Politico seeks an economy and financial services reporter

Politico is seeking an experienced reporter to cover the policies and politics that shape Washington’s oversight of banking, finance and the economy. You will help us dominate coverage of storylines critical to our global economic future, from the way regulators police the world’s biggest banks to how Washington policy affects Americans’ ability to save money […]

Pensions & Investments starting DC newsletter

Pensions & Investments is launching a newsletter, “This Week in Washington,” on Jan. 10, authored by senior reporter and Washington bureau chief Brian Croce. A story on its website states, “The weekly newsletter aims to harness Croce’s experience in covering the latest legislative, legal and regulatory developments, as well as the people who are shaping […]

Politico hires Carlson to cover EU financial regulation

Politico has hired Kathryn Carlson to cover European Union financial regulation in Brussels. She has been a correspondent leading EU financial services coverage for MLex in Brussels. She previously covered energy and trade as a reporter for MLex, and has written for Reuters and The Times of London among other outlets. Carlson holds a degree in English […]

Lane named business editor of The Hill

Sylvan Lane has been named business editor at The Hill. He will lead The Hill’s coverage of finance, economics, business, lobbying and technology with a focus on the connections between politics and policy. He previously had been the assistant business and finance editor. Lane previously led The Hill’s coverage of the U.S. economy and financial sector, […]

Bloomberg Government hires Hewitt Jones as policy team leader

Bloomberg Government news director Angela Greiling Keane sent out the following on Tuesday morning: Good morning colleagues, We are pleased to announce that John Hewitt Jones is joining BGOV as our next Policy team leader. John joins us from FedScoop, a Washington-based tech policy publication where’s he’s been the managing editor. In his new role, John will […]

Bloomberg Government hires Brown as a reporter

Bloomberg Government has hired Jalen Brown to cover finance, policy and Congress. Brown previously was a digital writer at CNN. He interned as a labor and employment reporter for Bloomberg Industry Group. He also interned for Forbes. Brown holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Morehouse College.

CNBC hires Wilkins to cover Congress

CNBC senior vice president Dan Colarusso sent out the following on Monday: I’m happy to announce we’ve hired Emily Wilkins to join our Washington, DC bureau as a correspondent covering Congress, key regulatory issues and policies that impact American businesses and the economy. An award-winning journalist, Emily comes to us from Bloomberg Government, where she covered Congress […]

Bloomberg Government hires Seddiq to cover tech policy

Bloomberg Government has hired reporter Oma Seddiq to cover technology policy. She previously was at Insider covering legal affairs. She also worked at Business Insider as a politics reporter. Previously, Seddiq served as the publication’s politics fellow, as well as a digital producer for Politico. She also worked as the wealth intern for Forbes. Seddiq graduated from Northwestern University with […]

Inc. reporter Angell to cover fed government policy

Inc. reporter Melissa Angell is now covering policy from the White House and government agencies. She will be covering policy and other news from the departments of Labor and Commerce, and other agencies like the SBA. Before her beats touched on health care, health insurance, wellness, the SBA and small business lending Angell joined Inc. magazine in […]

Bloomberg hires Weinstein to cover SEC, CFTC

Bloomberg News has hired Austin Weinstein to cover the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in its Washington bureau. He comes to the role after year as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow, where he worked for Sen. Jon Ossoff on Senate Banking Committee issues. He previously was the banking reporter for […]