Sunday, September 18, 2005

Brian Williams: NBC News to open a bureau in New Orleans


Brian Williams Look-alike

On the NBC front, we're all thrilled at our decision to open a formal bureau here. It's simply a recognition of the obvious: this is going to be an ongoing story, with ramifications and recovery stretching years ahead of us. While our compound here operates beautifully, it still amounts to a collection of RVs, tarps and folding tables. It will be great to have a bricks-and-mortar operation.

On September 3, I had expressed just such a hope on a blogpost for Daily Kos:

My hope is that Brian Williams, Bob Woodruff, Shepard Smith, Anderson Cooper, and the other brave new stewards of the poor and disenfranchised, will stay in New Orleans, and be the voice of those whose need is most great.

Congratulations to NBC News for this new development.