It's encouraging to see that the Post has decided to extend its local coverage more digital inches on its national homepage. more ›

If you missed it over the weekend, Washington Post ombudsman Patrick B. Pexton had an interesting piece on a topic that's been in the local news of late -- what words can writers use on the family-friendly pages of the regional newspaper of record? more ›

Yesterday, we noted that the student-operated Georgetown Voice was being forced out of their longtime on-campus newsroom. Of course, after we read a little bit more about the circumstances, we figured it deserved a little more attention. more ›

As a District mediation board decides whether Catholic University's same-sex dorms violate the city's Human Rights Act, we'll leave it to the university's student-run newspaper to help determine whether or not the segregated dorms actually prevent binge drinking and hook-ups, as administrators hope. more ›

The Washington Post may have discovered the best way to battle the public's penchant for only reading the headlines of stories before moving on -- just don't bother changing the text of said headlines from stock placeholders. more ›

Today, the Washington Post Company launched Trove, its "free news-aggregation website" which pulls from "more than 10,000 news sources" and cost the company ten million dollars to put together. Post Co. chief digital officer Vijay Ravindran told the AP that Trove is "a first stop for news and a step toward understanding what the future of news looks like online." So does it deliver on the hype? Uh, not exactly. more ›

It looks like J. Freedom du Lac's Alternating Year Law regarding Pulitzer Prizes for the Washington Post will hold: the newspaper pulled in only one Pulitzer this year -- the award for Breaking News Photography went to Carol Guzy, Nikki Kahn and Ricky Carioti for their work in Haiti after the earthquake which devastated that nation. Congratulations to the trio -- Guzy, Kahn and Carioti truly produced some incredibly relentless, moving work. more ›

At DCist, we've never been one to get in on the traditional April Fools' Day hijinx. But that doesn't mean we won't highlight the notable efforts of local publications when we see them -- and this year, oy, is there ever plenty of material for media outlets to work with. The Hatchet, the student newspaper of George Washington University, decided to get an head start by running this April Fools' story, claiming that G.W. would be renamed in honor of "District Overlord Vinny Grey." more ›

Those who unwillingly receive complimentary home delivery of The Examiner have tried lots of different ways to stop the free daily from landing on their doorstep every morning: calling the newspaper, reaching out to the Mayor's Office of Community Relations and Services, threatening to boycott the paper's advertisers, and, of course, the popular minimalist approach of simply putting a laminated "NO EXAMINER" sign on the front gate. (Of course, moving to a different neighborhood would have done the trick, too -- though that's pretty drastic.) Then again, maybe all they needed to do was dig through the paper's website. more ›

The Washington City Paper unveiled a new logo in print and on the web this morning, shifting away from the brand it had used since 1996. The logo revamp is the most visible part of a cleaner look for the alt-weekly, which includes several changes inside the paper. more ›

Late on Friday, the Washington City Paper established a legal defense fund in response to a lawsuit brought against their parent company by Redskins owner Dan Snyder -- and thus far, it is growing rapidly. According to the City Paper, "more than 300" people had donated to the campaign as of last night, while "nearly 500...have sent us messages of support." more ›

Look, Washington Examiner, we know you're bummed out about not actually having crime-fighting superpowers. We would be too! But that's no reason to start wildly promoting the idea that pedestrian accidents are on the rise exclusively because Michelle Obama is encouraging people to fight obesity by walking. more ›

In news which shouldn't surprise anyone, sports columnist Michael Wilbon will officially leave the Washington Post at the end of the year. Wilbon has spent 32 years at the paper. According to a memo obtained by FishbowlDC, Wilbon will be pursuing an expanded role at ESPN/ABC, the station on which he, along with fellow former Postie Tony Kornheiser, launched his incredibly popular Pardon the Interruption program and for whom he serves as an NBA analyst. "The ESPN/ABC rocket ship that Michael Wilbon has been riding the past several years has finally left our orbit," the memo stated, adding that the "decision did not come easy for" Wilbon. Wilbon still has plenty of pull, and the guy has had a career that any sports journalist would kill for -- he's covered 24 Super Bowls and ten Olympic Games, for starters. Wilbon is the second big name to leave the paper in recent weeks -- longtime columnist and reporter Howard Kurtz left the Post in early October. more ›

There's a bit of a media brouhaha over at 1150 15th Street NW concerning the future of Washington Post television and culture critic Tom Shales. Shales, who has been working on contract for the Post after taking the newspaper's buyout back in 2006, wrote on Washington Post Co. CEO Don Graham's Facebook wall that he was up and quitting his job come December 31. Shales reconfirmed late last night with TBD's Andrew Beaujon that he was definitely leaving. But Washingtonian's Harry Jaffe reported today that Shales is still under contract for 2011. But is everyone overlooking the most interesting part of this story? As DCist pop culture contributor Chris Klimek points out, Jaffe's Washingtonian story on Shales says that the critic had been "making in the neighborhood of $400,000 a year" while writing for the Post before the buyout. Holy cow. In yet another incredible twist to the story, Shales told Beaujon that he is "heavily in debt and my house is underwater." more ›

Some rather surprising media news to share this afternoon: Howard Kurtz, who has been a reporter and columnist at the Washington Post for 29 years, will be leaving the paper to join online news site The Daily Beast as its Washington bureau chief. Kurtz, who is also the host of CNN's Reliable Sources, will report on and analyze national politics and media in his new position. In an official statement on the Daily Beast's site, Kurtz cited "the challenge of fast-paced online journalism" as one of his main reasons for moving from the Post. more ›

Yesterday, we noted that the Washington Times was on its death bed, having only been saved by a last-minute offer to purchase the paper. This morning, the City Paper's Dave McKenna postulated that perhaps the shadowy figure behind the bid was none other than Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder. more ›

With all the hubbub about the launch of TBD, the barely-floating wreckage that is the Washington Times has been widely ignored over the past couple of months. But DCRTV reports today that the paper's last rites have all but been delivered -- according to the blog's sources, the Times was lucky to even make it past last Friday, as a "press release [regarding the last edition of the paper] was reportedly ready for distribution when an apparent last minute and revised offer to buy the paper was submitted." more ›

Reader Jim Drey sent us this video of a man who parked himself in front of the Washington Post's downtown headquarters at 1150 15th Street NW this afternoon to tell everyone -- and we mean everyone -- that the Post's editorial page stinks. more ›

The Washington Blade is back today, having returned to its original name after publishing as DC Agenda since November. If you have trouble finding a hard copy (or, if you're just like us and read everything online), below is a .PDF of the redesigned gay weekly. This week's stories can of course also be viewed at the paper's website, which for now is still www.dcagenda.com, although the nameplate has indeed been changed. more ›

It's been a tough week for sports media in Washington, D.C. -- first, the loss of one of the region's pioneering newsmen, and now, the rumored demise of the Washington Times sports desk appears to be at hand at last, possibly as early as Friday. News of the closing really began to spread over the last 48 hours, and this morning, the Post reports that the Times' beat writers for the Capitals and Redskins did not travel to away games this week, a sure sign that reporters and editors are assuming they won't be employed through the weekend. more ›