Bumiller of NYT Writing Condi Bio, Will Take Leave

[TomInTib]

Boy, this explains all kinds of crap.

NEW YORK Elisabeth Bumiller, a prominent Washington correspondent for The New York Times and frequent TV guest, will be going on leave in June to write a biography of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

The leave is expected to last one year. The New York Observer broke the story this morning.

The book project has caused further ripples at the paper, as Bumiller's husband, Steven Weisman, covers diplomatic issues at the paper--and he has been told he will have to switch beats to avoid conflict of interest concerns.

Bumiller currently writes the regular "White House Letter" feature in the Times. She has a story on the paper's Web site today on the president's surprise trip to Afghanistan. A search at the site finds few articles by Bumiller about Rice in recent months.

more:
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/newsroom/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002114145