Stretch out your tweeting thumbs, round up your b-cards, and grab those Crest Whitestrips because it’s finally here– it’s White House Correspondents Dinner Weekend. If you don’t know what we’re talking about, then odds are you are a nobody — it’s #nerdprom weekend and it’s going to get a little …

Story Partners, in honor of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner,  hosted a slew of Washington influentials at their inaugural “Welcome to Washington: A Salute to Women in Journalism” event. The party, co-hosted by Story Partners’ Gloria Dittus, NBC’s Betsy Fischer Martin,Washingtonian’s Cathy Merrill Williams, CNN’s Dana Bash, CBS News’ Jan Crawford, and The New Republic’s Julia Ioffe definitely kicked off the weekend …

Congrats to Jonathan Easley on his new gig at Morning Consult as the new healthcare editor. Jonathan joins Morning Consult from The Hill where he covered healthcare since 2011. He has also reported for Roll Call and Salon. Before entering the world of journalism, Jonathan spent 10 years working in …

No, we’re not calling tourists pheasants these days. However, one of our favorite things to do is read the still-new advice column Rebecca Gale is writing regularly over at Roll Call. Just yesterday we stumbled across this gem: Q. First, the background on my question: I grew up and went …

Want to be your boss’s boss? Then you better get over to Roll Call’s Graduate School Fair tomorrow for some free info on some of the top public policy, political management and law programs. Not to mention you can see which Hill folks are makin’ moves and looking to jumpstart their careers. …

Meet Shira Toeplitz. Roll Call reporter Shira Toeplitz has been burning some rubber while covering some of the hotly contested Rust Belt races happening this election cycle. A seasoned election reporter, Toeplitz worked at POLITICO and National Journal before her tenure at Roll Call covering the redistricting and campaign trail. Luckily, Shira had time to catch up with FamousDC in between her coverage to give us a little insight to her newest project, Roll Call on the Road.

CQ just realeased their list of the most fabulous 50 staffers but this isn’t just your typical hill beauty contest, it requires some brains. Roll Call’s Fabulous 50 showcases Capitol Hill’s leading Democratic and Republican staffers. These top staffers are selected based on four criteria: Mastery, Influence, Spin and Access. …

Hack of the Day & Birthday Girl Rachael Bade. Photo by Tom Williams 

The 51st annual CQ-Roll Call Congressional Baseball Game took place last Thursday and FamousDC was lucky enough to attend. There we were able to catch up with Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) in his 1979 vintage Astros home run jersey. Before he departed to throw the first pitch, Rep. Paul told …

Thinking about Graduate School? Want to know more than most of your friends and have the degree to prove it? Our friends at CQ Roll Call are hosting a Graduate Fair this Wednesday, March 28th from 5:30 to 7:30PM at Union Station’s East Hall. There will be a special section …

Our good friends at Heard on the Hill just unveiled their new web log. And to you we say: We are pleased to announce we have begun to chronicle Capitol Hill shenanigans on our very own Internet diary called a “web log.” Privately, we have nicknamed this Internet repository a …

Christina Bellantoni, center, and Roll Call staffers read the “fake front page” made in honor of her departure to PBS Newshour during a going away party at Irish Times on Capitol Hill.  

From Roll Call’s release: We are sorry to announce that Christina Bellantoni is leaving Roll Call, though we’re proud to tell you where she’s going: Christina will be the new Politics Editor for NewsHour on PBS. It’s difficult to account for the impact Christina has had in just more than …

CQ-Roll Call’s KateTummarello: Political Campaigning Enters Age of Technology Facebook’s ZIP code targeting is mostly accurate in directing Congressional ads to that Member’s constituents, said Andrew Foxwell, manager of new media and marketing at iConstituent, a digital communications firm that has worked with more than 300 Congressional offices and has …

Yes, Neda, we need a bigger boat. Snead, Shultz and Roll Call: May it be time to graduate the Recess Happy Hour of Awesome to a bigger space? Just sayin’ … Roll Call rundown can be read here. A big thank you to Patrick G. Ryan for snapping some amazing …