Washington Times

Eric Kallgren    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 12:30pm on Thursday, March 19th, 2009

March 8, 2009: Richard Miniter, an author and former Wall Street Journal editorial writer, has been named editor of the editorial pages and vice president of opinion at The Washington Times. From a news release by the newspaper:

"Minter, who wrote two New York Times bestselling books, and won awards for investigative reporting at the Sunday Times of London, is a former editorial writer and columnist for the Wall Street Journal Europe and WSJ.com. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal as well as The Atlantic Monthly, Reader's Digest, National Review and The New Republic. He is a regular commentator on Fox News Channel, MSNBC, CNN, C-Span, and CNBC and many nationally syndicated radio programs."

Miniter replaces Deborah Simmons, who had served as editorial page editor since 2007.

Eric Kallgren    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 11:43am on Monday, February 16th, 2009

February 11, 2009: Editor & Publisher magazine reported that Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush will write a new "rotating column" for the Washington Times:

"The Washington Times has launched a new rotating column on its opinion page that will provide essays from conservative voices that include the likes of Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush.

Wednesday marked the first installment of "Reinventing Conservatism," described as a series that will "showcase a revolving series of essays by some of today's biggest thinkers in the conservative movement."

"The inaugural column, entitled 'Where Does the Conservative Movement Go from Here?' was written by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich," a release states. "He implored conservatives across the country to move beyond just opposing policies of the new administration and Congress and demonstrate they can apply traditional conservative principles to solve the 21st century's biggest challenges.""