Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/hatcam-goes-running-pbs-newshour-team-takes-4th-of-17-in-charity-race Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter HatCam Goes Running: PBS NewsHour Team Takes 4th of 17 in Charity Race Nation May 15, 2013 6:35 PM EDT Social media editor Colleen Shalby sported NewsHour’s celebrated HatCam Wednesday as she ran the ACLI Capitol Challenge. Video edited by Meena Ganesan Members of Congress, journalists, judges and agency staffers ran on common ground Wednesday morning in the annual ACLI Capital Challenge at Washington’s Anacostia Park. The PBS NewsHour team, “No Commercials, No Mercy,” placed fourth out of 17 teams in the electronic media category. Also present at the 3-mile race was NewsHour’s own HatCam. Watch some of the course’s highlights captured by the GoPro-connected device in the the video above. Find the full list of winners here. Here are a few highlights: 1st Senator — Male Sen. Rob Portman Team Portman 24:47 It’s worth noting NewsHour’s own deputy political editor Terence Burlij came in alongside the Republican senator, who hails from his home state of Ohio. 1st Senator — Female Sen. Kelly Ayotte Galloping Granite Staters 26:44 NewsHour’s Political Editor Christina Bellantoni, the captain of our team, finished ahead of Ayotte by 24 seconds. 1st Rep. — Male (Mike Synar Award) Rep. Tom Cotton Cotton Tail Rabbits 17:55 1st Rep. — Female Rep. Kyrsten Sinema Hot Mess 25:13 1st Agency Head – Male Daniel Elliott STB-Surface Transport Board 21:29 1st Agency Head – Female Leocadia Zak USTDA – Trade Runners 36:00 1st Fed. Judge — Male Judge Brett Kavanaugh D. C. Circuitry (U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. Circuit) 21:13 1st Fed Judge — Female Judge Catharine Easterly Race Judicata (D.C. Court of Appeals) 26:15 Best Named Team Broken Down by Age & Sex Howard Hogan, Chief Demographer Census Bureau 2nd Best Name Sciquest Racin’ Jeffery Mercis Science Magazine 3rd Best Name For Boston Inspired Michael Kortan, Assistant Director FBI Worst Named Team Swall’s Well That End’s Well 2nd Worst Name Hoosier Mama Express Rep. Susan Brooks 3rd Worst Name Running Stimulates the Census Doug Clift Census Bureau Best Spirit NPR Winning Teams 1st Senate Team Team Portman Sen. Rob Portman 2nd Senate Team The Grassley Panters Sen. Charles Grassley 1st House Team Cotton Tail Rabbits Rep. Tom Cotton 2nd House Team Red, White & Blumenauer Rep. Earl Blumenauer 1st Executive Branch Team Navy’s Global Force for Speed U.S. Navy 2nd Executive Branch Team Full Blooded Intensity FBI 1st Print Media Team Bloomberg Terminal Velocity Bloomberg News 2nd Print Media Team CQ RC News Travels Fast CQ/Roll Call 1st Electronic Media Team FBN: The Power to Perspire Fox Business News 2nd Electronic Media Team North Capital Challengers NPR 1st Judicial Team D.C. Circuitry US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit 2nd Judicial Team Expedited Motion D.C. Court of Appeals [View the story “Running the Beltway: Worlds Collide as Senators, Journalists Race in Capitol Challenge” on Storify] Running the Beltway: Worlds Collide as Senators, Journalists Race in Capitol Challenge Storified by NewsHour· Wed, May 15 2013 20:26:21 NewsHour spirit was in full-force Wednesday morning, ahead of the 8 a.m. race in Washington’s Anacostia Park. This morning, team "No Commercials, No Mercy" (can you figure out where we got our name from?) ran in the #ACLI Capital Challenge race against senators, judges and news organizations, led by our fearless captain Christina Bellantoni (@cbellantoni7).newshour What we learned: D.C. runners have their own sense of humor. Best sign ever. At the ACLI Capital Challenge (a race between politicians and members of the media) Lots of fun! http://pic.twitter.com/TvTFSXkmqENatalie DiBlasio The signs here are hilarious #ACLI http://pic.twitter.com/mXD1Hk2W6WColleen Shalby The race included House and Senate teams from both sides of the aisle: Caught a pic of team @ChuckGrassley at the ACLI Capital Challenge while cheering on team @newshour. http://pic.twitter.com/E7dzPP0YPDAllison McCartney Up early running to raise money for wounded #veterans @wwpinc at the #ACLI challenge. http://pic.twitter.com/pwNXCiNs93Sen. Heidi Heitkamp Participated in the #ACLI Capitol Challenge run this morning with staff from our DC office! http://pic.twitter.com/c8XLbuo82oMatt Cartwright Team Lummis kick started the day at the ACLI Capital Challenge.cynthia_lummis Rep. Cotten fastest lawmaker in ACLI Cap Challenge. Ran 3 miles in just under 18 minutesEmily Goodin Also present were teams from print and electronic media, the judicial and executive branches and other government agencies: ACLI Capital Challenge results: PR’d at 24:47, tied with senator @robportman and helped raise money for @wwpinc!Susannah Snider ACLI Capital Challenge 2013 | FacebookFacebook The Bradlee Fighting Vehicles: 4th out of 33 print-media teams. Journalism is alive. http://www.capitalchallenge.com/2001_cabinet/results/2013/2013_print_media_team_results1.html #ACLIDan Zak Go Team NASA! #ACLI http://pic.twitter.com/CZigy2gjQFLauren Worley 2013 NATIONAL GUARD Capital Challenge Teamngaus1878 . @NewsHour staffers raced w/ judges, senators & reporters this morning at #acli. Here, @CShalby w/ #hatcam: http://pic.twitter.com/N7xzOIRVOwMeena We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now
