Dear Congressman: A Hill Reporter Guide to Skipping the Press Team

The Frederick Douglass Press Gallery had no stationery. Now it does — and the letters get hand-delivered.

Aug 27, 2026

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So this morning I opened Adobe Express and designed a quick, simple, and I daresay elegant stationery pad for the Frederick Douglass Press Gallery — my workspace above the Speaker’s Lobby in the U.S. House of Representatives, where We the Press have filed our stories since 1879. Here is my design:

Dear Congressman: A Hill Reporter Guide to Skipping the Press Team

The Frederick Douglass Press Gallery had no stationery. Now it does — and the letters get hand-delivered.

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