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'''JournoList''' was a ListServ (email group) of approximately 400 "progressive" and socialist journalists, academics and "new media" activists. JournoList members reportedly coordinated their messages in favor of [[Barack Obama]] and the [[Democrats|Democratic Party]], and against [[Sarah Palin]] and the [[Republican Party]]. JournoList was founded in 2007 and was closed down in early 2010.<ref>[http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010 New additions make for 107 Journolist names, Clarice Feldman, American Thinker, July 22, 2010]</ref>
  
 
==Obama Administration connections==
 
==Obama Administration connections==
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Pajamas Media commentator Ed Driscoll commented on Journolist's connections to the Obama Administration in a July 25, 2010 column:<ref>[http://pajamasmedia.com/eddriscoll/2010/07/22/speaking-of-the-journolist-acting-as-obamas-non-official-campaign/] Speaking of the JournoList acting as Obama’s ‘Non-Official Campaign’…, Ed Driscoll, Pajamas Media, July 22, 2010</ref>
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Pajamas Media commentator Ed Driscoll commented on Journolist's connections to the Obama Administration in a July 25, 2010 column:<ref>[http://pajamasmedia.com/eddriscoll/2010/07/22/speaking-of-the-journolist-acting-as-obamas-non-official-campaign/ Speaking of the JournoList acting as Obama’s ‘Non-Official Campaign’…, Ed Driscoll, Pajamas Media, July 22, 2010] (accessed on August 13, 2010)</ref>
  
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:''Jared Bernstein, chief economist for Vice President Joseph Biden, served in 2008 as an economic adviser to the Obama campaign. At the same time, he was a member of JournoList, the controversial progressive email list.''
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:''[[Jared Bernstein]], chief economist for Vice President [[Joe Biden]], served in 2008 as an economic adviser to the [[Obama]] campaign. At the same time, he was a member of JournoList, the controversial progressive email list.''
  
 
:''Bernstein’s bio at Politico, which appears not to have been updated since 2008, states: “He is an economic adviser to the Obama campaign.”''
 
:''Bernstein’s bio at Politico, which appears not to have been updated since 2008, states: “He is an economic adviser to the Obama campaign.”''
  
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:''He was known to many for his regular appearances on the financial channel CNBC. His primary employer in 2008 was the Economic Policy Institute, a pro-labor progressive think tank, but according to his bio when appointed to the Obama-Biden Administration, he also was a member of the Panel of Economic Advisers of the Congressional Budget Office.''
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:''He was known to many for his regular appearances on the financial channel CNBC. His primary employer in 2008 was the [[Economic Policy Institute]], a pro-labor progressive think tank, but according to his bio when appointed to the Obama-Biden Administration, he also was a member of the Panel of Economic Advisers of the Congressional Budget Office.''
  
 
:''Reached today at the Office of the Vice President, Bernstein revealed that his position with the Obama campaign was as something called a “surrogate.” “I was not paid by the campaign,” he explained. “They would call me from time to time to represent their positions, that side of the debate.”''
 
:''Reached today at the Office of the Vice President, Bernstein revealed that his position with the Obama campaign was as something called a “surrogate.” “I was not paid by the campaign,” he explained. “They would call me from time to time to represent their positions, that side of the debate.”''
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:''Asked when he left JournoList, Bernstein replied, ‘‘I think I left the list around the time I came here.” Bernstein was announced as Chief Economist and Economic Policy Adviser to the Vice President-elect on December 8, 2008.''
 
:''Asked when he left JournoList, Bernstein replied, ‘‘I think I left the list around the time I came here.” Bernstein was announced as Chief Economist and Economic Policy Adviser to the Vice President-elect on December 8, 2008.''
  
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One question that has arisen  is how closely JournoList members, not only discussed how to shape the news to advance the fortunes of [[Barack Obama]], but coordinated with the Obama campaign. Jared Bernstein’s position as an unpaid adviser and surrogate shows that there was at least one direct link between JournoList and the Obama campaign.
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One question that has arisen  is how closely JournoList members, not only discussed how to shape the news to advance the fortunes of [[Barack Obama]], but coordinated with the Obama campaign. [[Jared Bernstein]]’s position as an unpaid adviser and surrogate shows that there was at least one direct link between JournoList and the Obama campaign.
  
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:''Bernstein’s serving on the Economic Advisory Panel of the CBO  appears to violate Ezra Klein’s first rule for JournoList:''
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:''Bernstein’s serving on the Economic Advisory Panel of the CBO  appears to violate [[Ezra Klein]]’s first rule for JournoList:''
  
 
:''At the beginning, I set two rules for the membership. The first was the easy one: No one who worked for the government in any capacity could join.''
 
:''At the beginning, I set two rules for the membership. The first was the easy one: No one who worked for the government in any capacity could join.''
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A commenter notes another Obama official who was on the JournoList. Reader “Hydrangea” wonders why “people keep forgetting that Peter Orszag was also a Journolister.” Orszag is President Obama’s Office of Management and Budget Director.
 
A commenter notes another Obama official who was on the JournoList. Reader “Hydrangea” wonders why “people keep forgetting that Peter Orszag was also a Journolister.” Orszag is President Obama’s Office of Management and Budget Director.
  
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In March of 2009, Ezra Klein wrote:
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In March of 2009, [[Ezra Klein]] wrote:
  
 
:''“Journolist is meant to serve a very specific purpose that’s actually related to my experience building this blog. The work of this site has always been to illuminate standard political reporting with expert policy commentary. In that, I’ve been helped by the many experts who have adopted the medium as their own: [[Mark Thoma]], [[Brad DeLong]], [[Paul Krugman]], [[Matthew Holt]], [[Peter Orszag]], [[Andrew Gelman]], [[Larry Bartels]], [[Dani Rodrik]], [[John Sides]], among others. As a journalist, it’s hard to always know who to call or which questions to ask. The joy of those blogs is that I don’t have to guess what experts think is important: They simply explain what they think is important and I can use, or follow-up on, the information.?''”"
 