Social media editor Colleen Shalby sported NewsHour’s celebrated HatCam Wednesday as she ran the ACLI Capitol Challenge. Video edited by Meena Ganesan Members of Congress, journalists, judges and agency staffers ran on common ground Wednesday morning in the annual ACLI Capital Challenge at Washington’s Anacostia Park. The PBS NewsHour team, “No Commercials, No Mercy,” placed fourth out of 17 teams in the electronic media category. Also present at the 3-mile race was NewsHour’s own HatCam. Watch some of the course’s highlights captured by the GoPro-connected device in the the video above. Find the full list of winners here. Here are a few highlights: 1st Senator — Male Sen. Rob Portman Team Portman 24:47 It’s worth noting NewsHour’s own deputy political editor Terence Burlij came in alongside the Republican senator, who hails from his home state of Ohio. 1st Senator — Female Sen. Kelly Ayotte Galloping Granite Staters 26:44 NewsHour’s Political Editor Christina Bellantoni, the captain of our team, finished ahead of Ayotte by 24 seconds. 1st Rep. — Male (Mike Synar Award) Rep. Tom Cotton Cotton Tail Rabbits 17:55 1st Rep. — Female Rep. Kyrsten Sinema Hot Mess 25:13 1st Agency Head – Male Daniel Elliott STB-Surface Transport Board 21:29 1st Agency Head – Female Leocadia Zak USTDA – Trade Runners 36:00 1st Fed. Judge — Male Judge Brett Kavanaugh D. C. Circuitry (U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. Circuit) 21:13 1st Fed Judge — Female Judge Catharine Easterly Race Judicata (D.C. Court of Appeals) 26:15 Best Named Team Broken Down by Age & Sex Howard Hogan, Chief Demographer Census Bureau 2nd Best Name Sciquest Racin’ Jeffery Mercis Science Magazine 3rd Best Name For Boston Inspired Michael Kortan, Assistant Director FBI Worst Named Team Swall’s Well That End’s Well 2nd Worst Name Hoosier Mama Express Rep. Susan Brooks 3rd Worst Name Running Stimulates the Census Doug Clift Census Bureau Best Spirit NPR Winning Teams 1st Senate Team Team Portman Sen. Rob Portman 2nd Senate Team The Grassley Panters Sen. Charles Grassley 1st House Team Cotton Tail Rabbits Rep. Tom Cotton 2nd House Team Red, White & Blumenauer Rep. Earl Blumenauer 1st Executive Branch Team Navy’s Global Force for Speed U.S. Navy 2nd Executive Branch Team Full Blooded Intensity FBI 1st Print Media Team Bloomberg Terminal Velocity Bloomberg News 2nd Print Media Team CQ RC News Travels Fast CQ/Roll Call 1st Electronic Media Team FBN: The Power to Perspire Fox Business News 2nd Electronic Media Team North Capital Challengers NPR 1st Judicial Team D.C. Circuitry US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit 2nd Judicial Team Expedited Motion D.C. Court of Appeals [View the story “Running the Beltway: Worlds Collide as Senators, Journalists Race in Capitol Challenge” on Storify] Running the Beltway: Worlds Collide as Senators, Journalists Race in Capitol Challenge Storified by NewsHour· Wed, May 15 2013 20:26:21 NewsHour spirit was in full-force Wednesday morning, ahead of the 8 a.m. race in Washington’s Anacostia Park. This morning, team "No Commercials, No Mercy" (can you figure out where we got our name from?) ran in the #ACLI Capital Challenge race against senators, judges and news organizations, led by our fearless captain Christina Bellantoni (@cbellantoni7).newshour What we learned: D.C. runners have their own sense of humor. Best sign ever. At the ACLI Capital Challenge (a race between politicians and members of the media) Lots of fun! http://pic.twitter.com/TvTFSXkmqENatalie DiBlasio The signs here are hilarious #ACLI http://pic.twitter.com/mXD1Hk2W6WColleen Shalby The race included House and Senate teams from both sides of the aisle: Caught a pic of team @ChuckGrassley at the ACLI Capital Challenge while cheering on team @newshour. http://pic.twitter.com/E7dzPP0YPDAllison McCartney Up early running to raise money for wounded #veterans @wwpinc at the #ACLI challenge. http://pic.twitter.com/pwNXCiNs93Sen. Heidi Heitkamp Participated in the #ACLI Capitol Challenge run this morning with staff from our DC office! http://pic.twitter.com/c8XLbuo82oMatt Cartwright Team Lummis kick started the day at the ACLI Capital Challenge.cynthia_lummis Rep. Cotten fastest lawmaker in ACLI Cap Challenge. Ran 3 miles in just under 18 minutesEmily Goodin Also present were teams from print and electronic media, the judicial and executive branches and other government agencies: ACLI Capital Challenge results: PR’d at 24:47, tied with senator @robportman and helped raise money for @wwpinc!Susannah Snider ACLI Capital Challenge 2013 | FacebookFacebook The Bradlee Fighting Vehicles: 4th out of 33 print-media teams. Journalism is alive. http://www.capitalchallenge.com/2001_cabinet/results/2013/2013_print_media_team_results1.html #ACLIDan Zak Go Team NASA! #ACLI http://pic.twitter.com/CZigy2gjQFLauren Worley 2013 NATIONAL GUARD Capital Challenge Teamngaus1878 . @NewsHour staffers raced w/ judges, senators & reporters this morning at #acli. Here, @CShalby w/ #hatcam: http://pic.twitter.com/N7xzOIRVOwMeena We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now