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Marc Ambinder - Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. More

Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal. He previously served as the politics editor, and is now a contributing editor, for The Atlantic, where he curated the influential Politics channel on TheAtlantic.com and contributed to the magazine. He was also a chief political consultant to CBS News. Earlier, at NJ's Hotline, Ambinder was the founding editor of "Hotline On Call," a pathbreaking political news blog. He also worked as a producer and reporter for the ABC News Political Unit and was one of the founders of ABC's "The Note." Born in New York City, raised in Central Florida, Ambinder is a 2001 graduate of Harvard and lives in Washington, D.C.

Obama And The Specialty Press

By Marc Ambinder
Apr 10 2008, 2:57 PM ET Comment

Because I like to provide evidence that contradicts my own theories, here's a list of "specialty" press outlets that Sen. Barack Obama did indeed take the time to court:

African American

· Tom Joyner Morning Show

· Steve Harvey Monring Show

· Russ Parr Morning Show

· Ebony

· JET

· Black Enterprise

· Vibe

· Essence

· Amsterdam News (NYC)

· Cleveland Call & Post

Hispanic

· Univision National (two times – one of them with Sen. Kenndy)

· La Opinion (Los Angeles)

· Andres Oppenheimer, syndicated columnist

· Piolin por la Mañana - radio show (twice, one of the times in-studio)


Jewish - Conference call with newspapers including JTA, The Forward, The Jerusalem Post, and Ha'aretz

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