the Hill, Roll Call's...

    , columnist, washingtonpost.com
  • John Bresnahan, senior congressional reporter, Politico
    Politico (newspaper)
    The Politico is an American political journalism organization based in Arlington, Virginia, that distributes its content via television, the Internet, newspaper, and radio. Its coverage of Washington, D.C., includes the U.S. Congress, lobbying, media and the Presidency...

  • Chris Cillizza, columnist, washingtonpost.com
  • Tim Curran, former political editor, The Washington Post
    The Washington Post
    The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...

  • Susan Davis, congressional correspondent, National Journal
    National Journal
    National Journal is a nonpartisan American weekly magazine that reports on the current political environment and emerging political and policy trends. National Journal was first published in 1969. Times Mirror owned the magazine from 1986 to 1997, when it was purchased by David G. Bradley...

  • Susan Glasser, editor-in-chief, Foreign Policy
    Foreign Policy
    Foreign Policy is a bimonthly American magazine founded in 1970 by Samuel P. Huntington and Warren Demian Manshel.Originally, the magazine was a quarterly...

    , and former national editor, The Washington Post
    The Washington Post
    The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...

  • Ed Henry
    Ed Henry
    Edward "Ed" Henry is the senior White House correspondent for Fox News Channel, and is based in the network's Washington, D.C. bureau. He was born in Queens, New York and lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.-Background:...

    , senior White House correspondent, Fox News Channel
    Fox News Channel
    Fox News Channel , often called Fox News, is a cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation...

  • Paul Kane, reporter, The Washington Post
    The Washington Post
    The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...

  • Brody Mullins, reporter, The Wall Street Journal
    The Wall Street Journal
    The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....

  • Ben Pershing, columnist, washingtonpost.com
  • Glenn Simpson, former staff writer, The Wall Street Journal
    The Wall Street Journal
    The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....

  • Nina Totenberg
    Nina Totenberg
    Nina Totenberg is an American legal affairs correspondent for National Public Radio focusing primarily on the activities and politics of the Supreme Court of the United States. Her reports air regularly on NPR's newsmagazines All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition...

    , correspondent, National Public Radio
  • Jim VandeHei
    Jim VandeHei
    James "Jim" VandeHei is the executive editor and co-founder of Politico. Previously, he was a national political reporter at The Washington Post, where he worked as White House correspondent....

    , executive editor, Politico
    Politico (newspaper)
    The Politico is an American political journalism organization based in Arlington, Virginia, that distributes its content via television, the Internet, newspaper, and radio. Its coverage of Washington, D.C., includes the U.S. Congress, lobbying, media and the Presidency...

  • Lauren Whittington
    Lauren Whittington
    Lauren W. Whittington is the Politics Editor for Roll Call. She was promoted to that position in 2009; prior to that, she worked as a political reporter at the same publication....

    , politics editor, Roll Call
  • Norah O'Donnel, "chief Washington correspondent for NBC News"

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