Scribner departs Axios for WaPo

Herb Scribner will join The Washington Post as a breaking news reporter in Features. Recently, he was a reporter at Axios. Scribner begins Monday. Prior to joining Axios in May 2022, Scribner was a trending and entertainment editor at the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, where he worked for more than five years. He […]

Axios hires Wells to cover New Orleans

Axios has hired Carlie Kollath Wells as a reporter to cover New Orleans. For the past nine years, Kollath been a breaking news reporter for NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune. She has covered criminal justice, weather, hurricane season, traffic and the general news of the day. She co-created and ran a popular business blog for a […]

Williams takes on advisory role at Axios

Ted Williams, general manager for Axios Local, is leaving his full-time role. His tweet reads: “Personal news: I’m leaving my full-time role at Axios next week and I’ll become an advisor to the company through the end of this year. The last 10 years in local media have been an amazing ride and I’m excited […]

Axios launches newsletter, hires Brufke as a congressional reporter

The following excerpt was sent out from Axios: Axios will launch Axios Hill Leaders, a new daily newsletter covering Congressional leaders, on April 17. Sent while Congress is in session, the newsletter will offer readers an insider’s guide to the most powerful people shaping Capitol Hill with exclusive reporting illuminating the process and personalities behind […]

Bloomberg Government hires Sharpe as deputy team leader for newsletters

Bloomberg has tapped Kayla Sharpe to serve as a deputy team leader for Bloomberg Government newsletters. Recently, she was the editor for Axios Local’s reporting teams in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and Charlotte. Sharpe also helped launch Axios Local’s newsletters in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, and Dallas. She worked at Politico as a digital producer for Politico […]

May joins Axios as entertainment editor

Ashley May has joined Axios as an editor working with entertainment and real estate. Previously, she was at USA Today, where she worked for more than six years. There, May held the posts of Universal Now editor, interim education editor, News Now editor, Now News reporter and Nation Now multiplatform producer. She was a multiplatform […]

Herron swaps the Indy Star for Axios

Arika Herron, an education reporter at The Indianapolis Star, will leave to join Axios to “help build something new while continuing to cover this city I love for their forthcoming Indianapolis newsletter,” as per her tweet. Herron begins March. 13. Previously, she was an education reporter at the Winston-Salem Journal. At the Greenfield Daily Reporter, […]

Axios hires Curi to cover tech policy

Axios hires hired Maria Cristina Curi to write for a tech policy newsletter. She has been at Bloomberg Law since 2021, reporting on cybersecurity and telecom, including the FCC. Curi was previously a trade reporter at Inside U.S. Trade, a subscription-fee-based daily online news service from Inside Washington Publishers. Before that, she was an intern at Politico. Curi […]

Axios seeks a Texas editor

We are hiring an Editor located in Texas to help support the production of our daily newsletters! Responsibilities include: Oversee the production of daily local news coverage in select markets, specifically Axios Local’s newsletters Work closely with  Axios editorial leadership to adapt Axios’ “Smart Brevity” style to local news, shape how the Local product evolves, […]

Axios seeks a news reporter, Axios DC

We are hiring a web-first news writer to cover the Washington D.C. area. We are looking for a skilled reporter Responsibilities include: Anchoring daily web coverage for Axios D.C., featuring breaking news, quick-turn aggregation and insights on stories that matter most to the local audience A command of the D.C. news landscape and which outlets […]