The Politic: The Yale College Journal of Politics is a bi-monthly Yale University student publication started in 1947, when the Yale Political Journal: A Magazine of Student Opinion was founded. The magazine was revived in 1979 as the Yale Political Monthly by political commentator and historian Robert Kagan . It was also and known as Yale Political Magazine for twenty years. In addition to Kagan, past Editors-in-Chief include author and CNN host Fareed Zakaria and Foreign Affairs Editor-in-Chief Gideon Rose .
38-553: In 1947, a group of undergraduate students started the Yale Political Journal: A Magazine of Student Opinion , or the Journal for short. In their first issue, the founding editors wrote: "We have coined as our by-line, 'a magazine of student opinion' presupposing that student opinion is worthy of separation from the attitudes of other groups and that it is worthy as well of attention and study.” The publication remained dormant for
76-525: A U.S. Senator from Virginia. He holds a degree in English with distinction from the University of Virginia . On Her Trail: My Mother, Nancy Dickerson, TV News' First Woman Star , Dickerson's book about his relationship with his late mother Nancy Dickerson Whitehead, a pioneering television newswoman, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2006. In a Washington Post review, staff writer Elsa Walsh called
114-667: A cogent answer." Face the Nation Score Productions (1992–2002) Peter Fish (2002–2018) Face the Nation is a weekly news and morning public affairs program airing Sundays on the CBS radio and television network . Created by Frank Stanton in 1954, Face the Nation is one of the longest-running news programs in the history of television . Typically, the program features interviews with prominent American officials, politicians, and authors. Margaret Brennan has been
152-584: A few educational videos to Khan Academy during the 2018 midterm elections . On May 10, 2019, CBS News President Susan Zirinsky said that Dickerson would fill in for a week (week of May 13, 2019) on the CBS Evening News after then-anchor Jeff Glor stepped down. Glor was replaced by Norah O'Donnell on July 15, 2019. CBS News would use a rotating series of anchors to staff the broadcast until O'Donnell took over, Zirinsky said. On September 6, 2020, Dickerson substituted for Margaret Brennan on CBS' Face
190-468: A grand jury witness for his "bit role" in the drama. On January 29, 2007, during the trial of Scooter Libby , former White House spokesman Ari Fleischer , testifying under an immunity agreement, named Dickerson as one of two reporters (the other was David Gregory of NBC) to whom he revealed that Wilson's wife worked at the CIA on July 11, 2003, during a Presidential visit to Niger , three days before her name
228-468: A period of time, after which in 1979, Kagan revived it under a new name, Yale Political Monthly . At the time, Kagan was "frustrated that things tended to be one sided" at Yale, and he sought to provide a non-partisan platform for debate on campus. Students relaunched the publication again in 2001, this time as The Politic , in response to increased interest in politics on campus following the 2000 presidential election. The Politic has also expanded beyond
266-525: A slightly abbreviated version of the program as a weekly podcast. As a complement to the national program, several CBS affiliates, mainly based in state capital cities, carry their own programs leading into and out of Face the Nation titled Face the State dealing with state and local politics with the same format as Face the Nation , including KTVN in Reno, Nevada (in the same metropolitan area as Carson City ),
304-1020: A speaker series, The Politic Presents, for the Yale community. Past guests have included John Dickerson , Susan Glasser , Christiane Amanpour , Norman Ornstein , Jake Sullivan , Salman Rushdie , Jeffrey Sachs , Ken Burns , Jesse Jackson , Retired Gen. James Cartwright , and Malcolm Gladwell . The Politic also conducts interviews with a range of prominent public figures such as Fareed Zakaria , Ezra Klein , Mark Cuban , Christiane Amanpour , Frank Bruni , Malcolm Gladwell , Jeb Bush , Dan Ariely , Jonathan Haidt , Ron Paul , Jeffrey Toobin , David Brooks , Ben Carson , Jake Sullivan , Rush Holt, Jr. , Martin O'Malley , Michael Dukakis , Russ Feingold , Gretchen Carlson , Gina Raimondo , and Jake Tapper . The Politic interviewed four 2020 presidential candidates: Cory Booker , Pete Buttigieg , Amy Klobuchar , and Andrew Yang . John Dickerson (journalist) John Frederick Dickerson (born July 6, 1968)
