CORRESPONDENTS
David Lightman
E-mail David at dlightman@mcclatchydc.com
David Lightman was the Hartford Courant's Washington Bureau Chief for 23 years before joining the McClatchy Washington Bureau in October. He has covered every presidential campaign since 1980, and earlier this year won the David Lynch award for outstanding regional reporting in Washington.
From 1971 to 1981 he worked for the Baltimore Evening Sun, where he covered the Maryland legislature, and, from 1978 to 1981, was the paper's chief Annapolis correspondent. He joined the Courant in 1981 as a reporter.
A Washington, D.C. native, he has also worked for the Hagerstown (Md.) Morning Herald and the Riverside (Calif.) Press-Enterprise.
David Lightman's Latest Story
People want new programs, but are wary of 'Big Government'
By David Lightman | McClatchy Newspapers
Whether it's over health care, climate change or most other big Washington battles this year, Congress keeps debating the same underlying issue — is the federal government getting too big and intrusive? » read more
Posted on Sun, July 5, 2009
- |
- |
- |
- Comments
David Lightman's Recent Stories
· Sens. Kennedy, Dodd unveil cheaper health care bill
07/02/2009 03:36 pm EDT
· It's hard to say how much health care overhaul might cost
07/01/2009 03:27 pm EDT
· Franken wins, but don't get all excited about those 60 votes
06/30/2009 03:31 pm EDT
· Senate ups ante on whether to build more F-22s
06/29/2009 06:05 pm EDT
· Democrats increasingly confident they'll enact health-care plan
06/28/2009 12:06 am EDT
· Congress suspends health care debate as crowds rally for plan
06/25/2009 07:01 pm EDT
· In televised special, Obama calls for 'compromise' on health care
06/24/2009 05:46 pm EDT
· With road ending for highway law, Congress tackles new blueprint
06/23/2009 06:57 pm EDT
· Congress stuffs war-funding bill with cash for other items
06/22/2009 04:42 pm EDT
· Gates decries congressional efforts to restore F-22 funding
06/18/2009 07:57 pm EDT
· Senate approves spending for Iraq and Afghan wars
06/18/2009 05:14 pm EDT
· Bipartisan health care effort may be easier said than done
06/17/2009 05:40 pm EDT
· House passes war-funding bill, despite reservations
06/16/2009 07:03 pm EDT
· Twitter brings a new language to an old institution, the Senate
06/16/2009 03:36 pm EDT
EDITORS
- Beryl Adcock
- News Desk Chief
- James Asher
- Investigative Editor
- Mike Bold
- Regional Editor
- Gina Falcone-Rupp
- Web Editor
- Roy Gutman
- Foreign Editor
- Robert A. Rankin
- Government & Politics Editor
- Mark Seibel
- Managing Editor Online
- Curtis Tate
- Night Editor
- Jim Van Nostrand
- Web Editor
- John Walcott
- Bureau Chief
- Tish Wells
- Web Editor
NATIONAL CORRESPONDENTS
- Chris Adams
- Investigative
- Robert S. Boyd
- Science & Technology
- William Douglas
- Congress
- Greg Gordon
- Investigative
- Frank Greve
- Good News
- Kevin G. Hall
- Economics
- Jonathan S. Landay
- National Security
- David Lightman
- Congress
- Tony Pugh
- Consumer Economics
- Renee Schoof
- Environment
- Warren P. Strobel
- Foreign Affairs & the State Department
- Margaret Talev
- White House
- Marisa Taylor
- Justice and Homeland Security
- Steven Thomma
- White House
- Nancy Youssef
- Pentagon
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS
- Hannah Allam
- Cairo
- Shashank Bengali
- Africa
- Tyler Bridges
- Caracas, Venezuela
- Leila Fadel
- Iraq
- Tim Johnson
- China
- Tom Lasseter
- Moscow
- Dion Nissenbaum
- Jerusalem
REGIONAL CORRESPONDENTS
- Halimah Abdullah
- Lexington Herald-Leader, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Macon Telegraph
- Barbara Barrett
- Raleigh News & Observer, Centre Daily Times
- Les Blumenthal
- Washington state newspapers
- Erika Bolstad
- Anchorage Daily News, Idaho Statesman
- Lesley Clark
- Miami Herald, Bradenton Herald
- Michael Doyle
- Fresno Bee, Modesto Bee, Merced Sun-Star
- David Goldstein
- Kansas City Star, Wichita Eagle, Olathe News
- Rob Hotakainen
- Sacramento Bee, San Luis Obispo Tribune
- Maria Recio
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Biloxi Sun Herald
- James Rosen
- South Carolina newspapers
