OK, now for the positive: who are the really good policy reporters out there? I'm looking for category-busters, people who you can read and feel that you have the subject covered.
The two I think of right away are TNR's Jonathan Cohn on health care, and Slate's Fred Kaplan on defense and national security policy and policy-making. Maybe Elizabeth Kolbert on the environment? I don't know enough to know. Both Cohn and Kaplan are excellent at reporting on both the substance of the issue and the politics of policy formation, especially within the executive branch. A Kaplan strength: he's very good at understanding and explaining interagency (or interservice) conflict. A Cohn strength: I've noticed he's quick to recognize the limits of his expertise, and he'll identify comments beyond those limits as speculative.
Who else is real good? What are their strengths?
Friday, August 7, 2009
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