342-520: A weekly roundtable discussion, with a rotating cast of panelists. The program's inclusion of a roundtable discussion has been indefinitely suspended since circa May 2020, the producers citing their desire to devote more time to interviews (and remained suspended in fall 2022). Unlike some of its competitors, Face the Nation generally books only journalists and columnists for its panel discussions, omitting current and former politicians from providing punditry . During major news events or breaking news,
380-504: Is an American journalist and a reporter for CBS News . His current assignment is anchoring “The Daily Report with John Dickerson” on the news division’s streaming network . His previous roles include 60 Minutes and CBS News' Election specials. Most recently, he was co-host of CBS This Morning along with Norah O'Donnell and Gayle King . He served as an interim anchor of the CBS Evening News until Norah O'Donnell took over in
418-476: Is the list of moderators for Face the Nation : The program ran 30 minutes for much of its history. It expanded to 60 minutes for a preliminary 20-week period in April 2012, and was extended to that time length permanently on July 29, 2012. There is a deliberate break between the first and second half of the program, to allow local affiliates to begin airing another program if they wish to do so. Approximately 81% of
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#1732926866412456-660: Is the second female host in the program's history, after Lesley Stahl. Brennan conducted numerous interviews with members of the Trump administration, including former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy . Margaret Brennan also serves as the network's senior foreign affairs correspondent. Brennan interviewed Vice President Mike Pence in her last episode before maternity leave. The program has been hosted by ten moderators to date, beginning with Bill Shadel . The current moderator, Margaret Brennan, has hosted since February 2018. The following
494-519: Is the son of Claude Wyatt Dickerson and journalist Nancy Dickerson ( née Hanschman; later Whitehead). He has three sisters and one brother. He grew up in McLean, Virginia , at Merrywood , a Georgian-style mansion high on a leafy bluff overlooking the Potomac River . Dickerson graduated from Sidwell Friends School in 1987. During high school he had an internship in the office of John Warner , then
532-846: The Best Student Film Award at the NHDocs Film Festival. In September 2018, The Politic released its second documentary, 120 YEARS , which tells the story of Scott Lewis' wrongful conviction and ultimate exoneration after 20 years of incarceration. The documentary won the Human Rights Award at the Mystic Film Festival in October 2018 and Best Short Documentary Film at the 27th annual Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) in February 2019. The Politic regularly hosts events as part of
570-466: The Nation ' s audience was the largest of all Sunday public affairs programs, with an average of 3.538 million viewers. NBC competitor Meet the Press closely competed for the title in 2018, besting Face the Nation ' s audience for several months. Similar to its Sunday morning competitors, Face the Nation begins each episode with a short "tease" segment recapping the week's events and teasing
608-598: The Nation . On August 1, 2024, CBS named Dickerson and Maurice DuBois as the new anchors of the CBS Evening News , replacing O' Donnell. On October 15, 2024 Dickerson announced that it was his last night hosting The Daily Report on CBS 24/7, to be replaced by Lindsey Reiser. Dickerson co-wrote a July 17, 2003, Time article, "A War on Wilson ?", which attributed the leak of Valerie Plame 's CIA identity to senior Bush administration officials. Writing for Slate in February 2006 ("Where's My Subpoena?"), Dickerson speculated about why Patrick Fitzgerald never called him as
646-465: The book "riveting". Before joining Slate, Dickerson covered politics at Time magazine for 12 years, serving the last four years as its White House correspondent . Dickerson hosted Face the Nation three times in 2009 and was appointed Political Director of CBS News in November 2011. He appeared each Wednesday on The Al Franken Show on Air America Radio , until the show ended in 2007, and
684-405: The day's guests, set to the show's theme music. The remainder of the program's first half-hour typically features interviews of prominent politicians, often lawmakers and cabinet or White House officials, responding to issues from the week's news. The program's second-half hour transitions to more discussion-oriented segments, including interviews of notable authors with forthcoming books and
