Lee Horwich

Former ME/News, USA TODAY. Also alum of Roll Call, Baltimore Sun and Concord Monitor. RTs are recommendations, not endorsements.

[Lee Horwich @lhorwich]

"Whatever the vagaries of our moment, the writer’s job will always remain the same: to master the rigors of the craft; to embrace complexity while holding fast to simple principles; to stand alone if need be; to tell the truth." https://t.co/B5N2DcpdYY

[On the Media @onthemedia]

Presenting an updated Breaking News Consumer's Handbook! Election polling edition.
Hear more in this week's show: https://t.co/t4nzIDFSmi

[Kenny Jacoby @kennyjacoby]

NEW: Thomas Crooks was an isolated Gen-Zer who worked a low-wage job and lived with his parents. Yet he managed to stay unusually hidden while devising a plan to murder an ex-president — in 10 days of planning.

w/ ⁦@bykristinep⁩ ⁦@ChrisCannFL⁩ https://t.co/7B1K8FW04M

[The Onion @TheOnion]

Supreme Court Overturns 'Right v. Wrong' https://t.co/hh8cFjNAMX

[Katie Robertson @katie_robertson]

New: USA Today staff told in an email that editor in chief Terence Samuel is stepping down “effective today.” He’d been in the role for a year

[Nick Penzenstadler @npenzenstadler]

News at @USATODAY - EIC Terry Samuel is out after 1 year here. Leaders say they'll launch a nationwide search for next leader.

[Josh Marshall @joshtpm]

In new Puck update Dylan Byers has the scorn of someone who feels his top source may be going down the tubes.

[David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik]

Update: I’m told Wash Post team investigating pasts of Wash Post chief exec/publisher Will Lewis and the former future editor, Robert Winnett, will continue under retired senior ME Cameron Barr https://t.co/WpDiOseCj6

[David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik]

After uproar over ethics, new editor of 'Washington Post' Robert Winnett won't take the job. Whether his pal and patron Wash Post publisher Will Lewis, who faces equal scrutiny, hangs on, remains uncertain.

My story for NPR
https://t.co/mvNWynu5k7

[Jim Waterson @jimwaterson]

Telegraph staff told that news boss Rob Winnett has decided to stay in the UK and not join the Washington Post after all..... that.

"He's a talented chap and their loss is our gain," Telegraph editor Chris Evans has told staff.

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

Hall of Famer and baseball legend Willie Mays has died at the age of 93

[SFGiants @SFGiants]

It is with great sadness that we announce that San Francisco Giants Legend and Hall of Famer Willie Mays passed away peacefully this afternoon at the age of 93.

[David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik]

WaPo newsroom can’t be accused of hiding this - here’s the mobile homepage

[David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik]

Update: Former WashPost Senior Managing Editor Cameron Barr is now overseeing the paper's coverage of the controversies besetting publisher Will Lewis and his pick as its next editor, Rob Winnett.

[David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik]

The Washington Post's publisher pushed his executive editor hard to kill a damning story about him. It wasn't the first time - he did the same to me.

My piece for NPR
https://t.co/RezHglGAiw

[Carl P. Leubsdorf @CarlPLeubsdorf]

A sharp contrast that explains a lot: Richard Nixon respected government institutions; Donald Trump doesn't. https://t.co/p9aEgSEd62

[Eric Umansky @ericuman]

NEW from PP:

Witnesses in Trump criminal cases got big raises, new jobs and more from *Trump organizations.*

https://t.co/iaZtJDs9zg

by @RobertFaturechi @JustinElliott @Amierjeski

[Eric Umansky @ericuman]

.@gingerthomp1 is an extraordinary journalist and human being. So well-deserved:

https://t.co/AHmWx3Rj1S

[Susan Page @SusanPage]

Why, yes, I was on @TheView yesterday to talk, appropriately enough, about Barbara Walters, a.k.a "The Rulebreaker." Many thanks to the ladies of The View for their hospitality and also for the cool commemorative mug >>>

[Julie Pace @JuliePace]

This is one of my favorite projects @AP has done, and I’m so happy to see it recognized by the Pulitzers. This was a data-led, people-focused package, championed all along by our outstanding US education team.

[Chrissie Thompson @CThompTweets]

Congrats to @biancavtoness @sharonlurye & the whole @AP Ed. Reporting Network for the @PulitzerPrizes honor today.

When Bianca joined AP, she told me: "I want to find missing kids." The team's work turned the nat'l conversation back to this crucial issue https://t.co/eRyy1habyR