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Connie Lawn is "The Skiing White House Reporter." She has been writing about skiing, snowboarding, and wounded warrior events for 10 years. Her husband Dr. Charles Sneiderman, takes the photos and is the technical advisor. Connie is still a White House reporter for stations and blogs around the world. She has been covering the White House and the world since 1968. This makes her the longest-serving White House reporter. Many of her adventures are recounted in her book, You Wake Me Each Morning, 2010 Edition.

Connie has been appointed an Honorary Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to New Zealand-U.S. Relations. She was also awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Press Club of New Zealand. And she had a champion race horse named after her in that fine country!

Connie was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and has lived in the Washington D.C. region since l967.

Blog Entries by Connie Lawn

Washington and Boston

(0) Comments | Posted April 16, 2013 | 6:01 PM

During the Kennedy administration, it used to be said Boston was a back door to Washington. That was probably true, because so many members of the Kennedy brain trust were educated or raised in Boston. That may also be true today, when so many presidents, Cabinet members and top advisors...

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Liberty Mountain Resort Goes to the Dogs

(0) Comments | Posted March 25, 2013 | 9:29 AM

Liberty Mountain Resort in Carroll Valley, Pa. has gone to the dogs! It has also gone to the possums and other pets which could enjoy trying their paws on snowboarding, or just playing on the slopes with their people. Oh yes, humans were also allowed to ski and snowboard --...

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Warfighter Weekend at Liberty Mountain Resort and Gettysburg

(0) Comments | Posted March 5, 2013 | 7:48 AM

Within three days in July 1863, more than 50,000 Americans died at Gettysburg; very few who were injured in that battle lived to go home. Perhaps that explains the extraordinary generosity of that community hosting injured military veterans and their families during a weekend of snowsports organized and conducted by...

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Perfect Day at Whitetail Resort

(0) Comments | Posted February 20, 2013 | 11:26 AM

The trails were wide and white and glistened in the sun. The morning was cold at first, but it became quite warm in the afternoon. All the trails and parks were open and fully covered with machine made, packed powder snow. The snow fields were a marked contrast to the...

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Ninth Annual Warriors Conference at Wintergreen

(0) Comments | Posted January 28, 2013 | 12:25 PM

It has been another incredible weekend at Wintergreen in southwest Virginia. The warriors are recuperating from their serious wounds, both physical and mental. They are conquering their lives after their wounds suffered in Iraq and Afghanistan. They approach the mountain with the same gusto they show in life. They are...

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Reflections on Nine Inaugurations

(0) Comments | Posted January 20, 2013 | 3:49 PM

I have had the honor of covering nine presidents: Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan George Bush Sr, Bill Clinton, George Bush Jr, and Barack Obama. All inaugurations have their special moments, but they can also be expensive, exhausting, and bitterly cold.

The most amazing was...

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Snowshoe Sunrise

(1) Comments | Posted January 14, 2013 | 1:15 PM

By Connie Lawn and Charles Sneiderman

Snowshoe is one of the Intrawest Destination Resorts, and it has a Western feel. There are so many options, including snow sports, eating, shopping, and games for the younger set. Getting here from the D.C. area is a four to five-hour drive through some...

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Liberty Mountain Resort

(0) Comments | Posted January 6, 2013 | 3:24 PM

By Connie Lawn and Charles Sneiderman

Sunshine, great snow, mild temperatures, and good friends -- what could be better than this day at Liberty Mountain Resort! All this about an hour and a half from Washington, DC -- close to Gettysburg (no ghosts of Lincoln, but lots of reminders of...

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A Washington D.C. Reporter Reflects on Childhood in New Jersey

(0) Comments | Posted November 1, 2012 | 3:37 PM

Forgive me for all the cruel things I have said about New Jersey. It is a great state that deserves admiration and assistance, in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy.

I grew up in Long Branch, NJ, one of the shore towns which suffered great destruction. I...