722-412: The game is John Dickerson of Time magazine, who has knocked Bush off script so many times that his colleagues have coined a term for cleverly worded, seemingly harmless, but incisive questions: 'Dickersonian. ' " Dickerson (during April 13, 2004 press conference) : "In the last campaign, you were asked a question about the biggest mistake you'd made in your life, and you used to like to joke that it
760-546: The major broadcast networks and cable news channels that continued to broadcast in standard definition , until it converted to HD in late November 2012). Another big change came for the program in December 2011, when they permanently extended the half-hour broadcast to a full hour. The move came after Face the Nation 's competitors, NBC 's Meet the Press , ABC 's This Week , and Fox News Sunday , all extended their programs to one-hour. The delay came from dispute among
798-627: The moderator of Face the Nation since 2018, though former host John Dickerson substituted during Brennan's maternity leave in spring and summer 2021. Upon Brennan's return to the program in September 2021, its title was changed to Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan. The show's full hour is broadcast live from the CBS News Washington, D.C. , bureau at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time , though some stations delay or abbreviate episodes to accommodate local and sports programming. In 2017, Face
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#1732926866412836-451: The monthly magazine. In 2014, The Politic interviewed more than 100 diplomats and published the collection as a book, Diplomatic Discourse. Ahead of the 2016 presidential election, The Politic surveyed Yale students from all fifty states for their impressions of and predictions for the election and published them in an interactive map. In 2017, The Politic released its first documentary, Resettled: New Haven's Refugee Community , which won
874-417: The network's affiliate stations . In 2015, Bob Schieffer , the longest-serving moderator in the program's history, retired after 24 years. He was replaced by John Dickerson on June 7, 2015. On February 22, 2018, CBS announced Margaret Brennan as the new host, replacing John Dickerson, who served as moderator for less than three years to let him focus on his anchor duties on CBS This Morning . Brennan
912-615: The network's affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone air Face the Nation at 8:30 a.m. local time, serving as a lead-in to the CBS Sports program The NFL Today during the football season. A delayed audio broadcast of the program is also carried on a handful of radio affiliates through the CBS Radio Network , and in the late afternoon on C-SPAN 's Washington area radio station WCSP-FM . CBS Radio also edits and distributes
950-417: The position for eight years before stepping down to focus on 60 Minutes. In 1991, Bob Schieffer took over as moderator for Lesley Stahl , who as previously mentioned, held the position for eight years. Under Schieffer, ratings boomed and the program extended its half-hour time frame to a full one hour. Ratings soared to over 3 million viewers every Sunday, as Face the Nation surpassed all competitors in
988-581: The program will often feature reports from various CBS News correspondents before the day's interviews, to allow guests the opportunity to respond to the latest news. Face the Nation 's first half-hour airs on CBS television stations throughout the United States, typically in the morning. In 2018, the CBS News digital streaming network began re-airing the program's full hour at 11:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m., and 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time . Many of
1026-531: The ratings. Schieffer won numerous awards with the program, including two Emmy's for Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis, an Edward R. Murrow Award, and the Overseas Press Club Award. In July 2011, Face the Nation became the last Sunday morning talk program to begin broadcasting in high definition (leaving only CBS' overnight news program Up to the Minute as the only American news program on
1064-408: The second half-hour after primetime following their late local newscasts or in a later time slot as part of their late night schedule, though the number of stations carrying the full hour in pattern has increased over time with the end of former commitments as of 2017, from 64% in 2012. Face the Nation was the last Sunday public affairs program to extend its length to a full hour. The move came as
