White House Officials Who Became Journalists

By U.S. News Staff

January 9, 2009 RSS Feed Print
  1. George Stephanopoulos (moved from the Clinton administration to ABC News)
  2. Chris Matthews (once a White House and congressional aide, now hosts Hardball on MSNBC)
  3. William Safire (joined the New York Times after leaving the Nixon administration)
  4. Bill Moyers (became a journalist after leaving the Kennedy and Johnson administrations)
  5. Raymond Moley (joined the media after serving as an adviser to FDR)

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