:''“Journolist is meant to serve a very specific purpose that’s actually related to my experience building this blog. The work of this site has always been to illuminate standard political reporting with expert policy commentary. In that, I’ve been helped by the many experts who have adopted the medium as their own: [[Mark Thoma]], [[Brad DeLong]], [[Paul Krugman]], [[Matthew Holt]], [[Peter Orszag]], [[Andrew Gelman]], [[Larry Bartels]], [[Dani Rodrik]], [[John Sides]], among others. As a journalist, it’s hard to always know who to call or which questions to ask. The joy of those blogs is that I don’t have to guess what experts think is important: They simply explain what they think is important and I can use, or follow-up on, the information.?''”"
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#[[Ben Adler]] – [[Newsweek]], [[POLITICO]]
 
#[[Ben Adler]] – [[Newsweek]], [[POLITICO]]
 
#[[Mike Allen]] – [[POLITICO]]
 
#[[Mike Allen]] – [[POLITICO]]
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*[[Eric Alterman]] – [[The Nation]], [[Media Matters for America]] - possibly a former [[Guardian Associate]] and possible writer for the Maoist-oriented [[Guardian]], September 1989-1990's<ref>[[Guardian]], September 13, 1989, list of Staff, Contributors & Guardian Associates</ref> ; Also, 2010, writer for [[The Nation]] magazine; [[Professor]] of Journalism, [[City University of New York]] -POLITICO op. cit. An [[Eric Alterman]] is listed as the "Circulation Director" for the ''"Guardian"'' in the issue of June 17, 1987, p. 19 as well as in the December 9, 1987 issue, p. 19.
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#[[Eric Alterman]] – [[The Nation]], [[Media Matters for America]] - possibly a former [[Guardian Associate]] and possible writer for the Maoist-oriented [[Guardian]], September 1989-1990's<ref>[[Guardian]], September 13, 1989, list of Staff, Contributors & Guardian Associates</ref> ; Also, 2010, writer for [[The Nation]] magazine; [[Professor]] of Journalism, [[City University of New York]] -POLITICO op. cit. An [[Eric Alterman]] is listed as the "Circulation Director" for the ''"Guardian"'' in the issue of June 17, 1987, p. 19 as well as in the December 9, 1987 issue, p. 19.
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*[[Marc Ambinder]] – [[The Atlantic]]
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#[[Marc Ambinder]] – [[The Atlantic]]
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*[[Greg Anrig]] – [[The Century Foundation]]
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#[[Greg Anrig]] – [[The Century Foundation]]
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*[[Ryan Avent]] – [[Economist]]
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#[[Ryan Avent]] – [[Economist]]<ref name=dc7-26/>
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*[[Dean Baker]] – [[The American Prospect]]
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#[[Dean Baker]] – [[The American Prospect]]
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*[[Nick Baumann]] – [[Mother Jones]]
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#[[Nick Baumann]] – [[Mother Jones]]
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*[[Josh Bearman]] – [[LA Weekly]]
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#[[Josh Bearman]] – [[LA Weekly]]
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*[[Steven Benen]] – [[The Carpetbagger Report]]
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#[[Steven Benen]] – [[The Carpetbagger Report]]
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*[[Jared Bernstein]] – [[Economic Policy Institute]]  
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#[[Jared Bernstein]] – [[Economic Policy Institute]]  
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*[[Michael Berube]] – [[Crooked Timber]] (blog), Pennsylvania State University
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#[[Michael Berube]] – [[Crooked Timber]] (blog), Pennsylvania State University
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*[[Lindsay Beyerstein]] – [[Focal Point]] (blog) (formerly [[Majikthise]])
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#[[Lindsay Beyerstein]] – [[Focal Point]] (blog) (formerly [[Majikthise]])
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*[[Joel Bleifuss]] – [[In These Times]]
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#[[Joel Bleifuss]] – [[In These Times]]
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*[[John Blevins]] – South Texas College of Law
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#[[John Blevins]] – South Texas College of Law
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*[[Sam Boyd]] – [[The American Prospect]]
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#[[Sam Boyd]] – [[The American Prospect]]
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*[[Rich Byrne]] – Playwright and freelancer
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#[[Rich Byrne]] – Playwright and freelancer
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*[[Ta-Nehisi Coates]] – [[The Atlantic]]
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#[[Ta-Nehisi Coates]] – [[The Atlantic]]
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*[[Jonathan Chait]] – [[The New Republic]]
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#[[Jonathan Chait]] – [[The New Republic]]
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*[[Lakshmi Chaudry]] – [[In These Times]]
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#[[Lakshmi Chaudhry]] – [[In These Times]]
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*[[Isaac Chotiner]] – [[The New Republic]]
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#[[Isaac Chotiner]] – [[The New Republic]]
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*[[Michael Cohen]] – [[New America Foundation]]
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#[[Michael Cohen]] – [[New America Foundation]]
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*[[Jonathan Cohn]] – [[The New Republic]]
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#[[Jonathan Cohn]] – [[The New Republic]]
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*[[Joe Conason]] – [[The New York Observer]]
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#[[Joe Conason]] – [[The New York Observer]]
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*[[David Corn]] – [[Mother Jones]]
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#[[David Corn]] – [[Mother Jones]]
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*[[Daniel Davies]] – [[The Guardian]]
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#[[Daniel Davies]] – [[The Guardian]]
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*[[David Dayen]] – [[FireDogLake]]
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#[[David Dayen]] – [[FireDogLake]]
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*[[Brad DeLong]] – [[The Economists’ Voice]], University of California at Berkley
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#[[Brad DeLong]] – [[The Economists’ Voice]], University of California at Berkley
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*[[Ryan Donmoyer]] – [[Bloomberg]]
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#[[Ryan Donmoyer]] – [[Bloomberg]]
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*[[Kevin Drum]] – [[Washington Monthly]]
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#[[Kevin Drum]] – [[Washington Monthly]]
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*[[Matt Duss]] – [[Center for American Progress]]
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#[[Matt Duss]] – [[Center for American Progress]]
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*[[Eve Fairbanks]] – [[The New Republic]]
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#[[Eve Fairbanks]] – [[The New Republic]]
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*[[Henry Farrell]] – George Washington University
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#[[Henry Farrell]] – George Washington University
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*[[Tim Fernholz]] – [[American Prospect]]
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#[[Tim Fernholz]] – [[American Prospect]]
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*[[James Galbraith]] – University of Texas at Austin  
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#[[James Galbraith]] – University of Texas at Austin  
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*[[Todd Gitlin]] – Columbia University, former leader of [[SDS]] [[Students for a Democratic Society]], longtime [[Professor]] of Journalism, [[New York University]]  
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#[[Todd Gitlin]] – Columbia University, former leader of [[SDS]] [[Students for a Democratic Society]], longtime [[Professor]] of Journalism, [[New York University]]  
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*[[Ilan Goldenberg]] – [[National Security Network]]
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#[[Ilan Goldenberg]] – [[National Security Network]]
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*[[Dana Goldstein]] – [[The Daily Beast]]
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#[[Dana Goldstein]] – [[The Daily Beast]]
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*[[Merrill Goozner]] – [[Chicago Tribune]]
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#[[Merrill Goozner]] – [[Chicago Tribune]]
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*[[David Greenberg]] – [[Slate]]
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#[[David Greenberg]] – [[Slate]]
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*[[Robert Greenwald]] – [[Brave New Films]]
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#[[Robert Greenwald]] – [[Brave New Films]]
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*[[Christopher Hayes]] – [[The Nation]]
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#[[Christopher Hayes]] – [[The Nation]]
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*[[Don Hazen]] – [[Alternet]]
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#[[Don Hazen]] – [[Alternet]]
