Congressional Quarterly, Inc. , or CQ , is part of a privately owned publishing company called CQ Roll Call that produces several publications reporting primarily on the United States Congress . CQ was acquired by the Economist Group and combined with Roll Call to form CQ Roll Call in 2009; CQ ceased to exist as a separate entity, and in July 2018, a deal was announced for the company to be acquired by FiscalNote .
15-630: CQ was founded in 1945 by Nelson Poynter and his wife, Henrietta Poynter , to provide a link between local newspapers and the complex politics within Washington, D.C. Thomas N. Schroth , managing editor of the Brooklyn Eagle , was elected in October 1955 as executive editor and vice president. Schroth built the publication's impartial coverage, with annual revenue growth from $ 150,000 when he started to $ 1.8 million. In addition to adding
30-528: A book division, Schroth added many staff members who achieved future journalistic success, including David S. Broder , Neal R. Peirce, and Elizabeth Drew . He was fired from Congressional Quarterly in 1969 after festering disagreements with Poynter over editorial policy at the publication, and Schroth's efforts to advocate "more imaginative ways of doing things" reached a boil. In 1965, Poynter summed up his reasons for founding CQ: "The federal government will never set up an adequate agency to check on itself, and
45-506: A features editor for several magazines, including Vanity Fair , Musical Digest , and Vogue . She served as the foreign editor for Vogue from 1929 to 1931. She also served as assistant to film director John Houseman . She met her future husband when they were both working on President Franklin D. Roosevelt 's reelection campaign in 1940. They collaborated on a number of projects for the Office of War Information . During World War II she
60-515: A foundation is too timid for that. So it had to be a private enterprise beholden to its clients." Despite its name, CQ was published quarterly for only one year. Demand drove more frequent updates, first weekly, then daily. CQ was also an early leader in delivering information on a real-time basis, starting with a dial-up service in 1984. Its website dominates the online legislative tracking information market and has been nominated for several awards. CQ has since launched several web-only newsletters with
75-554: A funeral." The Nelson Poynter Memorial Library , built in 1996, was built in memory of Poynter on the campus of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg . Henrietta Poynter Henrietta Malkiel Poynter (1901–1968) was an American journalist and businesswoman credited as the co-founder of Congressional Quarterly with her husband, Nelson Poynter . Henrietta Malkiel was born in New York City in 1901,
90-462: A greater focus on particular areas, including CQ Homeland Security , CQ BudgetTracker , and CQ HealthBeat . In 2005, CQ's flagship publication, the Weekly Report , was relaunched as CQ Weekly with a wider focus, including "government, commerce, and politics." A daily publication, CQ Today , also is available every day when Congress is in session. CQ Today ' s main print competition
105-486: A master's degree from Yale University in 1927. Poynter worked various newspaper jobs across the country after completing his education. He began buying stock from his father in 1935, and he became an editor in 1939. He stayed in this position until his father's death in 1950 when he was appointed president. He co-founded the Congressional Quarterly with his wife, Henrietta . Poynter established
120-587: Is Atlantic Media's CongressDaily . In May 2008, CQ Press was purchased by SAGE Publishing . Although it retains the name "CQ Press" (a trademark of Congressional Quarterly), CQ Press is no longer an affiliate of Congressional Quarterly. Until 2009, CQ was owned by the Times Publishing Company of St. Petersburg, Florida , publisher of the Tampa Bay Times and other publications. The Times Publishing Company is, in turn, owned by
135-725: The Poynter Institute , a school for journalists founded by Nelson Poynter. The Economist Group acquired CQ; the deal terms were not disclosed. Ten CQ reporters have won the "Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress" from the National Press Foundation : Alan Ehrenhalt in 1983, Joan Biskupic in 1991, Janet Hook in 1992, George Hager in 1996, Jackie Koszczuk in 1997, Sue Kirchhoff in 2000, John Cochran in 2003, Jonathan Allen in 2008, Matt Fuller in 2015 and John M. Donnelly in 2018. Nelson Poynter Nelson Poynter (1903–1978)
150-677: The Poynter Fund in 1954 to honor his father. He gave generously to his two alma maters to enrich their journalism programs. His most lasting legacies were to establish the Modern Media Institute, which was renamed the Poynter Institute after his death in 1978, and to will his majority share in the Times Publishing Company , which owns the St. Petersburg Times (renamed the Tampa Bay Times in 2012), which likely saved
165-568: The only child of political activists Leon and Theresa Malkiel . Her parents were Russian Jewish immigrants and founded the New York Daily Call , a Socialist newspaper. Her mother, a women's rights and labor activist, was the author of The Diary of a Shirtwaist Striker . She attended Hunter College High School and graduated from the Columbia Journalism School in 1922. After college, Henrietta worked as
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#1732797192538180-578: The paper, and Congressional Quarterly (sold to The Economist Group in 2009). Poynter was married three times: first to Catherine, then to Henrietta from 1942 until her death in 1968, and finally to Marian Knauss until his death. He had two daughters. Poynter died of a cerebral hemorrhage on June 15, 1978 in St. Petersburg, Florida . In a memo beforehand, he instructed The Times' staff not to overplay news of his death and insisted there be no memorial service because "I have observed no one really likes to go to
195-562: Was an American publisher and media proprietor . He was the owner of the Times Publishing Company , and the co-founder of the Congressional Quarterly . He is the namesake of the Poynter Institute . Poynter was born in Sullivan, Indiana , in 1903. His family moved to Florida nine years later when his father, Paul Poynter, bought the St. Petersburg Times . Nelson returned to Indiana to get his B.A. from Indiana University and went on to complete
210-553: Was the assistant program chief for Voice of America , and is credited with naming the program. In 1945, the Poynters co-founded the Congressional Quarterly as a means to have easier and more streamlined access to the major legislation going through Congress. The Poynters resided mainly in St. Petersburg, Florida , but spent a great deal of time traveling between Florida and Washington, DC. Starting in 1953, she
225-802: Was the associate editor for her husband's newspaper, the St. Petersburg Times . She also served as the Vice President and a trustee of the Poynter Fund. During her career, Poynter was a member of the National Women's Press Club and the National Conference of Editorial Writers and the International Press Institute (she is noted as the first woman to serve on its American Committee). Henrietta married Nelson Poynter in 1942 in Williams, Arizona . She
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