American periodical newspaper
Roll Call
is a
newspaper
and website published in
Washington, D.C.
,
United States
, when the
United States Congress
is in session, reporting news of legislative and political maneuverings on
Capitol Hill
, as well as political coverage of congressional elections across the country.
Roll Call
is the flagship publication of CQ Roll Call, which also operates: CQ (formerly
Congressional Quarterly
), publisher of a subscriber-based service for daily and weekly news about Congress and politics, as well as a weekly magazine. Roll Call's regular columnists are
Walter Shapiro
,
Mary C. Curtis
, Patricia Murphy, and Stu Rothenberger.
History
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Roll Call
was founded in 1955 by
Sid Yudain
, a
press secretary
to Congressman
Al Morano
(R-Conn.).
[1]
[2]
The inaugural issue of the newspaper was published on June 16, 1955, with an initial printing of 10,000 copies.
[3]
Richard Nixon, then Vice President of the United States, wrote a letter to Yudain congratulating him on the new venture. Nixon's letter ran on the front page of the inaugural issue.
In 1986, Yudain sold
Roll Call
to
Arthur Levitt
, who was serving as the chairman of the
American Stock Exchange
at the time of the sale.
[3]
Yudain continued to work as a
columnist
at
Roll Call
after the sale.
[3]
The Economist Group
acquired
Roll Call
in 1993.
[4]
Roll Call
merged with CQ in 2009 after the latter company was purchased by The Economist Group.
[5]
In July 2018, a deal was announced for CQ Roll Call to be acquired by
FiscalNote
.
[6]
Brand franchises
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"Heard on the Hill"
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In January 1988,
Roll Call
launched the "Heard on the Hill" column, which covers the intrigue of life and work in and around Capitol Hill. Alex Gangitano wrote Heard on the Hill from 2014 to 2018 before leaving to cover lobbying for The Hill.
[7]
On 30 April 2019, Roll Call announced the current Heard on the Hill writing team of Clyde McGrady and Kathryn Lyons.
[8]
Congressional Baseball Game
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In 1962,
Roll Call
began sponsoring the annual
Congressional Baseball Game for Charity
. In 1965, the first
Roll Call
Trophy
was awarded?to the Republican team, which was the first team to win three games since
Roll Call
began its sponsorship. Since then,
a new trophy
has been awarded to the next team that wins three games (over the next three, four, or five years), following the year in which the most recent trophy was awarded.
Roll Call
also sponsors the
Congressional Baseball Hall of Fame
.
Notable
Roll Call
staff
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- Kathryn Lyons,
Heard on the Hill
reporter
- Camila Dechalus, Immigration Reporter
[9]
- Rebecca Adams, Senior Editor
[10]
- Megan Scully, Senior Editor
- Ed Timms, Investigations Editor
- Herb Jackson, Politics Editor
[11]
- Jason Dick, Deputy Editor
- Lindsey Gilbert, Deputy Editor
- Lindsey McPherson, Senior Writer
[12]
[13]
- Niels Lesniewski, Senior Writer
- John M. Donnelly, Senior Writer
- Jennifer Shutt, Budget and Appropriations Reporter
- Bridget Bowman, Politics Reporter
- Simone Pathe, Politics Reporter
- Stephanie Akin, Politics Reporter
- Kate Ackley, Lobbying Reporter
[14]
Notable
Roll Call
alumni
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- Mary Ann Akers
, staff writer for
Politico
- Christina Bellantoni, assistant managing editor for politics for
Los Angeles Times
- Chris Cillizza
, politics reporter and editor-at-large for
CNN
- Tim Curran, Sunday Editor for
The Washington Post
- Steven T. Dennis, Senate reporter for
Bloomberg
- Matt Fuller, politics editor for
The Daily Beast
- Emily Heil, co-author the Reliable Source,
The Washington Post
- Ed Henry
, chief national correspondent for
Fox News Channel
- Paul Kane, senior congressional correspondent for
The Washington Post
- Pablo Manriquez, publicist at
Center for Investigative Reporting
[15]
[16]
[17]
- Steve Kornacki
, national political correspondent for
NBC News
and
MSNBC
- John McArdle, producer and co-host for
C-SPAN
's
Washington Journal
- Norah O'Donnell
, co-anchor for
CBS This Morning
- Ben Pershing, Managing Editor for
National Journal
- Mark Preston
, executive editor for CNN Politics
- Glenn R. Simpson
, Founder of
Fusion GPS
- Jake Tapper
, anchor for CNN's
The Lead with Jake Tapper
and
State of the Union
- Katherine Tully-McManus, Congressional Reporter for
Politico
[18]
- Nina Totenberg
, correspondent for
National Public Radio
- Jim VandeHei
, co-founder and CEO of
Axios
; former executive editor and co-founder of
Politico
- Rachel Van Dongen, editor of PowerPost for
The Washington Post
Political Theater Podcast
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Political Theater Podcast is a
Roll Call
podcast hosted by Jason Dick.