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*[[Michael Hirsh]] – [[Newsweek]]
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#[[Michael Hirsh]] – [[Newsweek]]
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*[[John Judis]] – [[The New Republic]], [[The American Prospect]]
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#[[John Judis]] – [[The New Republic]], [[The American Prospect]]
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*[[Michael Kazin]] – Georgetown University  
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#[[Michael Kazin]] – Georgetown University  
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*[[Ed Kilgore]] – Democratic Stategist
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#[[Ed Kilgore]] – Democratic Stategist
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*[[Richard Kim]] – [[The Nation]]
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#[[Richard Kim]] – [[The Nation]]
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*[[Mark Kleiman]] – [[The Reality Based Community]]
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#[[Mark Kleiman]] – [[The Reality Based Community]]
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*[[Ezra Klein]] – [[Washington Post]], [[Newsweek]], [[The American Prospect]], 2010 Business Section columnist, [[Washington Post]]; [[American Prospect blogger]]; formed [[JournoList, February, 2007}<ref>[[POLITICO]], "JournoList: Inside the echo chamber", Michael Calderone, March 17, 2009</ref>
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#[[Ezra Klein]] – [[Washington Post]], [[Newsweek]], [[The American Prospect]], 2010 Business Section columnist, [[Washington Post]]; [[American Prospect blogger]]; formed [[JournoList, February, 2007}<ref>[[POLITICO]], "JournoList: Inside the echo chamber", Michael Calderone, March 17, 2009</ref>
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*[[Joe Klein]] – [[TIME]] columnist
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#[[Joe Klein]] – [[TIME]] columnist
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*[[Paul Krugman]] – [[The New York Times]], Princeton University, economics, world affairs, and [[Pulitzer Prize]] winner (neo-marxist)
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#[[Paul Krugman]] – [[The New York Times]], Princeton University, economics, world affairs, and [[Pulitzer Prize]] winner (neo-marxist)
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*[[Lisa Lerer]] – [[POLITICO]]
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#[[Lisa Lerer]] – [[POLITICO]]
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*[[Daniel Levy]] – [[Century Foundation]]
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#[[Daniel Levy]] – [[Century Foundation]]
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*[[Alec McGillis]] – [[Washington Post]]
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#[[Alec McGillis]] – [[Washington Post]]
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*[[Scott McLemee]] – [[Inside Higher Ed]]
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#[[Scott McLemee]] – [[Inside Higher Ed]]
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*[[Ari Melber]] – [[The Nation]]
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#[[Ari Melber]] – [[The Nation]]<ref name=dc7-26>[http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/26/journolist-debates-making-its-coordination-with-obama-explicit/ Daily Caller: ''Journolisters debate making coordination with Obama explicit'', July 26, 2010] (accessed on August 13, 2010)</ref>
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*[[Seth Michaels]] – [[MyDD.com]]
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#[[Seth Michaels]] – [[MyDD.com]]
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*[[Luke Mitchell]] – [[Harper’s Magazine]]
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#[[Luke Mitchell]] – [[Harper’s Magazine]]<ref name=dc7-26/>
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*[[Gautham Nagesh]] – [[The Hill]], [[Daily Caller]]
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#[[Gautham Nagesh]] – [[The Hill]], [[Daily Caller]]
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*[[Suzanne Nossel]] – [[Human Rights Watch]]
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#[[Suzanne Nossel]] – [[Human Rights Watch]]
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*[[Michael O’Hare]] – University of California, Berkeley
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#[[Michael O’Hare]] – University of California, Berkeley
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*[[Rick Perlstein]] – Author, [[Campaign for America’s Future]]
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#[[Rick Perlstein]] – Author, [[Campaign for America’s Future]]
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*[[Harold Pollack]] – University of Chicago
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#[[Harold Pollack]] – University of Chicago
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*[[Foster Kamer]] – [[The Village Voice]]
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#[[Foster Kamer]] – [[The Village Voice]]
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*[[Katha Pollitt]] – [[The Nation]]
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#[[Katha Pollitt]] – [[The Nation]]
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*[[Ari Rabin-Havt]] – [[Media Matters]]
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#[[Ari Rabin-Havt]] – [[Media Matters]]
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*[[David Roberts]] – [[Grist]]
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#[[David Roberts]] – [[Grist]]
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*[[Alyssa Rosenberg]] – [[Washingtonian]], [[The Atlantic]], Government Executive
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#[[Alyssa Rosenberg]] – [[Washingtonian]], [[The Atlantic]], Government Executive
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*[[Alex Rossmiller]] – [[National Security Network]]
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#[[Alex Rossmiller]] – [[National Security Network]]
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*[[Laura Rozen]] – [[Politico]], [[Mother Jones]]
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#[[Laura Rozen]] – [[Politico]], [[Mother Jones]]
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*[[Greg Sargent]] – [[Washington Post]]
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#[[Greg Sargent]] – [[Washington Post]]
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*[[Noam Scheiber]] – [[The New Republic]]
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#[[Noam Scheiber]] – [[The New Republic]]
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*[[Michael Scherer]] – [[TIME]]
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#[[Michael Scherer]] – [[TIME]]
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*[[Mark Schmitt]] – [[The American Prospect]]
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#[[Mark Schmitt]] – [[The American Prospect]]
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*[[Adam Serwer]] – [[The American Prospect]]
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#[[Adam Serwer]] – [[The American Prospect]]
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*[[Thomas Schaller]] – [[Baltimore Sun]](columnist), University of Maryland, Baltimore County (professor), [[FiveThirtyEight.com]] (contributing writer)
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#[[Thomas Schaller]] – [[Baltimore Sun]](columnist), University of Maryland, Baltimore County (professor), [[FiveThirtyEight.com]] (contributing writer)
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*[[Julie Bergman Sender]] – [[Balcony Films]]
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#[[Julie Bergman Sender]] – [[Balcony Films]]
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*[[Walter Shapiro]] – [[PoliticsDaily.com]]
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#[[Walter Shapiro]] – [[PoliticsDaily.com]]
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*[[Nate Silver]] – FiveThirtyEight.com
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#[[Nate Silver]] – FiveThirtyEight.com
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*[[Jesse Singal]] – [[The Boston Globe]], [[Washington Monthly]]
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#[[Jesse Singal]] – [[The Boston Globe]], [[Washington Monthly]]
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*[[Ben Smith]] –  chief writer/columnist for the [[POLITICO]]
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#[[Ben Smith]] –  chief writer/columnist for the [[POLITICO]]
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*[[Sarah Spitz]] – NPR
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#[[Sarah Spitz]] – NPR
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*[[Adele Stan]] – [[The Media Consortium]]
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#[[Adele Stan]] – [[The Media Consortium]]<ref name=dc7-26/>
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*[[Kate Steadman]] – [[Kaiser Health News]]
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#[[Kate Steadman]] – [[Kaiser Health News]]
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*[[Jonathan Stein]] – [[Mother Jones]]
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#[[Jonathan Stein]] – [[Mother Jones]]
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*[[Sam Stein]] – [[The Huffington Post]]
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#[[Sam Stein]] – [[The Huffington Post]]
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*[[Jesse Taylor]] – [[Pandagon.net]]
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#[[Jesse Taylor]] – [[Pandagon.net]]
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*[[Steven Teles]] – Yale University
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#[[Steven Teles]] – Yale University
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*[[Mark Thoma]] – [[The Economist’s View]] (blog), University of Oregon (professor)
