Subject: Katherine Skiba, Chicago Tribune
From: Anita Dunn <[email-masked]>
To: Robbin Cohen <[email-masked]>, Liz Siciliano <[email-masked]>, Martin Nesbitt <[email-masked]>, Jamie Citron <[email-masked]>, Jordan Kaplan <[email-masked]>
Cc: Legacy <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 16:29:40 +0000

Is writing a piece on where the Foundation is now, architect narrowing down, the meetings last weekend, etc.  She is the White House/Washington correspondent for the Tribune, and is going to be more involved with Foundation coverage as we move forward.  It is my sense that the Tribune has decided to become more aggressive in their coverage.  Katherine had reached out to Valerie to appeal for help since we (I.e. Me) are so unhelpful!  
She had a source saying the decision on the architect and the site would be late spring or early summer, she said that she had sources saying the number of architects has been narrowed down to three or four, she asked me on the record if we were disappointed with our fundraising (I told her that the Foundation has consistently said we would only raise enough money to meet our operational needs until the President leaves the White House), she wanted details on the location of the meeting last Sunday, etc.  
I know Amy spoke with her as well - needless to say, we are not commenting on any parts of the process right now, nor are we confirming number of architects, timing on announcements, etc.  But wanted to give this group a heads up that we have another Washington-based reporter joining the pack, and we should expect to see more reporting out of the Tribune moving forward.  
Lynn Sweet, watch out!  

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