White House correspondents saw the most airtime in 2006, according to the Tyndall Report. In addition, “the Pentagon became a primary assignment, with CBS’ David Martin and NBC’s Jim Miklaszewski attracting Top Five rankings in airtime. In 2005, neither was among the Top 20.”
Here’s the list of the top 20 most heavily-used reporters in 2006:
Net | Name | Assignment | Minutes |
NBC | David Gregory | White House | 315 |
ABC | Martha Raddatz | White House | 279 |
CBS | Jim Axelrod | White House | 276 |
CBS | David Martin | Pentagon | 252 |
NBC | Jim Miklaszewski | Pentagon | 222 |
ABC | Dan Harris | Domestic | 220 |
NBC | Robert Bazell | Medicine | 210 |
NBC | Pete Williams | Justice | 204 |
CBS | Lara Logan | Foreign | 198 |
NBC | Chip Reid | Capitol Hill | 196 |
CBS | Byron Pitts | Domestic | 193 |
NBC | Andrea Mitchell | State Department | 188 |
NBC | Richard Engel | Baghdad/Beirut | 187 |
NBC | Lisa Myers | Investigative Unit | 187 |
ABC | George Stephanopoulos | DC Bureau | 186 |
ABC | Jonathan Karl | Pentagon | 185 |
ABC | Lisa Stark | DC Bureau | 184 |
NBC | Tom Costello | DC Bureau | 179 |
ABC | Jake Tapper | DC Bureau | 174 |
ABC | Brian Ross | Investigative Unit | 173 |
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