New York Times

Word of the Day: Nascent-coming or having recently come into existence
The nascent garage band was formed by a group of high school teen-agers who had similar tastes in rock music. They plan to play their first show on Dec. 18 at the local auditorium.

Elisabeth Bumiller has been the White House Correspondent for the New York Times since 2001. Before becoming a reporter for the New York Times, Bumiller worked for the Washington Post and was an author. She wrote "The Secrets of Mariko: A Year in the Life of a Japanese Woman and Her Family" and "May You Be the Mother of A Hundred Sons: A Journey Among the Women of India." Bumiller recieved her B.S. in journalism at Northwestern University and her M.S. in journalism at Columbia University.

David Leonhardt has been the Business and Economics Reporter for the New York Times since 1999. Before working for New York Times, Leonhardt worked for Business Week magazine in Chicago and worked for the Washington Post. He studied mathematics at Yale University, but never recieved a degree. His coverage of corporate executives' pay was a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize along with his stories on the business scandals of that year.