Roll Call

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Published Monday to Thursday when the United States Congress is in session and Mondays only during recess, Roll Call provides its readers with up-to-the-minute news of the legislative and political maneuvers that happen every day on Capitol Hill. In addition to breaking news, readers get insight from such respected Washington, D.C. analysts as Morton Kondracke, Stuart Rothenberg, and Norman J. Ornstein, plus political coverage of Congressional elections across the country. RollCall.com, the online version of the newspaper, provides not only the full content of the print edition but also breaking news stories and daily e-mail alerts.

Roll Call
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TypePeriodical newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)The Economist Group
PublisherLaurie Battaglia
EditorTim Curran (journalist)
Founded1955
Political alignmentNonpartisan
Headquarters50 F Street NW
Suite 700
Washington DC 20001
Circulation18,000
Websitehttp://www.rollcall.com/

Founded in 1955 by Sid Yudain, a former press secretary to Congressman Al Morano (R-CT), Roll Call is now a member of The Economist Group. Other members of the Group include The Economist, CFO and European Voice.

Print and online subscriptions to Roll Call are available for terms ranging from three months to two years. Every issue, 11,500 copies of Roll Call are delivered to Congress and 400 copies are delivered to the White House free of charge.

Current Staff

(as of August 31, 2006)

  • Tim Curran - Editor
  • Louis Jacobson - Deputy Editor
  • Morton Kondracke - Executive Editor
  • David Meyers - Managing Editor
  • Josh Kurtz - Politics Editor
  • Douglas Graham - Photo Editor
  • Ben Pershing - Senior Editor
  • John Bresnahan - Associate Editor


  • Paul Kane - Senior Staff Writer
  • Lauren W. Whittington - Senior Staff Writer
  • Erin P. Billings - Senior Staff Writer


  • Nicole Duran - Staff Writer
  • Emily Pierce - Staff Writer
  • Jennifer Yachnin - Staff Writer
  • Mary Ann Akers - Staff Writer
  • Bree Hocking - Staff Writer
  • Tory Newmyer - Staff Writer
  • Kate Ackley - Staff Writer
  • John McArdle - Staff Writer
  • David M. Drucker - Staff Writer
  • John Stanton - Staff Writer
  • Steve Kornacki - Staff Writer
  • Susan Davis -Staff Writer
  • Matthew Murray -Staff Writer


  • Amy Carlile - Deputy Managing Editor
  • Moira Bagley - Copy Editor
  • Jennifer Lash - Copy Editor
  • Cassandra P. Foster - Production/Copy Editor
  • Katie Smith - Production/Copy Editor
  • Elizabeth Brotherton - Editorial Assistant
  • Tom Gottlieb - Editorial Assistant


  • Martin Moulton - Art Director
  • Will Taylor - Production Manager
  • Doug Townsend - Production Associate


  • Tom Williams - Staff Photographer
  • Lowell McGinnis - Contributing Photographer
  • Ian Hurley - Contributing Photographer
  • R.J. Matson -Staff Cartoonist
  • Mike Mikula - Contributing Cartoonist


  • Norman J. Ornstein- Contributing Writer
  • Stuart Rothenberg - Contributing Writer
  • Karlyn Bowman - Contributing Writer
  • Donna Brazile - Contributing Writer
  • David Winston - Contributing Writer
  • Don Wolfensberger - Contributing Writer
  • Amanda McClements - Contributing Writer