Ed Chen... Is a Lobbyist?
Well shiver me timbers. This is one you don’t see everyday. The illustrious Ed Chen, who had previously announced that he’s leaving the White House beat for the LA Times where he’s performed admirably for oh so long, is leaving journalism altogether — and becoming a tree-hugging flack.* Here’s the email he wrote to the fellow members of the White House Correspondents Association Board this afternoon:
Dear Fellow Board members,
Alas, I must resign from the board after all…
I’ve decided to leave the LATimes, leave TribuneWorld, leave the newspaper industry…for a movement that protects trees instead of killing them…
Am taking a newly created job, Washington communications director, for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
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