Mechelle Anders
- As a reporter for the Afro-American, Mechelle met Charlie Young at a New Year's Eve party thrown by Angela Blake. Mechelle and Charlie dated for three weeks, until she told Charlie that she'd accepted a very- entry-level position with NBC inside CJ's press room [5.11].
Colin Ayres
- Photographer who spent a lot of time in Israel and Palestine and agreed to take Donna around to see what things are really like during her CODEL [5.21]. Donna and Colin had a brief affair, and he flew to Rammstein, Germany, to visit her in the hospital after she was injured in a terrorist attack [5.22].
Ben and Sally*
- Ben Bradlee, real life (former) executive editor of the Washington Post, and his wife, journalist and author Sally Quinn. Leo McGarry arranged for Josh Lyman to attend a gathering at their home so he could speak to Karen Cahill. Josh managed to convince Sam to attend in his place [2.11].
- A political analyst who appeared on Decision America on Election Night 2002 [4.8].
- Attended Will Bailey's press conference, where he announced that Horton Wilde's campaign would continue, even though the candidate had died [4.6].
Betsy
- Occupied seat #6 in CJ's original White House press room [4.5].
- Sunday Times Magazine reporter new to CJ's pressroom who landed the article about Hoynes' tell-all book; he refuses to give CJ an advance copy of the piece, intimating that she's a subject of the piece, then accidentally "drops" a disk and requests an exclusive the President in exchange [5.15].
- In Paris, Brock watched CJ's briefings every day on C-SPAN [5.15].
- An influential columnist for the New York Times Who bears a strong resemblence to real life Times columnist, Maureen O'Dowd. Leo McGarry accidentally insulted her shoes, Sam Seaborn "doesn't do well with her" (there was once an incident where he fell down), and Donna Moss accidentally dropped her underwear in Cahill's presence; Karen mailed Donna's underwear to Josh Lyman [2.11].
David Case
- A television news anchor[2.3]
Terry Cashin*
- A reporter at the Baltimore Sun [2.19].
- A White House staffer leaked him some information about the administration's position on school vouchers [2.19].
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Chris [1.1] |
Marjorie Clark*
- A New York correspondent on Capital Beat [2.4].
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- He has been a White House reporter for seven years, and has covered the White House for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, and The Dallas Morning News [1.21].
- Occupied seat #16 in CJ's original White House press room [4.5].
- He knew about Sam Seaborn's relationship with a call girl, but agreed not to pursue the story [1.3].
- He is the senior White House correspondent [1.20] for The Washington Post, and was offered a position as editor, which he turned down [2.6].
- During the campaign, Danny and Governor Bartlet used to have late-night talks, and he literally wrote the book on Abbey Bartlet [1.17].
- Danny has a crush on CJ Cregg [1.7], and keeps trying to get CJ to go out with him [1.8]. To that end, he gave CJ a goldfish named Gail [1.9].
- CJ has occasionally been known to grab Danny and kiss him [1.12].
- He likes seafood, is a lively conversationalist, and is good at kayaking [1.8].
- Danny sits at home listening to his police scanner at night; he was vice-president of his high school audio visual club (Bobby Pfeifer was president, but Danny doesn't like to talk about it) [1.18].
- Danny won a Pulitzer Prize while sitting in the fourth row of the press room [4.10].
- He has a new assistant named "Maisy." [4.12]
- After trying for many months, Danny has finally found a link between the United States government and the downing of Abdul Shareef's plane. He agrees to hold off three days on printing the story, though, when CJ and Leo apprise him of security concerns [4.22].
Notable Quotes"I'm sure that was an answer to some question, Mr. President, it just wasn't an answer to mine." [1.15]"Two thousand marriage proposals, two thousand death threats, a dozen body guards, everyone wants to get close, everyone wants a thing. Plus -- and I say this standing fifteen feet away from the Oval Office -- life with father couldn't have been a real company picnic, you know. If it was me, just for now, I'd make sure I was the one guy in her life who was totally hassle free." [1.17]
"Speaking of tomorrow, when you start handing out information, please remember that I came down here at one in the morning to tell you this and there was no earthly reason I had to, and also you're secretly in love with me." [1.18]
"You guys are stuck in the mud around here, and none of it is the fault of the press. I know you're frustrated. But it ain't nothing compared to the frustration of the people who voted for you." [1.19]
"CJ, I'm sorry. I'd like to not be a reporter for a few minutes and just -- but you've gotta answer my question." [2.1]
"We cut farm assistance in Colombia and every single crop we'd developed was replaced with cocaine. We cut aid for primary education in northwest Pakistan and Egypt, and kids went to madrassas. Why weren't you making a case the Republican Senators are bad on drugs and bad on national security? Why are the Democrats always so bumfuzzled?" [4.12]
"Can I just ask -- what is it you'd do, exactly, to have me?" [4.14]
"You know I got it. So off the record: Did we kill Shareef?" [4.22]
"Does the President or his National Security Advisor fear attempts at retribution?" [4.22]
Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts* [2.16]
- A reporter and professional Bartlet-baiter for The Charleston Citadel, which CJ characterized as a fund-raising newsletter for the radical right [1.18].
