Janet Hook

Former national political reporter @LATimes, @WSJ. @washpressclub Lifetime Achievement Award 2024. Former @HarvardIOP fellow. Arsenal fan. Lover of Maine.

[Janet Hook @hookjan]

I'm not a fan of most professional sports. My one passion is Arsenal Football Club. Their winning the English Premier League title this week has filled my heart -- and my social media -- with joy! Go Gunners!

[DailyAFC @DailyAFC]

Tens of thousands of Arsenal fans celebrating at the Emirates in North London Tuesday night. 🤯 🏟️

[Janet Hook @hookjan]

@maconatkinson Your new employers are so lucky to have you. Good luck. With open ears, open eyes, and open mind, you'll find great stories and knock em dead.

[Janet Hook @hookjan]

Everything is better in Maine! Even Facebook!
I wrote in the @PressHerald about the role of Facebook as a community bulletin board on a tiny Maine island where we live in summer and fall.
https://t.co/8k1n4xDHio

[Janet Hook @hookjan]

I'm looking forward to this conversation about Paul Starr's great new book, "American Contradiction: Revolution and Revenge from the 1950s to Now." Thursday Dec. 5 at 5 pm.
https://t.co/XKfnW6fFJ1

[Amy Walter @amyewalter]

We’ve been saying for a while that all politics is no longer local, but nat’l. No better example of this than incumbents in TX and CA allowing their CD’s to be altered for the betterment of nat’l party.

In the “old days” even safe incumbents would balk at giving up any bit of their territory to take-one-for-the-team.

[The American Prospect @TheProspect]

Osita Nwanevu’s “The Right of the People” argues that we need to go back to basics and center the establishment of a genuine democracy in our politics. @hookjan reviews Nwanevu for the Prospect’s August 2025 issue:
https://t.co/1dpIJv0On3

[Janet Hook @hookjan]

Everyone needs a refuge in times like these.
Here is an ode to mine, via the Portland @pressherald. https://t.co/rxMgGn9ToL

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

Writing the next chapter - TOGETHER 👊

[Janet Hook @hookjan]

@Arsenal No one saw this coming!

[Washington Monthly @monthly]

Michael Lewis other top writers are heralding stories of bureaucrat heroes and a public sector we desperately need:

https://t.co/p1B6As8oKU

[Janet Hook @hookjan]

Musk is eviscerating the civil service, claiming it's bloated, unproductive. Michael Lewis's new book about civil servants doing amazing things is a powerful rejoinder. My review of “Who is Government?” for the @monthly-->
https://t.co/5lIKClShAa

[Janet Hook @hookjan]

Former @AP White House correspondent @jimgerstenzang (and my former colleague at the @Latimes) tells it like it is on what's at stake in Trump's attack on the @AP and the First Amendment. https://t.co/NHxkXnzvEU

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

In politics, many believe the worst epitaph is "loser." Some are not strong enough to cope with defeat.
Jimmy Carter lost an election and spent the rest of his life settling conflicts, conquering disease and building homes for the homeless.
He was in every way a winner.

[Report Local @report_local]

US Rep Ralph Norman survives as Pro-Haley and Pro-Trump. Is targeting Lindsey Graham next?

Learn more from @Report4America corps member @maconatkinson of @postandcourier
https://t.co/ahXTHJRqP0

[Steve Padilla @StevePadilla2]

"Every writer I know has trouble writing." Joseph Heller, born this day. Oddly, that's rather comforting.

[Macon Atkinson @maconatkinson]

The “Cost of Unity” project that we published against all odds placed second in the @HeadlinerAwards category “Newspapers series not in top 20 media market.” Very proud to see our work recognized. https://t.co/Ag63yz5Fj3

[Steve Padilla @StevePadilla2]

"I write because I don't know what I think until I read what I say." Flannery O'Connor, born this day.

[Janet Hook @hookjan]

Amazing! Congrats! What a get for the Banner.

[Julie Bykowicz @bykowicz]

Me NEWS: I cannot wait to join the talented newsroom of the @BaltimoreBanner next month!

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[Arsenal @Arsenal]

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER-FINALISTS ❤️

[Neil King @NKingofDC]

Pleased to say that the paperback of my book, American Ramble, hits bookstores today, jazzed up with a whole new cover that tells the story of my ruminative wander from Washington to NYC. Fits perfectly in any rambler's backpack!