Romenesko

New York Observer
"I have e-mails from journalists begging for jobs," says Jim VandeHei, who is leaving the Washington Post to create a new politics website with colleague John Harris. "I don’t want to use names, but they are people that you know." VANDEHEI'S VIEW: "I think we'll show that we're better than the New York Times or the Washington Post." A SKEPTIC'S VIEW: "It's two good reporters, but that only takes you so far. You're competing against giants with just so much institutional leverage."