Revolving Door
Democrat to Democrat to...
When it came time for the National Public Radio (NPR) board to choose a new President, they stuck with tradition. They chose a Democratic operative: Delano Lewis, long time associate of former District of Columbia Mayor Mar-ion Barry. Lewis replaces Carter official Douglas Bennet, who has joined the Clinton Administration as an Assistant Secretary of State. Bennet had taken over in 1983 for Frank Mankiewicz, a veteran of George McGovern's presidential campaign.
Congressional Assignments
Three West Coast Democrats have tapped media veterans to fill Press Secretary slots in their Capitol Hill offices, Roll Call reported. Oregon's Peter DeFazio chose Susan Lindauer, a reporter for U.S. News & World Report in 1990-91..California's Robert Matsui decided upon Carri Ziegler, a former Los Angeles Times reporter. Ziegler told MediaWatch that she's been out of journalism for a few years, but was with UPI briefly in 1985 following a couple of years at the Times....Norman Mineta, also from California, signed-up Emil Guillermo, weekend co-host of National Public Radio's All Things Considered from 1989 to 1991. Guillermo spent six years in the '80s as a reporter for KRON-TV, San Francisco's NBC affiliate.