Media Moves

The 19th hires Barclay and Panetta as politics reporters

Mel Leonor Barclay (left) and Grace Panetta

The 19th has hired Mel Leonor Barclay and Grace Panetta as reporters on the politics team. Barclay covered Virginia politics for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Previously, she interned at the South Florida Sun Sentinel and Miami Herald.

She worked at the Naples Daily News and Politico. Currently, she is writing a newsletter for States Newsroom about abortion policy through the states. Barclay, who has a B.S. from Florida International University, will join on Nov. 7.

Recently, Panetta was a senior politics reporter at Business Insider, where she also held the posts of politics reporter and politics editorial fellow.

She appeared on MSNBC, Fox 5 DC, Cheddar, SiriusXM, WYNC’s “The Takeaway,” iHeart Radio, and Georgia Public Broadcasting to discuss her work. Panetta holds a degree in political science from Barnard College and a graduate certificate in election administration from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.

Panetta started on Oct. 3.

Be sure to congratulate Barclay and Panetta on Twitter.

Mariam Ahmed

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