NBC News promotes Tsirkin to congressional correspondent

NBC News has named Julie Tsirkin a congressional correspondent to cover daily happenings on Capitol Hill. Previously, she covered Capitol Hill as a field producer and off-air reporter. Tsirkin interned at MSNBC, where she was also an anchor and digital producer, as well as part of the 2018 election team. She also interned at Rutgers […]

NBC News promotes Lederman to foreign correspondent

NBC News has appointed Josh Lederman to the post of foreign correspondent in London. Since 2018, Lederman has been based in Washington, D.C. for the NBC, where he worked as a national political reporter and correspondent. Before that, Lederman was at The Associated Press, where he worked as a White House reporter and foreign policy […]

NBC News names Raffa White House correspondent

NBC News has appointed Allie Raffa to the post of White House correspondent. Previously, Raffa held the post of Capitol Hill correspondent. In her new role, Raffa will work with chief White House correspondents Peter Alexander and Kristen Welker. She was a general assignment reporter at KNSD-TV Ch. 39, which airs programming from the NBC […]

Pettypiece to cover the economy and politics for NBC News

Shannon Pettypiece, a White House reporter at NBC News has taken over the role of senior policy reporter. Pettypiece will cover the economy and the way politics shape everyday lives. Previously, she was a White House reporter, focused on jobs, the economy and health care at Bloomberg. She also contributed to Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Bloomberg TV, […]

Egan to join Politico’s White House team

Politico has hired Lauren Egan on its White House team, where she will help helm the West Wing Playbook newsletter. Egan begins on Dec. 13. Recently, Egan was a White House reporter at NBC News, where she also worked as a desk assistant and political reporter. She was part of a group of 21 journalists […]

NBC News hires Jarrett as senior legal correspondent

The following excerpt was sent out by Variety: Laura Jarrett, an up and coming correspondent at CNN is ready to fill big shoes at NBC News: She will take over coverage of the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Supreme Court previously handled by veteran Pete Williams. Jarrett is slated to join NBC News in January as […]

PEN America names Tolin editorial director

Lisa Tolin has joined the literary and free speech organization PEN America as an editorial director. In her new role, Tolin will manage the editorial content team, direct and collaborate with writers, media relations staff, designers, producers, and other communications teammates. At NBC News, she worked as a supervising health editor for NBC News Digital […]

Hasan and Wong join NY Times editing residency program

Maham Hasan and Wilson Wong will join The New York Times Residency Program on Nov. 14. An excerpt from the announcement reads: “Times residents edit work from across our newsroom, including daily and enterprise news articles, visuals and special projects. They begin their residency on the Flexible Editing desk, honing their skills under the tutelage […]

NBC News promotes Gibson to senior D.C. editor

NBC News has appointed Ginger Gibson senior Washington editor. Recently, Gibson served as deputy Washington digital editor. Gibson joined NBC News in November 2020 as an interim Washington editor and was previously a Washington correspondent at Thomson Reuters. She was a senior political writer at the International Business Times. Gibson was a congressional correspondent/national political […]

Terkel joins NBC News as senior politics editor

Amanda Terkel will join NBC News as a senior politics editor. She begins Nov. 14. Terkel is an editorial director at HuffPost, where she oversees the national and politics desks and provides strategic guidance across the newsroom about the direction of HuffPost. She has been with HuffPost for more than 12 years. Before that, she […]