Political Journalists on Commentary

On November 11, 2002 political journalists Melanie Fonder and Steve Walters appeared on Commentary.

Melanie Fonder is a correspondent for WisPolitics.com and former staff writer for The Hill, a weekly newspaper that covers Congress. She is also a former reporter for The Green Bay News-Chronicle and has written for a variety of publications including Marie Claire. She's co-author of the book, “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to American Government.'' Fonder, a Grafton native, graduated from St. Norbert College in De Pere and from the Fund for American Studies Institute on Political Journalism at Georgetown University. Click here for details on the book:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0028643534/qid%3D1021899174/sr%3D1-1/ref%3Dsr%5F1%5F1/104-6642776-4513530

Steve Walters is Madison Bureau Chief for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and instructor at the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication, where he earned his undergraduate degree. Based in Madison, he has worked in the
Capitol since 1988. Before that, he was managing editor of the Waukesha Freeman and, before that, covered Iowa's Capitol. He was a founding member of the Association of Capitol Reporters & Editors (ACRE), a former president of the Des Moines chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and is a member of the advisory board of stateline.org, the Internet news service of state governments. Here are a few Journal Sentinel pieces by Steve that we mention on the show:
http://www.jsonline.com/news/editorials/nov02/94401.asp
http://www.thewheelerreport.com/papers/1106sentmccallum.htm