1102-472: The stations affiliated with CBS air the second half-hour contiguously with the first; the remainder either do not air the second half-hour at all such as KDKA , or air that portion of the program on a tape delayed basis, because of station commitments to other programming (mainly station-produced NFL pre-game shows leading into The NFL Today , along with E/I commitments and advertorial , outdoors or religious programming). Other stations choose to air
1140-755: The stations of the Montana Television Network , WBNS-TV in Columbus, Ohio , WFSB in Hartford, Connecticut , and WHP-TV in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania , while Miami 's CBS-owned station WFOR-TV has a complementary program titled Facing South Florida . Other stations carry the same format under other titles, such as For the Record on WISC-TV in Madison, Wisconsin . Face the Nation premiered on November 7, 1954, and
1178-517: The summer of 2019. Previously he was the host of Face the Nation on CBS News , the political director of CBS News, chief Washington correspondent for CBS News, and a political columnist for Slate magazine. Before joining Slate, Dickerson covered politics at Time magazine for 12 years, serving the last four years as its White House correspondent , and he is also a fill-in and substitute anchor for CBS Mornings , CBS Evening News , and Face The Nation . A native of Washington, D.C., Dickerson
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1216-515: Was also a frequent guest on NPR 's Day to Day . He appears on PBS 's Washington Week and the Slate Political Gabfest , a weekly podcast with David Plotz and Emily Bazelon . Dickerson is also the host of Whistlestop , a Slate podcast about presidential history. Dickerson took over as host of Face the Nation on June 7, 2015. He served as host for 2 1/2 years until signing off on January 21, 2018. Shortly after this, Dickerson
1254-614: Was named the new co-anchor of CBS This Morning . He is the author of, most recently, The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency. Publishers Weekly described it as an “evenhanded and insightful look at the evolution of the American presidency.” He is also the author of Whistlestop: My Favorite Stories from Presidential Campaign History , published by Twelve, an imprint of Hachette Book Group , on August 2, 2016. In November 2018, John Dickerson contributed
1292-504: Was originally broadcast on Sunday afternoons at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time . Bill Shadel was then the Washington, D.C. bureau chief for CBS News . On that first program, his guest was Wisconsin senator Joseph McCarthy . Guests were rarely scheduled far in advance, in order to keep on top of current news stories. As the first female host of Face the Nation , Stahl became one of the most recognizable female faces on television. She held
1330-543: Was published by columnist Robert Novak . Another reporter, Tamara Lipper of Newsweek , reportedly walked away before he spoke of Plame. Dickerson has disputed Fleischer's account, claiming that Fleischer urged him to look into who sent Wilson but that he did not mention Plame's name or CIA identity. In a second trial dispatch on the matter, Dickerson revealed a previously undisclosed excerpt from his email that July afternoon which he said corroborated his account: "On background WH officials were dissing Wilson. They suggested he
1368-569: Was sent on his mission by a low-level person at the agency." Neither Lipper nor Gregory has commented publicly about what Fleischer told them. On January 31, 2007, former Time reporter Matthew Cooper testified that Dickerson's Africa sources contributed information to the article "A War on Wilson?" In addition to Ari Fleischer, Dickerson also spoke to White House Communications Director Dan Bartlett while in Africa. The Washington Post once wrote about his style of asking questions: "The master of
1406-463: Was trading Sammy Sosa . You've looked back before 9/11 for what mistakes might have been made. After 9/11, what would your biggest mistake be, would you say, and what lessons have you learned from it?" President Bush: "I wish you would have given me this written question ahead of time, so I could plan for it." On February 29, 2008, Senator Hillary Clinton released a "red phone" television ad suggesting that her opponent, Senator Barack Obama ,
1444-495: Was unprepared to be President. On a conference call with Clinton staff, Dickerson asked, "What foreign policy moment would you point to in Hillary's career where she's been tested by crisis?" The question prompted—according to The Hotline —a "pregnant pause" so long "you could've knit a sweater in the time it took the usually verbose team of Mark Penn , Howard Wolfson and Lee Feinstein , Clinton's national security director, to find
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