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#[[Mark Thoma]] – [[The Economist’s View]] (blog), University of Oregon (professor)
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*[[Michael Tomasky]] – [[The Guardian]]
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#[[Michael Tomasky]] – [[The Guardian]]<ref name=dc7-26/>
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*[[Jeffrey Toobin]] – CNN, [[The New Yorke]]r, writer for [[The New Yorker]] magazine - [[POLITICO]]
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#[[Jeffrey Toobin]] – CNN, [[The New Yorke]]r, writer for [[The New Yorker]] magazine - [[POLITICO]]
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*[[Rebecca Traister]] – [[Salon]] (columnist)
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#[[Rebecca Traister]] – [[Salon]] (columnist)<ref name=dc7-26/>
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*[[Tracy Van Slyke]] – [[The Media Consortium]]
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#[[Tracy Van Slyke]] – [[The Media Consortium]]
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*[[Dave Weigel]] – [[Washington Post]], [[MSNBC]], [[The Washington Independent]]
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#[[Dave Weigel]] – [[Washington Post]], [[MSNBC]], [[The Washington Independent]]
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*[[Moira Whelan]] – [[National Security Network]]
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#[[Moira Whelan]] – [[National Security Network]]
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*[[Scott Winship]] – [[Pew Economic Mobility Project]]
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#[[Scott Winship]] – [[Pew Economic Mobility Project]]
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*[[Kai Wright]] – [[The Root]]
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#[[Kai Wright]] – [[The Root]]
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*[[Holly Yeager]] – [[Columbia Journalism Review]]
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#[[Holly Yeager]] – [[Columbia Journalism Review]]
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*[[Rich Yeselson]] – [[Change to Win]]
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#[[Rich Yeselson]] – [[Change to Win]]
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*[[Matthew Yglesias]] – [[Center for American Progress]], [[The Atlantic Monthly]], blogger, [[POLITICO]]  
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#[[Matthew Yglesias]] – [[Center for American Progress]], [[The Atlantic Monthly]], blogger, [[POLITICO]]  
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*[[Jonathan Zasloff]] – UCLA
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#[[Jonathan Zasloff]] – UCLA
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*[[Julian Zelizer]] – Princeton professor and [[CNN]] contributor
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#[[Julian Zelizer]] – Princeton professor and [[CNN]] contributor
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*[[Avi Zenilman]] – [[POLITICO]]
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#[[Avi Zenilman]] – [[POLITICO]]
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*[[David Brock]] - Founder of [[Media Matters]]
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#[[David Brock]] - Founder of [[Media Matters]]
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*[[Megan Carpentier]] - Associate Editor at TPM Media  
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#[[Megan Carpentier]] - Associate Editor at TPM Media  
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*[[Andrew Gelman]] - Professor of statistics and political science and director of the Applied Statistics Center at Columbia University
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#[[Andrew Gelman]] - Professor of statistics and political science and director of the Applied Statistics Center at Columbia University
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*[[Peter Orszag]] - White House Budget Director
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#[[Peter Orszag]] - White House Budget Director
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*[[Dani Rodrik]] - Rafiq Hariri Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
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#[[Dani Rodrik]] - Rafiq Hariri Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
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*[[John Sides]] - Assistant Professor in the  Department of Political Science  at  George Washington University.
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#[[John Sides]] - Assistant Professor in the  Department of Political Science  at  George Washington University.
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*[[Thomas Adcock]] - [[New York Law Journal]]
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#[[Thomas Adcock]] - [[New York Law Journal]]
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*[[Brian Beutler]] - [[The Media Consortium]]
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#[[Brian Beutler]] - [[The Media Consortium]]
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*[[Shannon Brownlee]] - Author, [[New America Foundation]]
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#[[Shannon Brownlee]] - Author, [[New America Foundation]]
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*[[Lark Corbeil]] - Public News Service
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#[[Lark Corbeil]] - Public News Service
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#[[Adam Doster]] - [[In These Times]]
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#[[Gerald Dworkin]] - UC Davis
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#[[Kathleen Geier]] - [[Talking Points Memo]], wife of [[Rick Perlstein]]
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#[[Arthur Goldhammer]] - Harvard University
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#[[Jaana Goodrich]] - Blogger
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#[[James Johnson]] - University of Rochester
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#[[Foster Kamer]] - [[The Village Voice]]
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#[[Charlie Kireker]] - [[Air America Media]]
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#[[Robert Kuttner]] - [[American Prospect]], [[Economic Policy Institute]]
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#[[Ralph Luker]] - [[Cliopatria]]
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#[[Robert Mackey]] - New York Times
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#[[Maggie Mahar]] - [[The Century Foundation]]
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#[[Dylan Matthews]] - Harvard University
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#[[Sara Mead]] - [[New America Foundation]]
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#[[Rodger Payne]] - University of Louisville
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#[[Nico Pitney]] - [[Huffington Post]]
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#[[Joy-Ann Reid]] - South Florida Times
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#[[Lamar Robertson]] - [[Partnership for Public Service]]
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#[[Rinku Sen]] - [[ColorLines]] Magazine
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#[[Matthew Shugart]] - UC San Diego
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#[[Paul Starr]] - [[The Atlantic]]
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#[[Matt Steinglass]] - Deutsche Presse-Agentur
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#[[Paul Waldman]] - Author, [[The American Prospect]]
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#[[J. Harry Wray]] - DePaul University
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#[[D. Brad Wright]] - University of NC at Chapel Hill
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#[[Ari Berman]] - [[The Nation]]
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#[[Dan Froomkin]] - [[Huffington Post]], [[Washington Post]]
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#[[Andrew Golis]] - [[Talking Points Memo]]
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#[[Annie Lowrey]] - [[Washington Independent]]
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#[[Mike Madden]] - [[Salon]]
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#[[Michael Roston]] - [[Newsbroke]]
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#[[Felix Salmon]] - [[Reuters]]
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#[[Kate Sheppard]] - [[Mother Jones]] 
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#[[James Surowiecki]] - [[The New Yorker]]
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#[[Ben Brandzel]] – [[MoveOn.org]], John Edwards Campaign
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#[[Josh Orton]] – [[MyDD.com]], [[Air America Media]]
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#[[Sara Robinson]] – [[Campaign For America’s Future]]
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#[[Ann-Marie Slaughter]] – Princeton University
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#[[Amanda Marcotte]] - Pandagon.net
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#[[Karen Tumulty]] - Washington Post, TIME
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#[[Kevin Carey]] - Education Sector
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#[[James Fallows]] - The Atlantic
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===Named in 2013===
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*[[Larry Bartels]] - [[The American Prospect]], [[Salon]], Princeton University
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*[[Adam Blickstein]] - [[Real Clear Politics]], [[Huffington Post]]
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*[[Eric Boehlert]] - [[Media Matters]]
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*[[Hilary Bok]] - Johns Hopkins University
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*[[Kevin Carey]] - Education Sector
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*[[Steve Clemons]] - [[The Atlantic]], [[Huffington Post]]
 
