Witley joins Bloomberg Law as a reporter

Skye Witley has joined Bloomberg Law as a reporter to cover privacy and data security. Witley interned at Axios. Previously, he interned at The Durango Herald in Colorado. He worked at The American University Eagle, American University’s student paper. He also interned at NBC Washington. Witley has a B.A. in journalism from American University. You […]

Axios plans policy newsletters for tech, health care and energy

Axios plans to launch newsletters later this year that will cover technology policy, health care policy and energy and climate policy. Axios Pro launched Axios Pro: Deals in early 2022 with five newsletters on dealmaking and venture capital in health tech, fintech, retail, media and climate. The slate of premium products was Axios’ first paid subscription […]

Kamb to join NBC News as national FOIA reporter

NBC News Digital has hired Lewis Kamb as a national FOIA reporter. Kamb will join the enterprise team on Sept. 12. NBC News digital managing editor Tom Namako said that Kamb “will pursue news-driven scoops and long-term investigative projects based on public records. He’ll work across the newsroom, running training sessions and coaching reporters on how […]

Sullivan to cover health care for Axios

Peter Sullivan, a staff writer covering health care policy and politics at The Hill will leave to join Axios to cover health care. Sullivan begins in September. His tweet reads: “I’ve loved my nine years @thehill and am very thankful to the great reporters and editors I got to work with, especially @BobCusack and @iswanTheHill […]

Cox Enterprises to acquire Axios for $525 million

Cox Enterprises is in plans to buy Axios with the latter being valued at $525 million. The move comes with plans to expand the news site’s coverage to encompass more cities. An excerpt from CNBC reads: Axios co-founders Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen and Roy Schwartz will remain on the company’s board and continue to manage […]

Axios hires Knight to cover health care policy

Axios has hired Kaiser Health News reporter Victoria Knight to cover health care policy. She will start in August. Knight currently covers Congress and a wide range of health care issues from Washington. She is Kaiser Health’s lead reporter working with PolitiFact to check the claims of politicians, advocates, and companies on health care. Knight is also […]

Axios promotes Alberti to managing editor

Axios has tapped Danielle Alberti as managing editor for data visualization. Recently, Alberti served as the data visualization editor. Previously, she worked as a web developer at the Pew Research Center and was a digital strategist at Application Developers Alliance in Washington, D.C. She was a digital news producer at Scripps Howard News Service. She […]

Axios hires Politico’s Sabin to cover cybersecurity

Axios has hired Politico reporter Sam Sabin to write its cybersecurity newsletter Axios Codebook, which will relaunch in August. She had been writing Politico’s Morning Cyber newsletter. She joined Politico in early 2021. She had been covering tech policy since January 2019, authoring the Morning Consult Tech morning and afternoon newsletters, along with taking on the tech policy beat and reporting […]

Houston Biz Journal’s Patel departing for Axios

The Houston Business Journal economic development reporter Shafaq Patel is leaving to help start a Houston newsletter for Axios. She previously worked for the Business Journal’s parent company, the American City Business Journals, as a diversity, equity and inclusion reporter. At Emerson College in Boston, where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Journalism, she served […]

Rothschild swaps Axios for Semafor

Global startup Semafor has hired Neal Rothschild to lead audience. Recently, he served as director for audience and growth at Axios, as well  as a social media manager and associate director for growth. Rothschild wrote freelance sports stories for USA Today, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Detroit News and the New York Times. He graduated from […]