Jeff Greenfield

CBS News has again raided CNN in an effort to beef up its staff in the Katie Couric era. Jeff Greenfield, a senior political analyst for the cable network for nine years, has agreed to join CBS as the presidential campaign gears up. CBS recently hired general assignment reporter Kelly Wallace and technology correspondent Daniel Sieberg away from CNN and has made CNN anchor Anderson Cooper a "60 Minutes" contributor.

Slate magazine political correspondent John Dickerson wrote a book about his late mother, Nancy Dickerson, who was the first female correspondent for CBS News. Now he's following her lead. CBS on Monday announced Dickerson's hiring as a political analyst and contributor. Dickerson, 40, will join the analyst team of Bob Schieffer and Jeff Greenfield. He covered politics for Time magazine for 12 years before joining Slate, where he will continue to work along with doing the CBS job.

Sharing a plane ride with Dan Rather some years ago, Jeff Greenfield started talking to the CBS News anchor about journalism. Why, he wondered, is it so important to be 10 minutes ahead of everyone else? "What's wrong with the way [the analytical French newspaper] Le Monde does it? You get there a couple of days later, but you find out what's going on." Rather reacted with stunned disbelief.

CBS News has again raided CNN in an effort to beef up its staff in the Katie Couric era. Jeff Greenfield, a senior political analyst for the cable network for nine years, has agreed to join CBS as the presidential campaign gears up. CBS recently hired general assignment reporter Kelly Wallace and technology correspondent Daniel Sieberg away from CNN and has made CNN anchor Anderson Cooper a "60 Minutes" contributor.

In the introductory paragraph to his Jeff Greenfield interview ("Spinning the TV News Cycle," Dec. 30), Howard Rosenberg writes: "Greenfield was a political speech writer and consultant before joining CBS. . . ." Don't you think it would have aided the piece if we knew which political party he wrote speeches for and with whom and for what did he consult? I am willing to bet Rosenberg a Beefeater martini, straight up with a twist, if Greenfield were a conservative Republican that fact would have been included, possibly snidely.

Slate magazine political correspondent John Dickerson wrote a book about his late mother, Nancy Dickerson, who was the first female correspondent for CBS News. Now he's following her lead. CBS on Monday announced Dickerson's hiring as a political analyst and contributor. Dickerson, 40, will join the analyst team of Bob Schieffer and Jeff Greenfield. He covered politics for Time magazine for 12 years before joining Slate, where he will continue to work along with doing the CBS job.

THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE: A Cautionary Tale by Jeff Greenfield (G.P. Putnam's Sons: $22.95; 288 pp.) It's a high-concept novel, however uncinematic: What would happen if a U.S. President-elect died before the electoral college ratified him, and a few Joe Blow electors realized the Constitution gave them power, legitimate power, to broker the presidential vacancy?

Moderator Judy Woodruff is a lead anchor for CNN's Election 2000 coverage. A 30-year veteran of broadcast journalism, she is also CNN's prime anchor and senior correspondent. Before joining CNN in 1993, Woodruff was the chief Washington correspondent for the "MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour." Panelist Doyle McManus is the Washington bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times. During his career with The Times, he has covered the White House in addition to foreign policy and national security.

Jeff Greenfield said it was the perfect way to end the golf season. But the way he played this year, a community college individual state title was the only suitable ending. Greenfield, a freshman at Golden West, punctuated his record-setting season by shooting 76-68--144 to win that title Monday at Glendora Country Club.

Jeff Greenfield changed employers, not skins when leaving ABC News a year ago to become senior analyst at CNN. The New York-based Greenfield remains one of TV journalism's true Renaissance men, writing and thinking as well as he speaks, and equally smart about media and politics. No wonder, for media and politics have regularly intersected his career as they did the nation in 1998 when CNN made him a key cog in its coverage of the scandal threatening to topple President Clinton.

Jeff Greenfield said it was the perfect way to end the golf season. But the way he played this year, a community college individual state title was the only suitable ending. Greenfield, a freshman at Golden West, punctuated his record-setting season by shooting 76-68--144 to win that title Monday at Glendora Country Club.

Jeff Greenfield has spent years examining media and politics, distinguishing himself as one of television's most astute voices during 14 years at ABC News and more recently as a senior analyst at CNN. While still rooted in politics, including his role questioning candidates at this week's presidential debates in advance of Tuesday's California primary, Greenfield has also indulged in a little moonlighting, exploring what might be called the "CEO mind" in a new monthly PBS program, "CEO Exchange."

Moderator Judy Woodruff is a lead anchor for CNN's Election 2000 coverage. A 30-year veteran of broadcast journalism, she is also CNN's prime anchor and senior correspondent. Before joining CNN in 1993, Woodruff was the chief Washington correspondent for the "MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour." Panelist Doyle McManus is the Washington bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times. During his career with The Times, he has covered the White House in addition to foreign policy and national security.

In the introductory paragraph to his Jeff Greenfield interview ("Spinning the TV News Cycle," Dec. 30), Howard Rosenberg writes: "Greenfield was a political speech writer and consultant before joining CBS. . . ." Don't you think it would have aided the piece if we knew which political party he wrote speeches for and with whom and for what did he consult? I am willing to bet Rosenberg a Beefeater martini, straight up with a twist, if Greenfield were a conservative Republican that fact would have been included, possibly snidely.

Jeff Greenfield changed employers, not skins when leaving ABC News a year ago to become senior analyst at CNN. The New York-based Greenfield remains one of TV journalism's true Renaissance men, writing and thinking as well as he speaks, and equally smart about media and politics. No wonder, for media and politics have regularly intersected his career as they did the nation in 1998 when CNN made him a key cog in its coverage of the scandal threatening to topple President Clinton.

THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE: A Cautionary Tale by Jeff Greenfield (G.P. Putnam's Sons: $22.95; 288 pp.) It's a high-concept novel, however uncinematic: What would happen if a U.S. President-elect died before the electoral college ratified him, and a few Joe Blow electors realized the Constitution gave them power, legitimate power, to broker the presidential vacancy?

Jeff Greenfield has spent years examining media and politics, distinguishing himself as one of television's most astute voices during 14 years at ABC News and more recently as a senior analyst at CNN. While still rooted in politics, including his role questioning candidates at this week's presidential debates in advance of Tuesday's California primary, Greenfield has also indulged in a little moonlighting, exploring what might be called the "CEO mind" in a new monthly PBS program, "CEO Exchange."

Sharing a plane ride with Dan Rather some years ago, Jeff Greenfield started talking to the CBS News anchor about journalism. Why, he wondered, is it so important to be 10 minutes ahead of everyone else? "What's wrong with the way [the analytical French newspaper] Le Monde does it? You get there a couple of days later, but you find out what's going on." Rather reacted with stunned disbelief.