*[[Adam Doster]] - [[In These Times]]
 
*[[Adam Doster]] - [[In These Times]]
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*[[Gerald Dworkin]] - UC Davis
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*[[Justin Elliott]] - [[Salon]]
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*[[Kathleen Geier]] - [[Talking Points Memo]], wife of [[Rick Perlstein]]
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*[[Jason Furman]] - [[Brookings Institution]]
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*[[Arthur Goldhammer]] - Harvard University
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*[[Jeet Heer]] - Canadian Journolist
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*[[Jaana Goodrich]] - Blogger
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*[[Jeff Hauser]] - Political Action Committee, Dennis Shulman Campaign
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*[[James Johnson]] - University of Rochester
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*[[Simon Lazarus]] - [[Slate]], [[Huffington Pos]]t
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*[[Foster Kamer]] - [[The Village Voice]]
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*[[Sarah Posner]] - [[The Nation]], [[Salon]], [[The Guardian]]  
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*[[Charlie Kireker]] - [[Air America Media]]
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*[[Linda Perlstein]] - [[Slate]]  
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*[[Robert Kuttner]] - [[American Prospect]], [[Economic Policy Institute]]
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*[[Eli Sanders]] - [[The Stranger]], [[New York Times]]  
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*[[Ralph Luker]] - [[Cliopatria]]
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*[[Benjy Sarlin]] - [[The Daily Beast]]  
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*[[Robert Mackey]] - New York Times
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*[[Micah Sifry]] - [[Sunlight Foundation]], [[Personal Democracy Forum]]  
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*[[Maggie Mahar]] - [[The Century Foundation]]
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*[[Russ Wellen]] - [[Focal Points Blog]], [[Huffington Post]]  
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*[[Dylan Matthews]] - Harvard University
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*[[Rachel Weiner]] - [[Washington Post]], [[Huffington Post]]  
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*[[Sara Mead]] - [[New America Foundation]]
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*[[Ben Williams]] - [[New York Magazine]]<ref>[http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3034205/postsFree Republic, JournoList: 173 Names Confirmed w/ Organizations (FR Exclusive) 06/21/2013 | BuckeyeTexan</ref>
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*[[Rodger Payne]] - University of Louisville
 
