Tarik El-Bashir leaving the Capitals beat.

Katie Carrera will take over the Post's Caps coverage.

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The Post still hasn’t published the news of Tarik’s transfer yet.

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by CapsFan75 on Jul 29, 2010 11:01 PM EDT reply actions

Per TEB:

Thanks for the kind words everyone. It was time to try something different. More important, it was time to have time to be a full-time dad.

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by kingzman264 on Jul 29, 2010 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions

At least Tarik told his Twitter followers the story. (The Post has been mum so far. Or I’m just not looking in the right place.)

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by CapsFan75 on Jul 30, 2010 6:24 AM EDT up reply actions

It sounds like its a good decision for him and his family. NASCAR is just weekends, and Georgetown Hoops is only a few nights a week for 4 months. The Caps beat is 7 months for preseason and regular season alone, and then hopefully 2 more months of playoffs. Lots of travel, nights away from home, etc. A hockey beat is a lengthy assignment.

Katie does a good job with the moring CI links, and I am sure she’ll be good as the Caps regular reporter. She had a great teacher, and this is a great opportunity for her.

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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jul 30, 2010 9:19 AM EDT up reply actions

Katie Carrera was on the Mystics beat before, yes?

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by winterion on Jul 30, 2010 1:48 AM EDT reply actions

Yep.

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by cobracg on Jul 30, 2010 1:54 AM EDT up reply actions

Comment on Caps Insider :(

“Oh great, they take Tarik from the insider and give us a teeny bopping Pens fan… genius!!!!!!”

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by cobracg on Jul 30, 2010 2:00 AM EDT reply actions

Found out where that’s from:
http://intern.washpost.com/bios2007.cfm
She only graduated from college in 2008.

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by cobracg on Jul 30, 2010 2:10 AM EDT up reply actions

Scary how much time has been passing. First, it’s 4 members of the Caps’ blue line being younger than my first born. Now it’s the Caps’ beat writer.

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by CapsFan75 on Jul 30, 2010 6:27 AM EDT up reply actions

So she is a Pens fan…this is not good..not good at all…She should be ready to dance with T.J “King Kong”

by SA-Town on Jul 30, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Corey is from Pittsburgh and for my money, he’s the best beat writer the Caps have had since I’ve been sentient.

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by Knee high to a duck on Jul 30, 2010 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions

The cream of the crop can rise above their birthplace.

Actually, if a reporter can’t do that, he’s in the wrong line of work.

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by gfcaps fan on Jul 30, 2010 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions

I always enjoyed Robert Fachet…gotta give credit to a guy who gave up an WaPo editorship for a beat writing gig to cover the Caps.

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by bigonetimer on Aug 1, 2010 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Where do you get that she is a Pens fan?

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by timmyv38 on Jul 30, 2010 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Will take over the blog or as beat writer? Surely WP thinks the Capitals merit more than a green twenty-something.

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by macvechkin on Jul 30, 2010 10:53 AM EDT reply actions

Katie is the new beat reporter for the Caps. Yes she is a 20-something. The WP views the Caps beat as a stepping stone on the way up the ladder. Most of the Caps beat reporters who were good (Robert Fachet comes to mind immediately) move onto the other projects (Redskins, Nats, etc.).

I suspect if the Caps beat wasn’t as demanding, Tarik would still be on it, but he wants to spend more time with his family, and that means that 40+ nights away from home, 40+ home game days that start at 10 AM and go until midnight, plus playoffs, preseason… I understand of what he speaks. Georgetown hoops is probably 20 nights away and I don’t think the WP sends someone to all NASCAR events, so, that’s probably no more than 20 more travel days….all on weekends where he might be able to take the kids with him for part/all of it.

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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jul 30, 2010 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions

Katie may be a twenty-something, but she did spend time on the beat as an intern, and the way I recall it, she did just fine. I’m not worried.

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by gfcaps fan on Jul 30, 2010 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Agreed. She would make the early morning post to CI with the links from around the league and would also put up blog postings during games if something came up. If you know how to listen and how to write, you can be a beat reporter if you want to put in the effort. And for an NHL or NBA team it is a lot of work. There’s more travel than for baseball (yes, baseball teams play 81 games on the road, but usually in series of 3 or 4 games, so there are only 25-28 trips a year.) and more nights away from home.

I think this is a big opportunity for her and she will make the effort to succeed.

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by MikeL-Pivonka on Jul 30, 2010 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions

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