Lois Romano

Lois Romano is a prominent American journalist who is a senior political reporter for Politico. She served as a national political correspondent for The Washington Post. In her years at the Post, she covered eight presidential races, served as a columnist, and was a regional correspondent based in Tulsa. On April 5, 2011, she announced that she would be leaving the Washington Post for Newsweek/ Daily Beast.[1] On February 6, 2012, it was announced that she would leave Newsweek/DailyBeast to join Politico as a senior political reporter. ^{[1] [2]}

Romano started her Post career in the paper’s Style section, writing in-depth profiles on personalities like Jesse Jackson and Gary Hart. In 2004, she traveled with and covered Sen. John Kerry during his presidential campaign. In 2000, she wrote a seven-part biographical series for the Post's National section on George W. Bush.

In 2007, a dozen women who had worked for Hillary Clinton since Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign, and were now running her presidential campaign, posed for a front page story written by Romano on "Hillaryland. " ^[3] As a regional correspondent, she covered national issues including race relations, the fall of Enron, the death penalty, and both Oklahoma City bombing trials in Denver. In addition, Romano covered congressional and gubernatorial races.

In 1991, she created and designed the Post's personality column, "The Reliable Source," which became a well read and high impact feature at the paper. ^[4] She was the first to report that Bill Clinton brought a high-priced Beverly Hills hairdresser onto Air Force One for a haircut.

In the spring of 2008, Romano was a fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard College and taught a study group on the general election. ^[5] Later that year, she taught a course at American University, "How the News Media Have Shaped American History." In 2009, she was a fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.^[6]

After Barack Obama was elected president, she created the Post's video series "The Obama Era: Voices of Power" to profile American politicians who impact the political process.

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