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*[[Nico Pitney]] - [[Huffington Post]]
 
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*[[Joy-Ann Reid]] - South Florida Times
 
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*[[Lamar Robertson]] - [[Partnership for Public Service]]
 
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*[[Rinku Sen]] - [[ColorLines]] Magazine
 
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*[[Matthew Shugart]] - UC San Diego
 
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*[[Paul Starr]] - [[The Atlantic]]
 
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*[[Matt Steinglass]] - Deutsche Presse-Agentur
 
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*[[Paul Waldman]] - Author, [[The American Prospect]]
 
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*[[J. Harry Wray]] - DePaul University
 
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*[[D. Brad Wright]] - University of NC at Chapel Hill
 
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*[[Ari Berman]] - [[The Nation]]
 
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*[[Dan Froomkin]] - [[Huffington Post]], [[Washington Post]]
 
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*[[Andrew Golis]] - [[Talking Points Memo]]
 
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*[[Annie Lowrey]] - [[Washington Independent]]
 
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*[[Mike Madden]] - [[Salon]]
 
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*[[Michael Roston]] - [[Newsbroke]]
 
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*[[Felix Salmon]] - [[Reuters]]
 
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*[[Kate Sheppard]] - [[Mother Jones]] 
 
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*[[James Surowiecki]] - [[The New Yorker]]
 
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*[[Ben Brandzel]] – [[MoveOn.org]], John Edwards Campaign
 
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*[[Josh Orton]] – [[MyDD.com]], [[Air America Media]]
 
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*[[Sara Robinson]] – [[Campaign For America’s Future]]
 
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*[[Ann-Marie Slaughter]] – Princeton University
 
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===Alleged Members===
 
===Alleged Members===
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The following have been listed as members of Journolist, but have subsequently denied membership:
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The following have been listed as members of [[JournoList]], but have subsequently denied membership:
 
*[[Cenk Uygur]] – [[The Young Turks]]
 
*[[Cenk Uygur]] – [[The Young Turks]]
 
*[[Will Bunch]] - Philadelphia Daily News
 
*[[Will Bunch]] - Philadelphia Daily News
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==Not to be confused with...==
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JournoList should not be confused with another completely separate organization, (still in operation), [http://www.johnmorrish.com/journolist/ Journolist: The Internet for journalists], run by [http://www.johnmorrish.com/ John Morish] of the United Kingdom.
  
 
==References==
 
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Latest revision as of 18:48, 27 May 2023

JournoList was a ListServ (email group) of approximately 400 "progressive" and socialist journalists, academics and "new media" activists. JournoList members reportedly coordinated their messages in favor of Barack Obama and the Democratic Party, and against Sarah Palin and the Republican Party. JournoList was founded in 2007 and was closed down in early 2010.[1]

Obama Administration connections

Pajamas Media commentator Ed Driscoll commented on Journolist's connections to the Obama Administration in a July 25, 2010 column:[2]

Jared Bernstein, chief economist for Vice President Joe Biden, served in 2008 as an economic adviser to the Obama campaign. At the same time, he was a member of JournoList, the controversial progressive email list.
Bernstein’s bio at Politico, which appears not to have been updated since 2008, states: “He is an economic adviser to the Obama campaign.”
He was known to many for his regular appearances on the financial channel CNBC. His primary employer in 2008 was the Economic Policy Institute, a pro-labor progressive think tank, but according to his bio when appointed to the Obama-Biden Administration, he also was a member of the Panel of Economic Advisers of the Congressional Budget Office.
Reached today at the Office of the Vice President, Bernstein revealed that his position with the Obama campaign was as something called a “surrogate.” “I was not paid by the campaign,” he explained. “They would call me from time to time to represent their positions, that side of the debate.”
Asked when he left JournoList, Bernstein replied, ‘‘I think I left the list around the time I came here.” Bernstein was announced as Chief Economist and Economic Policy Adviser to the Vice President-elect on December 8, 2008.

One question that has arisen is how closely JournoList members, not only discussed how to shape the news to advance the fortunes of Barack Obama, but coordinated with the Obama campaign. Jared Bernstein’s position as an unpaid adviser and surrogate shows that there was at least one direct link between JournoList and the Obama campaign.

Bernstein’s serving on the Economic Advisory Panel of the CBO appears to violate Ezra Klein’s first rule for JournoList:
At the beginning, I set two rules for the membership. The first was the easy one: No one who worked for the government in any capacity could join.
It would appear that Bernstein’s presence on the list violated Klein’s first rule, since he met the test of working “for the government in any capacity.”
Official campaign, non-official campaign — close enough for (literally in this case) government work.

A commenter notes another Obama official who was on the JournoList. Reader “Hydrangea” wonders why “people keep forgetting that Peter Orszag was also a Journolister.” Orszag is President Obama’s Office of Management and Budget Director.

