NEW YORK -- Author and journalist Wesley Morgan is this year's winner of the William E. Colby Award for military and intelligence writing.
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Francesca Chambers is joining USA Today as a White House correspondent starting on May 9.
Chambers joined the publication from McClatchy, where she was senior White House correspondent. She previously covered campaigns, elections and the White House for DailyMail.com and the syndicated newsmagazine DailyMailTV. She also is on the board of the White House Correspondents’ Association, which held their annual dinner over the weekend.
In a statement, Chambers said that she will “have the privilege of working alongside some of the most esteemed journalists in the field. I’m committed to holding public officials accountable and covering Washington in an accessible way for all audiences.”
Chambers, who has covered the White House for the past eight years, is is a graduate of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas.
Susan Page, author of Madam Speaker and The Matriarch, is the USA Today bureau chief. “Delighted that @fran_chambers is joining the White House team at @USATODAY — and not only because she shares my Kansas roots,” Page wrote on Twitter.
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NEW YORK -- Author and journalist Wesley Morgan is this year's winner of the William E. Colby Award for military and intelligence writing.
As if we weren’t excited enough to watch Danny Boyle’s TV series about the Sex Pistols, Maisie Williams has shared some pretty iconic behind-the-scenes pictures to tide us over while we wait. The 24-year-old looks worlds away from her Game of Thrones Arya Stark image as she’s starring as a punk icon Pamela Rooke – aka Jordan – in the Disney+ drama series, based on guitarist Steve Jones’ memoir Lonely Boy: Tales From A Sex Pistol. In one selfie, she appears to be bleaching her facial hair after already dying her brunette locks to bright blonde, while in another she’s posing with a blue up-do.
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Sharareh Drury administratorBarely a week has passed since the intense sixth season finale of “Outlander,” and Starz has already added a fresh cast member for its upcoming seventh season.Charles Vandervaart (“Lost in Space,” “The Craft: Legacy”) is joining the historical drama series in the role of William Ransom, who is the secret son of Jamie Fraser, played by Sam Heughan.Production for Season 7 began in Scotland last month, with Vandervaart joining series regulars Caitríona Balfe, Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin and John Bell. He is a highly anticipated character from Diana Gabaldon’s books, of which the Starz series is based on.William, the ninth Earl of Ellesmere, will enthusiastically arrive in Wilmington to join the British Army and help put an end to the escalation tensions in the American Colonies.
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