Jack Limpert

Now writer-at-large of The Washingtonian after 40 years as editor. From Wisconsin. Worked my way through UW as a bartender--good training for journalism.

[Emily Siner @SinerSays]

Want to be a public radio editor? I created this 5-step checklist as we've been training up new editors. Feel free to use, adapt, share.

[amna @RealAmnaNawaz]

Front pages of @washingtonpost @WSJ @nytimes today

[Gary Abernathy @AbernathyGary]

I’m not typically a big Ted Cruz fan, but I like his answer here.

[Gary Abernathy @AbernathyGary]

As to theories on the leaker, how does this do anything to “lock in” the 5 majority votes? More likely leaked from the minority to build pressure on the court not to issue this ruling. That’s in fact what’s happening, and is the more logical explanation as to source.

[Jack Shafer @jackshafer]

Imagine in 1970, when NPR was founded, somebody telling you that someday a public radio station would acquire a big city daily.

[Paul Farhi @farhip]

Another month, another decrease in traffic for nation’s largest news sites. Continues downward pattern since January. Possible factors: Post-election, post-Trump, post-vaccine covid fears. Stats per ComScore (h/t: @InsightsTodd):

[Megan McArdle @asymmetricinfo]

Pet theory: all conservatives should have to spend a year living off a minimum-wage job. All progressives should have to stake their future on profitably running a low-wage business for a year

Think of this every time I see "Businesses could find workers if they just paid more!"

[The Onion @TheOnion]

"That’s really all there is to it. Execute the basics correctly and you’ll be in great shape when I come along and rip away your dreams with one emotionless pen stroke." https://t.co/gczfWSaIJn

[The New York Times @nytimes]

How did this photograph seemingly turn the Bidens into giants and shrink the Carters? We explain. https://t.co/eFtwSJ4BJ6

[Robert Sanchez @CityReads]

"I have no illusions about why I am such a hot commodity. I am the youngest man in the Senate, and I am also the victim of a tragic fate." "Death and the All-American Boy" (Kitty Kelley, 1974 @washingtonian) https://t.co/PBCFbU6eCb

[Thoughts of Dog @dog_feelings]

once again. i have gone undrafted in the puppy bowl. i feel as though both teams. have missed an opportunity in me. but i still wish them the best. in their game today. i will be watching from the couch

[Jack Limpert @bluepencil2]

Bryan Monroe: “He was creative, he was joyful. He was a fierce advocate for journalists of color and for great journalism.” https://t.co/1qQcUlgMIn

[Jack Limpert @bluepencil2]

The Comic Strip Message of Peanuts: “Life can be hard, perseverance is required, joy is fleeting, imagination is essential.” https://t.co/psxpVRkVEK

[Jack Limpert @bluepencil2]

Anchee Min: So she watched “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood,” “Sesame Street,” and “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” https://t.co/4PjGErRKRU

[Jack Limpert @bluepencil2]

Sara Fischer: Crafting Informative Newsletters and Media Coverage. https://t.co/H0S0co8XE3

[Jack Limpert @bluepencil2]

“Stories based on reporting from CNN, MSNBC, the NYTimes and WashPost no longer welcome at Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post.” https://t.co/spPJpzAbsG

[Jack Limpert @bluepencil2]

Nick Ut, Winner of a Pultizer Prize for Photography, Receives National Medal of Arts. https://t.co/gnFa2KyxbZ

[Jack Limpert @bluepencil2]

Bryan Monroe: “He was creative, he was joyful. He was a fierce advocate for journalists of color and for great journalism.” https://t.co/1qQcUlgMIn

[Jack Limpert @bluepencil2]

Anchee Min: So she watched “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood,” “Sesame Street,” and “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” https://t.co/4PjGErRKRU

[Jack Limpert @bluepencil2]

“Stories based on reporting from CNN, MSNBC, the NYTimes and WashPost no longer welcome at Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post.” https://t.co/spPJpzAbsG