- The Hotline
"The Hotline" is a daily political briefing published by the "
National Journal " from its headquarters atThe Watergate complex inWashington, DC . It is edited byAmy Walter withJohn Mercurio . "The Hotline" was founded byDoug Bailey and published independently until its acquisition in 1996."The Hotline"'s primary audience includes Congressional staffers, political operatives and pundits. It intends to be a comprehensive, non-partisan digest of that day's political events relating to upcoming statewide and national elections. Its primary publication, "The Hotline", is published daily, condensing newspaper, magazine and Internet political coverage from the previous 24 hours. Its headlines are irreverent, relying on puns and
inside jokes .Related publications of "The Hotline" include "House Race Hotline", published daily during election years, the influential breaking news blog "
Hotline On Call " and "The Blogometer ". "The Hotline" also produces a subscriber-only morning round-up of the previous evening's late-night political jokes, "Play of the Day," and a video podcast/online television show, "Hotline TV". Two of its most popular features are subscription-based morning and afternoon tip sheets "Wake-Up Call" and "Last Call". In 2007 it debuted the Hotline Political Network, featuring political reporting from affiliated state-basedblogs and news organizations.Previous editors include
NBC News political directorChuck Todd and "Congressional Quarterly " columnistCraig Crawford .External links
* [http://www.nationaljournal.com/pubs/hotline "The Hotline"] (subscription only)
* [http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=thehotline "Hotline TV"] onYouTube
* [http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com "Hotline On Call"]
* [http://blogometer.nationaljournal.com "The Blogometer"]
* [http://amcblog.nationaljournal.com/politicalnetwork/ Hotline Political Network]
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