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2012 Fall Festival Liberty Mountain

(0) Comments | Posted October 22, 2012 | 10:33 AM

2012 Fall Festival at Liberty Mountain Resort - Hall of Fame and Snowboarding Possum

This had to be one of the most memorable Fall Festivals ever! I met two of my favorite celebrities: General Manager Eric Flynn and the world famous snowboarding possum Ratatouille. It was also...

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Helen Thomas 92nd Birthday

(1) Comments | Posted August 14, 2012 | 10:38 AM

A group of about 25 journalists and friends got together in the National Press Club to celebrate the life and birthday of ground breaking journalist Helen Thomas. We met in the McLendon Room, which was appropriate. When I came into the White House press corps, in l968, Helen and Sarah...

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Going Viral in the White House Press Room

(215) Comments | Posted August 3, 2012 | 3:04 PM

I do not like to grandstand or give speeches when I ask a question, and am known for asking direct questions. White House spokesman Jay Carney (a really fine gentleman) once said I asked the toughest questions in the press corps. But I did not intend to trip him up...

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Watergate Reflections 40 Years Later

(1) Comments | Posted June 15, 2012 | 5:00 PM

Forty years ago I had the good fortune of renting an apartment in Watergate South, in the beautiful Watergate complex. I had already started my own news bureau, Audio Video News, and used the address as my business location. I had been covering the White House and Washington since l968....

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Ski Butlers Were a Hit in Washington, D.C.

(0) Comments | Posted May 23, 2012 | 4:22 PM

This post was co-authored by Charles Sneiderman.

The two young founders of Ski Butlers, Bryn Carey and Riley Tippet, were the Western Region winners of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year Award. While they did not win the overall award -- this year -- they were...

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Investiture Ceremony at the New Zealand Embassy, Washington D.C.

(0) Comments | Posted May 13, 2012 | 6:39 PM

Once again New Zealand has honored me, and I am overwhelmed. The wonderful people of New Zealand gave me a Royal Honour, for "Services to New Zealand-USA Relations." I just did what any reporter does -- I asked a lot of questions, ran around after visiting New Zealand officials or...

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Interview with Jennifer Rudolph, Colorado Ski Country

(0) Comments | Posted April 19, 2012 | 12:06 PM

This has been a difficult year for snow resorts around the world, but many have managed to thrive despite difficulties. Ski writer Connie Lawn spoke to a top expert in the world of snow sports. She posed a number of questions to Jennifer Rudolph, the Director of Communications for Colorado...

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Spring Skiing at A-Basin

(0) Comments | Posted April 17, 2012 | 10:43 AM

By Kathryn Whiteman

Skiing at Vail and Beaver Creek last week just whetted my appetite for spring skiing, so Saturday of Easter weekend, I headed to Arapahoe Basin. Since this was my first time at A-Basin, I was surprised to find the parking lot full of campers, dogs, kids, grills...

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Springtime in the Rockies 2012

(1) Comments | Posted April 2, 2012 | 11:30 AM

We are now in Vail, Colorado, and it is as glorious as it was the many times I have been here before. Common wisdom says this has been a bad year, and the snowpack is low here and in most other snow resorts in the world. But the trails are...

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Vail -- Where to Stay and How to Rent

(0) Comments | Posted March 31, 2012 | 10:58 PM

Vail is always glorious, and I have had some of the best times of my life here (and some of the worse, when I broke my hip just standing around last year!). But I skied again this season, enjoying the sunshine, the well-groomed trails, and the incredible vistas! I have...

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Wintergreen Resort's Eighth Annual Wounded Warrior Weekend

(0) Comments | Posted January 30, 2012 | 3:41 PM

Fog enveloped much of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains as we began the Wounded Warrior Weekend. The warriors and their families have faced greater challenges than this, and they bravely went into conditions that varied from fog, ice, and rain. But Wintergreen is known to have some of the best...

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