- He cornered Zoey Bartlet on campus to ask her about David Arbor's arrest [1.18].
Duffy*
- One of the members of the first group of journalists to have tea with President Bartlet in the Map Room, following the 2002 presidential election [4.9].
Elizabeth
- Occupied seat #17 in CJ's original White House press room [4.5].
- A talk radio show host who attended a White House reception [2.3].
- A political analyst who appeared on Decision America on Election Night 2002 [4.8].
Geraldo*
Ralph Gish
- Science editor of The Washington Post who asked CJ if the White House was hiding proof of life on Mars, and if so, whether that was legal. This simple inquiry resulted in John Hoynes' resignation [4.21].
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Jeff Greenfield*
- A guest on the post-State of the Union edition of Capital Beat [2.4].
- Real life host of Greenfield at Large on CNN.
Maggie Greenwald [1.3]
- A senior executive at NBC and an old friend of CJ's [2.21].
- He has been to the White House 200 to 300 times and only once came in through the back door [2.21].
Helen* [1.5]
Don Imus*
Chris Isen*
- A Pentagon correspondent on Capital Beat [2.4].
- A junior White House correspondent who works for The Washington Post, the same paper as Danny Concanon [1.20].
- A conservative Christian talk radio show host who preaches that homosexuality is an abomination [2.3].
- She holds a Ph.D in English literature, but goes by the name "Dr. Jacobs" on her show, which the President suggested may be misleading [2.3].
- She was publicly lambasted by President Bartlet at a White House reception after she failed to stand when the president entered the room [2.3].
- Occupied seat #3 in CJ's original White House press room [4.5].
Julia
- Occupied seat #9 in CJ's original White House press room [4.5].
Julie*
- Occupied seat #7 in CJ's original White House press room [4.5].
[The Other] Julie*
- Occupied seat #8 in CJ's original White House press room [4.5].
[Still Another] Julie
- A political analyst who appeared on Decision America on Election Night 2002 [4.8].
- A photographer who credits Josephine McGarry with starting his career in photojournalism; she used to give him a heads up whenever she was going to do something newsworthy [2.8].
Karnow*
- One of the members of the first group of journalists to have tea with President Bartlet in the Map Room, following the 2002 presidential election [4.9].
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- Works for The Washington Post [4.21].
- Gave President Bartlet a cigarette on Air Force One [1.15].
- Occupied seat #2 in CJ's original White House press room [4.5].
- A reporter for the Cleveland Courier who was being trained to cover for Tom Johnson [2.4].
- He had drinks with Sam Seaborn to try to find out if Josh Lyman was going to be fired after the Mary Marsh incident [1.1].
- He is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal [1.2].
Kevin*
- Occupied seat #10 in CJ's original White House press room [4.5].
Sandy King*
- A reporter for The Chicago Sun-Times, formerly with The Miami Herald [1.5].
Ludmilla Koss
- Reporter for the Russian newspaper, Novaya Gazetta. The Russian government would not issue her press credentials because her newspaper was unfairly critical of their administration. Toby provided her with press credentials for the NATO summit, but at the same time made his contempt for her journalism quite clear [3.19].
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- Anchor at WKZN in Philadelphia. While speaking to her, Bartlet referred to Ritchie as ".22 caliber mind in a .357 Magnum world" [3.16].
- A reporter from Newport Beach who covered the Horton Wilde campaign on Decision America on Election Night 2002 [4.8].
Bill Maher*
- He has a girlfriend he's only been seeing for three weeks [2.17]; Mark's birthday is in December [4.21].
- Was one of four of CJ's reporters to spell muhziriabolah correctly [4.3].
- Occupied seat #1 in CJ's original White House press room [4.5].
- A political analyst who appeared on Decision America on Election Night 2002 [4.8].
Diane Mathers
- ABC journalist who interviewed Zoey Bartlet after her abduction [5.7].
- Was one of four of CJ's reporters to spell muhziriabolah correctly [4.3].
- Occupied seat #15 in CJ's original White House press room [4.5].
- A reporter from one of the news magazines. He fought with CJ when she moved the news magazines to the fourth row [4.10].
Paul*
- Occupied seat #11 in CJ's original White House press room [4.5].
- Occupied seat #4 in CJ's original White House press room [4.5].
