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HuffPost hires Petersen as news editor for national and politics

Lilli Petersen

Lilli Petersen has joined HuffPost as news editor for national and politics. Recently, she was an editor on the breaking news team at BuzzFeed News.

Before that, Petersen was a senior news editor at Elite Daily, where she managed a team of staff reporters, freelancers and junior editors covering national news and politics for a millennial/Gen Z audience.

During more than five years with Elite Daily, Petersen held the posts of night news editor and news editor.

She was a staff news writer at Refinery29.

Petersen has a B.A. from CUNY City College.

Be sure to congratulate Petersen on Twitter.

Mariam Ahmed

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