In March of 2009, Ezra Klein wrote:

“Journolist is meant to serve a very specific purpose that’s actually related to my experience building this blog. The work of this site has always been to illuminate standard political reporting with expert policy commentary. In that, I’ve been helped by the many experts who have adopted the medium as their own: Mark Thoma, Brad DeLong, Paul Krugman, Matthew Holt, Peter Orszag, Andrew Gelman, Larry Bartels, Dani Rodrik, John Sides, among others. As a journalist, it’s hard to always know who to call or which questions to ask. The joy of those blogs is that I don’t have to guess what experts think is important: They simply explain what they think is important and I can use, or follow-up on, the information.?”"

Update: Ezra is now denying that Orszag was on the JournoList. So release the full list of members, and let us know who was. Shouldn’t President Obama’s “Non-Official Campaign” staff be even more open and transparent than the administration that it continues to serve?

High powered help

Of those listed by Ezra Klein above;

  • Larry Bartels, Donald E. Stokes Professor of Public and International Affairs, Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Director, Center for the Study of Democratic Politics, Princeton University.
  • Brad DeLong, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley
  • Andrew Gelman, Professor of statistics and political science and director of the Applied Statistics Center at Columbia University
  • Matthew Holt, Health care strategist
  • Paul Krugman, Professor of Economics and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University
  • Peter Orszag, Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Barack Obama
  • Dani Rodrik, Rafiq Hariri Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
  • John Sides, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at George Washington University
  • Mark Thoma, Professor of Economics Department of Economics · University of Oregon

Reported members

The following names, are reported members of the now-defunct JournoList listserv:[3]