- Reporter who stumbled onto Toby's attempt to cut a deal with retiring Republican Senator Gaines and put the deal in jeopardy by going to press with it [5.12].
Bill Price*
- A reporter who was abducted and killed in the Congo. He'd never missed a deadline in seven years, but after he'd missed two, his bosses realized he was missing. Billy had been critical of the Bartlet administration.
- He had a wife and two kids; sat in the White House press room for a year [3.13].
Rachel [4.3]
- Was one of four of CJ's reporters to spell muhziriabolah correctly [4.3].
Taylor Reid
- Slick, fast-talking cable news pundit who publicly called CJ a chicken until she agreed to come on his show (to, in her words, mop the floor with him, smirk-first) [5.13].
- After a slow start because Taylor wouldn't give her more than a few seconds to respond to any question, CJ did, indeed, mop the floor with him on a question about health care [5.14].
Charlie Rose*
- Real life host of a political television talk show on which the Bartlet administration had been promoting their drug program [2.4].
Tim Russert*
Roger Salier
- An anchor on News Center 4 [2.1].
- Reporter in Newport Beach, California [4.17].
- A talk radio show host who attended a White House reception [2.3].
Will Sawyer
- Reporter at the White House, who returned after two and a half years in Myanmar, where he was kicked out of the country because there was a bounty on his head. He's the only white man to ever witness the sacrificial rite of the Bua tribe of Fiji. By showing the tribe how his PalmPilot predicted the next day's weather, he achieved the status of a god. He thinks that being a White House reporter is the equivalent of being a stenographer or writing gossip [3.5].
- A television pundit who appeared on Capital Beat after the State of the Union [2.13].
- Occupied seat #13 in CJ's original White House press room [4.5].
Bill Stark
- With the King Speak, an evangelical Christian periodical with a circulation of 600,000, all of whom are praying for CJ so that she isn't condemned to eternity in hell. They're praying for Sam too [4.5].
- Stark served on a city council in Miami with Cornell Rooker, Bartlet's original nominee for Attorney General [4.5].
Howard Stern*
- Occupied seat #5 in CJ's original White House press room [4.5].
- Wire reporter who once complained about the seats on Air Force One [2.22].
- A talk radio show host who attended a White House reception [2.3].
Susan*
- One of the members of the first group of journalists to have tea with President Bartlet in the Map Room, following the 2002 presidential election [4.9].
Suzanne*
- Occupied seat #14 in CJ's original White House press room [4.5].
Brenda Swetland*
- Host on KCAL. She asked the First Lady about the suspension of her medical license, prompting Abbey to say that she was "just a wife and a mother." [4.2]
- Host of Sunrise in Cincinnati [3.16].
Terry*
- Was one of four of CJ's reporters to spell muhziriabolah correctly [4.3].
Tom*
- Occupied seat #12 in CJ's original White House press room [4.5].
Trent*
- Occupied seat #18 in CJ's original White House press room [4.5].
- CJ remembered his name as follows: "Eighteenth seat. Eighteen. You can vote. Vote sounds like moat, which is a trench. Trent." [4.5]
Leonard Wallace
- Billy Price's boss. He went to see CJ about helping him find his missing reporter [3.13].
- She wrote an op-ed on fair pay, ciriticizing the First Lady. Amy Gardner smacked her down for it at a reception [4.17].
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Sherrie Wexler |
- An entertainment reporter who covered the White House one evening. After she snarked the fact that CJ changed her clothes to report on Americans who were killed in Israel, CJ smacked her down [3.4].
June Wheeler
- A journalist from the San Jose Mercury News. She attended Will Bailey's press conference, where he announced that Horton Wilde's campaign would continue, even though the candidate had died [4.6].
Arnold White*
- The "new guy" in the press room. Arnold represents the Associated Press [4.9].
Ted Willard
- A journalist from the Orange County Post-Gazette. He attended Will Bailey's press conference, where he announced that Horton Wilde's campaign would continue, even though the candidate had died [4.6].
Claire Willow*
- A journalist from the Chicago Sun-Times who appeared on Capital Beat after the State of the Union [2.13].
Stu Winkle*
- Washington Post gossip columnist who reported that Helen Baldwin had signed a book deal.
- Joe Quincy connected two anonymously sourced stories to the Baldwin book deal and traced them back to Stu Winkle with CJ's help. The connection led Quincy to uncover that John Hoynes had leaked the information to his mistress, Baldwin [4.21].
Bob Woodward*
- A guest on the post-State of the Union edition of Capital Beat [2.4].
- Real life journalist and author who broke the Watergate story with Carl Bernstein.
* Individuals noted with an asterisk have been mentioned, but have never appeared.