Politico financial services editor Mark McQuillan sent out the following editing changes to the staff:
The past few weeks have already demonstrated the centrality of economic and finance issues to the vast shifts underway across the political and policy landscape. We’re delighted to announce several editing moves on our Economy & Business team to keep us ahead of the curve in each of these arenas.Adam Behsudi, one of our newsroom’s sharpest policy experts, will be Financial Services editor. Adam will helm coverage of financial regulators who steer the economy, the people and policies pumping the wild world of crypto, the Treasury Department and the key congressional committees handling finance and economic issues – House Financial Services and Senate Banking. Adam has been central to building POLITICO’s policy coverage for more than a decade. He first joined as a reporter in 2013 when the Trade team launched, chronicling the dramatic changes in U.S. trade policy between the Trump and Obama administrations. He later took a spin through the International Monetary Fund, immersing himself in global economic issues and shaping content for the organization’s editorial platforms.We welcomed Adam back to POLITICO in 2022 as an editor on our Economy team during a moment of disruption in the domestic and global economic landscape. He quickly took charge across a range of beats, serving as a thought leader on international economic storylines and an unflappable and steady hand who writes and edits with authority.Greg Mott, one of our most versatile editors on economic and financial issues, will take charge of two policy teams – Employment/Immigration and Agriculture – that are poised to chronicle sweeping changes as the Trump administration rips apart the existing policy playbook and upends industries. Greg brings his unparalleled depth of knowledge of both economic issues and the Washington news cycle to this new role. He joined POLITICO in 2021 as an editor working across our Economy beats after almost 15 years guiding financial regulation coverage at Bloomberg, a period that included the global financial crisis and aftermath. Before that, he was a health editor at the Washington Post.At POLITICO, Greg has worked closely with reporters on all of our economy teams, deftly shaping their copy and guiding their coverage. Greg most recently has been steering our sustainability coverage, demonstrating how to work collaboratively across the newsroom on a beat touching many teams. We look forward to seeing him leverage that key skill in this latest role.Rishika Dugyala, a rising editing star in our newsroom who has brought vigor and vision to each of her assignments, is joining our Economy team. She will work across our economy teams with a special focus alongside Greg on our Employment/Immigration and Agriculture teams, building on her many strengths as a line editor and organizer to elevate our coverage in these areas.Rishika joined POLITICO almost six years ago as a breaking news intern and quickly demonstrated skills that landed her a series of critical roles across the newsroom. During the 2024 election cycle and presidential transition, Rishika was a newsletter and live blog editor working closely with the West Wing Playbook team and across the politics, California and several policy beats. Before that, she served as a strategy editor, helping the newsroom develop and innovate across enterprise planning, coverage expansions and newsletter tactics. In that role, she also oversaw and launched a variety of products — see: The Recast newsletter and its corresponding Power List — and projects, including two series on key voting blocs with custom polling.These moves will position us to take advantage of the deep expertise and editing skill across our economy team, alongside two editors – Emily Cadei on trade and Toby Eckert on tax policy – who already have their hands full with fast-moving, high-impact story lines.Please join us in congratulating Adam, Greg and Rishika on their new roles.