Hyperlocal journalism: Georgetown publisher robbed—and eager to tell neighbors about it. Lesson for the Washington Post?
Update, 1:47 p.m.: Post rival’s local news strategy—a Poynter Institute item. – D.R. My online friend Beth Solomon, publisher of
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Don’t scandalize away students’ idealism: Clueful questions from history class at George Washington
Jon Stone isn’t the only one Q & A-ing me these days. At George Washington University yesterday, I answered clueful
Confederate History Month returns to Virginia: Should Northern VA secede?
Update, 8:01 p.m., April 7: Gov. McDonnell has apologized for not mentioning slavery when he proclaimed CHM. – D.R. The
Washington Post iPhone app panned by gutsy WaPo technology writer: Symptom of worse woes?
Update, March 19: Hooray! The Post app in its current form now lets you change type size more gracefully. Tap
TheGeorgetownDish starts up: Hyperlocal newspaper war ahead? Or a friendly buyout?
A new online newspaper, the TheGeorgetown Dish, is starting up right in the neighborhood of Ben Bradlee, Sally Quinn and
A WASHINGTON novel
The Solomon Scandals blog comes out of Alexandria, Virginia, just across the Potomac from D.C., and the novel itself is
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s tax returns, D.C.’s would-be Gatsbys, and the new defense scandals
The Solomon Scandals mentions F. Scott Fitzgerald—rather fittingly, given his family’s ties with the Washington area, the main setting of
Washington novels: A few uppity observations, plus a guide to D.C. fiction guides
Washington, D.C., is a perilous place about which to write fiction. In more than a few of the guides to
‘About politics’: Is it or isn’t it? Plus three political novels recced on NPR
All the King’s Men has long been my favorite political novel. But is Robert Penn Warren‘s masterpiece truly about politics?
David Rothman at Large 