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Dept. of Welcome Baskets: Ryan Lizza Joins The New Yorker

Filed under: Headline Shooter Tagged: David Remnick, Jeffrey Goldberg, masthead, politics, Ryan Lizza

A warm Emdashes welcome to Ryan Lizza, who, on August 1 becomes The New Yorker's new Washington Correspondent.

Lizza comes to the magazine from The New Republic (some of his recent articles), where he has been a political correspondent since 1998, most recently as a senior editor. As David Remnick announced today, Lizza will cover Washington, national politics, and the 2008 Presidential campaign. —John Bucher

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So far, I've liked Lizza's stuff quite well.

On the same beat, a pleasant surprise was George Packer's insightful article about the behind-the-scenes Hillary Clinton. We all knew Packer was good, but I was nonplussed to see him take a break from the Iraq watch to profile Hillary (just after the hiring of Lizza, no less). He provided a fresh, fascinating take on HRC we haven't seen elsewhere.

BenApril 25, 2008

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