In a blow to both print and local journalism, the Washington Post announced this afternoon that it would be shutting down nine of its 11 regional bureaus.

Last December, I took some umbrage to a story in the New York Times about the Washington Examiner’s crime-fighting ability.

When two journalists were arrested at a D.C. Taxicab Commission hearing yesterday, many residents, officials and open government advocates were quick to express disgust and question how exactly such heavy-handed actions could take place at a meeting that was otherwise open to the press and public. The questions were even more pressing because it was just two months ago that a strengthened open meetings law went into effect in the District.

TBD Editor Erik Wemple is taking his talents to the Washington Post. POLITICO reports this afternoon that Wemple — who really raked the Post over the coals during his tenure as editor of the Washington City Paper — will be the paper’s newest media beat reporter.

It appears as if there’s a developing scene at the John A. Wilson building between reporters who are demanding to speak with Mayor Vince Gray about the Sulaimon Brown situation and the Mayor’s security and police. Both WTOP’s Mark Segraves and NBC4’s Tom Sherwood report that a stand off has developed inside the sixth floor of the building, outside of the Mayor’s office. “Wilson bldg security throwing press out of the hallway in from of…

It’s been a pretty good week for NBC4 reporter Pat Collins. First, we highlighted his awesome dinosaur lunch box and bomber hat. Then, he had a delicious-sounding wintry cocktail named after him. (Peppermint schnapps, Baileys, and hot chocolate? Uh, I’ll take one of those, please.) Then, last night, Collins truly broke into the zeitgeist: his hoagie-related double entendre — “if there’s any night you need 15 inches of fun, this would be the night”– was featured as last night’s Daily Show Moment of Zen.