Times-Union hires Clark to write “Capitol Confidential”

The Times Union in Albany, New York, announced Friday the hiring of Dan Clark

Clark most recently was the host and producer of WMHT’s “New York Now,” and he will be a member of its statehouse and investigations team.

Along with contributing reporting to the Times Union, Clark will be the primary creator of a revamped, greatly expanded version of the “Capitol Confidential” newsletter.

“In addition to his decade-plus reporting on the Capitol, Dan brings a strong and engaging voice to this exciting project,” said Times Union editor Casey Seiler in a statement. “Building on the work of our hard-charging statehouse and investigations team, we believe the ‘Capitol Confidential’ newsletter is going to be a necessary part of the morning for insiders as well as anyone who wants to keep up with government and politics — especially in what’s sure to be a roller-coaster year.”

Clark studied journalism and documentary filmmaking at the State University of New York at Albany before joining “Capital Tonight” as a producer and reporter for the program’s NY State of Politics blog. He then spent two years as a Capitol-based reporter for PolitiFact and the Buffalo News, followed by two years as the one-man statehouse bureau for the New York Law Journal.

Clark joined WMHT in January 2020 as the host and managing producer of “New York Now,” the Emmy Award-winning weekly political news program that airs statewide on most PBS stations.