  1. Spencer Ackerman – Wired, FireDogLake, Washington Independent, Talking Points Memo, The American Prospect
  2. Ben Adler – Newsweek, POLITICO
  3. Mike Allen – POLITICO
  4. Eric Alterman – The Nation, Media Matters for America - possibly a former Guardian Associate and possible writer for the Maoist-oriented Guardian, September 1989-1990's[4] ; Also, 2010, writer for The Nation magazine; Professor of Journalism, City University of New York -POLITICO op. cit. An Eric Alterman is listed as the "Circulation Director" for the "Guardian" in the issue of June 17, 1987, p. 19 as well as in the December 9, 1987 issue, p. 19.
  5. Marc Ambinder – The Atlantic
  6. Greg Anrig – The Century Foundation
  7. Ryan Avent – Economist[5]
  8. Dean Baker – The American Prospect
  9. Nick Baumann – Mother Jones
  10. Josh Bearman – LA Weekly
  11. Steven Benen – The Carpetbagger Report
  12. Jared Bernstein – Economic Policy Institute
  13. Michael Berube – Crooked Timber (blog), Pennsylvania State University
  14. Lindsay Beyerstein – Focal Point (blog) (formerly Majikthise)
  15. Joel Bleifuss – In These Times
  16. John Blevins – South Texas College of Law
  17. Sam Boyd – The American Prospect
  18. Rich Byrne – Playwright and freelancer
  19. Ta-Nehisi Coates – The Atlantic
  20. Jonathan Chait – The New Republic
  21. Lakshmi Chaudhry – In These Times
  22. Isaac Chotiner – The New Republic
  23. Michael Cohen – New America Foundation
  24. Jonathan Cohn – The New Republic
  25. Joe Conason – The New York Observer
  26. David Corn – Mother Jones
  27. Daniel Davies – The Guardian
  28. David Dayen – FireDogLake
  29. Brad DeLong – The Economists’ Voice, University of California at Berkley
  30. Ryan Donmoyer – Bloomberg
  31. Kevin Drum – Washington Monthly
  32. Matt Duss – Center for American Progress
  33. Eve Fairbanks – The New Republic
  34. Henry Farrell – George Washington University
  35. Tim Fernholz – American Prospect
  36. James Galbraith – University of Texas at Austin
  37. Todd Gitlin – Columbia University, former leader of SDS Students for a Democratic Society, longtime Professor of Journalism, New York University
  38. Ilan Goldenberg – National Security Network
  39. Dana Goldstein – The Daily Beast
  40. Merrill Goozner – Chicago Tribune
  41. David Greenberg – Slate
  42. Robert Greenwald – Brave New Films
  43. Christopher Hayes – The Nation
  44. Don Hazen – Alternet
  45. Michael Hirsh – Newsweek
  46. John Judis – The New Republic, The American Prospect
  47. Michael Kazin – Georgetown University
  48. Ed Kilgore – Democratic Stategist
  49. Richard Kim – The Nation
  50. Mark Kleiman – The Reality Based Community
  51. Ezra Klein – Washington Post, Newsweek, The American Prospect, 2010 Business Section columnist, Washington Post; American Prospect blogger; formed [[JournoList, February, 2007}[6]
  52. Joe Klein – TIME columnist
  53. Paul Krugman – The New York Times, Princeton University, economics, world affairs, and Pulitzer Prize winner (neo-marxist)
  54. Lisa Lerer – POLITICO
  55. Daniel Levy – Century Foundation
  56. Alec McGillis – Washington Post
  57. Scott McLemee – Inside Higher Ed
  58. Ari Melber – The Nation[5]
  59. Seth Michaels – MyDD.com
  60. Luke Mitchell – Harper’s Magazine[5]
  61. Gautham Nagesh – The Hill, Daily Caller
  62. Suzanne Nossel – Human Rights Watch
  63. Michael O’Hare – University of California, Berkeley
  64. Rick Perlstein – Author, Campaign for America’s Future
  65. Harold Pollack – University of Chicago
  66. Foster Kamer – The Village Voice
  67. Katha Pollitt – The Nation
  68. Ari Rabin-Havt – Media Matters
  69. David Roberts – Grist
  70. Alyssa Rosenberg – Washingtonian, The Atlantic, Government Executive
  71. Alex Rossmiller – National Security Network
  72. Laura Rozen – Politico, Mother Jones
  73. Greg Sargent – Washington Post
  74. Noam Scheiber – The New Republic
  75. Michael Scherer – TIME
  76. Mark Schmitt – The American Prospect
  77. Adam Serwer – The American Prospect
  78. Thomas Schaller – Baltimore Sun(columnist), University of Maryland, Baltimore County (professor), FiveThirtyEight.com (contributing writer)
  79. Julie Bergman Sender – Balcony Films
  80. Walter Shapiro – PoliticsDaily.com
  81. Nate Silver – FiveThirtyEight.com
  82. Jesse Singal – The Boston Globe, Washington Monthly
  83. Ben Smith – chief writer/columnist for the POLITICO
  84. Sarah Spitz – NPR
  85. Adele Stan – The Media Consortium[5]
  86. Kate Steadman – Kaiser Health News
  87. Jonathan Stein – Mother Jones
  88. Sam Stein – The Huffington Post
  89. Jesse Taylor – Pandagon.net
  90. Steven Teles – Yale University
  91. Mark Thoma – The Economist’s View (blog), University of Oregon (professor)
  92. Michael Tomasky – The Guardian[5]
  93. Jeffrey Toobin – CNN, The New Yorker, writer for The New Yorker magazine - POLITICO
  94. Rebecca Traister – Salon (columnist)[5]
  95. Tracy Van Slyke – The Media Consortium
  96. Dave Weigel – Washington Post, MSNBC, The Washington Independent
  97. Moira Whelan – National Security Network
  98. Scott Winship – Pew Economic Mobility Project
  99. Kai Wright – The Root
  100. Holly Yeager – Columbia Journalism Review
  101. Rich Yeselson – Change to Win
  102. Matthew Yglesias – Center for American Progress, The Atlantic Monthly, blogger, POLITICO
  103. Jonathan Zasloff – UCLA
  104. Julian Zelizer – Princeton professor and CNN contributor
  105. Avi Zenilman – POLITICO
  106. David Brock - Founder of Media Matters
  107. Megan Carpentier - Associate Editor at TPM Media
  108. Andrew Gelman - Professor of statistics and political science and director of the Applied Statistics Center at Columbia University
  109. Peter Orszag - White House Budget Director
  110. Dani Rodrik - Rafiq Hariri Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
  111. John Sides - Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at George Washington University.
  112. Thomas Adcock - New York Law Journal
  113. Brian Beutler - The Media Consortium
  114. Shannon Brownlee - Author, New America Foundation
  115. Lark Corbeil - Public News Service
  116. Adam Doster - In These Times
  117. Gerald Dworkin - UC Davis
  118. Kathleen Geier - Talking Points Memo, wife of Rick Perlstein
  119. Arthur Goldhammer - Harvard University
  120. Jaana Goodrich - Blogger
  121. James Johnson - University of Rochester
  122. Foster Kamer - The Village Voice
  123. Charlie Kireker - Air America Media
  124. Robert Kuttner - American Prospect, Economic Policy Institute
  125. Ralph Luker - Cliopatria
  126. Robert Mackey - New York Times
  127. Maggie Mahar - The Century Foundation
  128. Dylan Matthews - Harvard University
  129. Sara Mead - New America Foundation
  130. Rodger Payne - University of Louisville
  131. Nico Pitney - Huffington Post
  132. Joy-Ann Reid - South Florida Times
  133. Lamar Robertson - Partnership for Public Service
  134. Rinku Sen - ColorLines Magazine
  135. Matthew Shugart - UC San Diego
  136. Paul Starr - The Atlantic
  137. Matt Steinglass - Deutsche Presse-Agentur
  138. Paul Waldman - Author, The American Prospect
  139. J. Harry Wray - DePaul University
  140. D. Brad Wright - University of NC at Chapel Hill
  141. Ari Berman - The Nation
  142. Dan Froomkin - Huffington Post, Washington Post
  143. Andrew Golis - Talking Points Memo
  144. Annie Lowrey - Washington Independent
  145. Mike Madden - Salon
  146. Michael Roston - Newsbroke
  147. Felix Salmon - Reuters
  148. Kate Sheppard - Mother Jones
  149. James Surowiecki - The New Yorker
  150. Ben Brandzel – MoveOn.org, John Edwards Campaign
  151. Josh Orton – MyDD.com, Air America Media
  152. Sara Robinson – Campaign For America’s Future
  153. Ann-Marie Slaughter – Princeton University
  154. Amanda Marcotte - Pandagon.net
  155. Karen Tumulty - Washington Post, TIME
  156. Kevin Carey - Education Sector
  157. James Fallows - The Atlantic

Named in 2013

Alleged Members

The following have been listed as members of JournoList, but have subsequently denied membership:

Not to be confused with...

JournoList should not be confused with another completely separate organization, (still in operation), Journolist: The Internet for journalists, run by John Morish of the United Kingdom.

References

  1. ↑ New additions make for 107 Journolist names, Clarice Feldman, American Thinker, July 22, 2010
  2. ↑ Speaking of the JournoList acting as Obama’s ‘Non-Official Campaign’…, Ed Driscoll, Pajamas Media, July 22, 2010 (accessed on August 13, 2010)
  3. ↑ Free Republic: JournoList: 151 Names Confirmed (with News Organizations), July 30, 2010 (accessed August 2, 2010)
  4. ↑ Guardian, September 13, 1989, list of Staff, Contributors & Guardian Associates
  5. ↑ Jump up to: 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Daily Caller: Journolisters debate making coordination with Obama explicit, July 26, 2010 (accessed on August 13, 2010)
  6. ↑ POLITICO, "JournoList: Inside the echo chamber", Michael Calderone, March 17, 2009
  7. ↑ [http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3034205/postsFree Republic, JournoList: 173 Names Confirmed w/ Organizations (FR Exclusive) 06/21/2013 | BuckeyeTexan
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