[19]
See also
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References
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- ^
Weber, Bruce (October 26, 2013).
"Sid Yudain, 90, Dies; Created Congress's Community Newspaper"
.
The New York Times
. Retrieved
November 17,
2013
.
- ^
Schudel, Matt (October 22, 2013).
"Sid Yudain, founder of Roll Call, dies at 90"
.
The Washington Post
. Retrieved
November 17,
2013
.
- ^
a
b
c
Rapp, David (October 21, 2013).
"Roll Call Founder Sid Yudain Dies at 90"
.
Roll Call
. Retrieved
November 17,
2013
.
- ^
Levitt Set To Sell Stake In
Roll Call
; SEC Pick Said Talking With the Economist
- ^
The Guardian
,
"The Economist Group Buys Congressional Quarterly"
, July 22, 2009
- ^
Calderone, Michael (July 25, 2018). "Economist Group to sell CQ Roll Call to FiscalNote".
Politico
.
- ^
Gangitano, Alex.
"Lobbying Reporter"
.
The Hill
. Retrieved
April 30,
2019
.
- ^
McKinless, Thomas (April 29, 2019).
"Meet Roll Call's New Heard on the Hill Reporters"
.
Roll Call
.
- ^
"Hurricane Maria"
.
C-SPAN
. Retrieved
September 1,
2019
.
- ^
Adams, Rebecca.
"Energy Legislation"
.
C-SPAN
. Retrieved
November 19,
2017
.
- ^
Lippmann, Daniel.
"Playbook PM: Trump heading to the border Thursday"
.
Politico
.
- ^
Scanlan, Bill.
"Research and Development Tax Credit Legislation"
.
C-SPAN
. Retrieved
November 19,
2017
.
- ^
Swain, Susan.
"Newsmakers with Rep Mark Walker and Roll Call's Lindsey McPherson"
.
C-SPAN
Newsmakers
. Retrieved
November 19,
2017
.
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Ackley, Kate (October 23, 2017).
"The Rise of Women Political Donors in the Age of Trump"
.
CQ
. Retrieved
November 18,
2017
.
- ^
Malone Kircher, Madison (July 25, 2016).
"The DNC Email Leak Has a Viral Hero: Pablo"
.
New York
. Retrieved
November 19,
2017
.
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Moore, Jack (July 24, 2016).
"Politics Working at the DNC Sounds Very Cool (Except Not at All)"
.
GQ
. Retrieved
November 19,
2017
.
- ^
Ohlheiser, Abby.
"What to expect when a WikiLeaks dump turns you into an Internet folk hero"
.
The Washington Post
. Retrieved
November 19,
2017
.
- ^
Velickovich, Alexa (July 15, 2021).
"Behind the Byline: Katherine Tully-McManus"
.
Politico
. Retrieved
December 16,
2022
.
- ^
Dick, Jason (December 27, 2018).
"The Most Listenable Political Theater Podcasts of 2018"
.
Roll Call
. Retrieved
December 2,
2019
.
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