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}}File:Senator Tim Wirth reading Roll Call.jpg|thumb|Senator Tim WirthTim WirthRoll 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

Roll Call was founded in 1955 by Sid Yudain, a press secretary to Congressman Al Morano (R-Conn.).NEWS, Bruce, Weber, Sid Yudain, 90, Dies; Created Congress's Community Newspaper,weblink The New York Times, 2013-10-26, 2013-11-17, NEWS, Matt, Schudel, Sid Yudain, founder of Roll Call, dies at 90,weblink The Washington Post, 2013-10-22, 2013-11-17, The inaugural issue of the newspaper was published on June 16, 1955, with an initial printing of 10,000 copies.NEWS, David, Rapp, Roll Call Founder Sid Yudain Dies at 90,weblink Roll Call, 2013-10-21, 2013-11-17, 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. Yudain continued to work as a columnist at Roll Call after the sale.The Economist Group acquired Roll Call in 1993.Levitt Set To Sell Stake In Roll Call; SEC Pick Said Talking With the Economist Roll Call merged with CQ in 2009 after the latter company was purchased by The Economist Group.The Guardian, "The Economist Group Buys Congressional Quarterly", July 22, 2009In July 2018, a deal was announced for CQ Roll Call to be acquired by FiscalNote.NEWS, Economist Group to sell CQ Roll Call to FiscalNote, Calderone, Michael, 2018-07-25, Politico,

Brand franchises

"Heard on the Hill"

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.NEWS, Gangitano, Alex, Lobbying Reporter,weblink 30 April 2019, The Hill, On 30 April 2019, Roll Call announced the current Heard on the Hill writing team of Clyde McGrady and Kathryn Lyons.WEB,weblink Meet Roll Call's New Heard on the Hill Reporters, McKinless, Thomas, 29 April 2019, Roll Call,

Congressional Baseball Game

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

• Kathryn Lyons, Heard on the Hill reporter
• Camila Dechalus, Immigration ReporterWEB,weblink Hurricane Maria, C-SPAN, en-us, 2019-09-01,
• Rebecca Adams, Senior EditorWEB,weblink Energy Legislation, Adams, Rebecca, C-SPAN, 19 November 2017,
• Megan Scully, Senior Editor
• Ed Timms, Investigations Editor
• Herb Jackson, Politics EditorNEWS,weblink Playbook PM: Trump heading to the border Thursday, Lippmann, Daniel, Politico,
• Jason Dick, Deputy Editor
• Lindsey Gilbert, Deputy Editor
• Lindsey McPherson, Senior WriterWEB, Scanlan, Bill, Research and Development Tax Credit Legislation,weblink C-SPAN, 19 November 2017, WEB, Swain, Susan, Newsmakers with Rep Mark Walker and Roll Call's Lindsey McPherson,weblink C-SPAN Newsmakers, 19 November 2017,
• Niels Lesniewski, Senior Writer
• John M. Donnelly, Senior Writer
• Jennifer Shutt, Budget and Appropriations Reporter
• Bridget Bowman, Politics Reporter
• Simone Pathé, Politics Reporter
• Stephanie Akin, Politics Reporter
• Kate Ackley, Lobbying ReporterNEWS,weblink The Rise of Women Political Donors in the Age of Trump, Ackley, Kate, 23 October 2017, Congressional Quarterly, CQ, 18 Nov 2017,

Notable Roll Call alumni

• 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 ReportingNEWS,weblink The DNC Email Leak Has a Viral Hero: Pablo, Malone Kircher, Madison, 25 July 2016, 19 November 2017, New York (magazine), New York, NEWS,weblink Politics Working at the DNC Sounds Very Cool (Except Not at All), Moore, Jack, 24 July 2016, 19 November 2017, GQ, NEWS,weblink What to expect when a WikiLeaks dump turns you into an Internet folk hero, Ohlheiser, Abby, The Washington Post, 19 November 2017,
• 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 PoliticoNEWS, Velickovich, Alexa, 2021-07-15, Behind the Byline: Katherine Tully-McManus, Politico,weblink 2022-12-16,
• 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

Political Theater Podcast is a Roll Call podcast hosted by Jason Dick.NEWS, Dick, Jason, The Most Listenable Political Theater Podcasts of 2018, Roll Call, 2019-12-02, 2018-12-27,weblink

See also

• List of newspapers in Washington, D.C.

References

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External links

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