Roll Call is a
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published in
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,
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. It is published Monday to Thursday when the
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is in session and Mondays only during recess. It provides its readers with news of the legislative and political maneuvers that happen on Capitol Hill. In addition to breaking news, it features Washington, D.C., analysts such as Morton M. Kondracke,
Stuart RothenbergStuart 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, and political coverage of Congressional elections across the country.
Roll Call is a
newspaperA newspaper is a publication containing news, information, and advertising. General-interest newspapers often feature articles on political events, crime, business, art/entertainment, society and sports. Most traditional papers also feature an editorial page containing columns that express the...
published in
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, founded on July 16, 1790...
,
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is published Monday to Thursday when the
United States CongressThe United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives. Both senators and representatives are chosen through direct election....
is in session and Mondays only during recess. It provides its readers with news of the legislative and political maneuvers that happen on Capitol Hill. In addition to breaking news, it features Washington, D.C., analysts such as Morton M. Kondracke,
Stuart RothenbergStuart 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, and political coverage of Congressional elections across the country. RollCall.com, the online version of the newspaper features breaking news stories and daily e-mail alerts.
Roll Call Group, of which the newspaper is the flagship publication, also operates GalleryWatch, an online legislative tracking service, and CongressNow, an online newsletter covering policy and legislation on Capitol Hill.
Founded in 1955 by Sid Yudain, a former press secretary to Congressman Al Morano (R-Conn.),
Roll Call is now a member of
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. Other members of the Group include
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,
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,
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, and
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.
Every issue, 11,500 copies of
Roll Call are delivered to Congress and 400 copies are delivered to the
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free of charge. Its 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 shows style featuring Roll Call reporters and other political and media types.
Prominent former and currentstaffers
- 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....
- Susan Glasser, former national editor, Washington Post
- Glenn Simpson, staff writer, Wall Street Journal
- Jim VandeHei
Jim VandeHei is an American political reporter and co-founder of The Politico. Previously, he was a national political reporter at the Washington Post, where he worked as White House correspondent....
, executive editor, The PoliticoThe Politico is an American political journalism organization based in Arlington, Virginia, that distributes its content via television, the Internet, newspaper, and radio. Its coverage includes Congress, Washington lobbying, and the Presidency. It extensively reported on the 2008 presidential...
- Tim Curran, political editor, Washington Post
- Ed Henry, White House correspondent, CNN
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- Paul Kane, reporter, Washington Post
- John Bresnahan, senior congressional reporter, The Politico
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- 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
- Ben Pershing, columnist, washingtonpost.com
- Brody Mullins, reporter, Wall Street Journal
- Susan Davis, reporter, Wall Street Journal
- Chris Cillizza, columnist, washingtonpost.com
- Nina Totenberg
Nina Totenberg is an American legal affairs correspondent for National Public Radio . Her reports air regularly on NPR's newsmagazines All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition...
, correspondent, National Public RadioNational Public Radio is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to 797 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, signed into law...
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