Award-Winning Journalist and Author Jeffrey Birnbaum Joins The Washington Times as...

Award-Winning Journalist and Author Jeffrey Birnbaum Joins The Washington
Times as Digital Media Operations Managing Editor

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jeffrey Birnbaum, a veteran
Washington journalist, TV commentator and award-winning author, has been named
managing editor of The Washington Times' digital media operations.

Executive Editor John Solomon announced the appointment Monday. "Jeff is one
of Washington's most influential and informative journalists, and we're
excited to add his firepower to The Times," Solomon said. "He is perfectly
suited to lead our efforts to expand The Times' already growing suite of
digital products while injecting his own expert insight and high-caliber
journalism to our daily report."

Birnbaum will oversee the Times' newly redesigned Web site, its expanding
television and radio products and several new digital products such as the
electronic edition of the newspaper that arrives by email and new content
syndication feeds. "It is a very exciting opportunity for me, and I am looking
forward to working at The Times," said Mr. Birnbaum. "It's a great challenge
to work with the growing parts of the news business and also to keep a hand in
choosing what stories to pursue and what areas to cover," he added.

For the past 4 years, Birnbaum has written about the connections between
business, lobbying and politics for The Washington Post, authoring the weekly
column "K Street Confidential." In addition, he is a political analyst for
the Fox News Channel, as well as a panelist on the PBS public-affairs program
"Washington Week." He is also national political analyst for Fox News Radio
and is a commentator on the popular national radio broadcast "Marketplace."

He will continue to appear on Fox News Channel and other Fox outlets while
working at The Washington Times. A native of Scranton, Pa., and 1977 graduate
of the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Birnbaum worked for nine years for Time
magazine and sister publication Fortune before joining the Post in 2004,
including seven years as Fortune's Washington bureau chief. Before that, he
spent 16 years at the Wall Street Journal, rising to become the paper's White
House correspondent. In addition, he has published four books on money,
politics and policy. His 1987 book, "Showdown at Gucci Gulch," written with
Wall Street Journal colleague Alan Murray, chronicled the huge fight over a
1986 tax-reform bill, and was honored by the American Political Science
Association as one of the best books of the year. His most recent book, "The
Money Men: The Real Story of Fund-raising's Influence on Political Power in
America," looks at the central role of money in modern American campaigns.

Media Contact:
Brian Bauman
(202) 636-4731
bbauman@washingtontimes.com

SOURCE The Washington Times

Brian Bauman of the Washington Times, +1-202-636-4731,
bbauman@washingtontimes.com