Politico is seeing “significant growth” in Europe

Politico is seeing “significant growth” in Europe, said senior executive editor in Europe Kate Day in an interview with Bron Maher of Press Gazette. Maher reports, “In the UK specifically, Politico’s editorial team numbers about 45 – up from 18 at the end of 2022. Its Paris and Berlin presences are ‘a little bit smaller,’ Day said, […]
LA Times deputy biz editor Rubin joining Politico

Joel Rubin, the deputy business editor at the Los Angeles Times, is joining Politico as its first-ever California senior policy editor. An announcement from senior executive editor Alex Burns, deputy executive editor Julia Marsh, executive editor Joe Schatz and global editor-in-chief John Harris states: In this new position, he will ensure our state policy reporting remains […]
Politico taps Overly as editorial director of Politico Live

Annie Allen, executive producer of Politico Live, sent out the following on Monday morning: Good morning and Happy Monday to all, I am excited to share the news that Steven Overly, one of our newsroom’s sharpest journalists on the fast-changing policy landscape, is joining the POLITICO Live, North America team as our Editorial Director, effective immediately. He […]
Guillot moving to Politico’s energy and climate team

Politico reporter Louise Guillot is moving to its energy and climate team to cover European Union climate policy. She has been a reporter on Politico’s sustainability team. Born in France, Guillot studied literature and political science at the University of Poitiers before moving to Paris for her master’s degree at Sciences Po, where she decided to dive […]
STAT News hires Payne as Washington correspondent

STAT News has hired Daniel Payne as a Washington correspondent. Payne has been a health care reporter at Politico Before becoming a health care reporter, he was a fellow at Politico. Before Politico, Payne worked to push The DeSoto Times-Tribune toward a digital-first approach as the Mississippi newspaper’s executive editor. He emphasized aggressive accountability reporting on the […]
Politico hires Kanu to cover regulatory law

Politico has hired Hassan Kanu to cover regulatory law. He has been at The American Prospect for the past year as a staff writer. He joined Reuters in 2020 to write a column about justice and equality under the law. Kanu previously was at Bloomberg BNA since June 2014. He has covered and analyzed court opinions and legal developments related to […]
Politico taps Nickel to cover cybersecurity

Politico journalist Dana Nickel is now covering cybersecurity and anchoring the “Morning Cyber” newsletter. She has been a digital producer. She has worked at Politico since February 2023 and previously was a digital producer and assignment editor at FOX23 News in Tulsa, Okla. Nickel is a 2021 graduate of George Mason University’s communication program with an academic […]
Politico hires Schwartz to cover international security, defense and trade

Politico has hired Felicia Schwartz to cover international security, defense and trade. She will start next month. She has been a U.S. foreign affairs and defense correspondent for the Financial Times for the past three years. Before that, she was a health and pharmaceuticals reporter at The Wall Street Journal, a beat she covered since July 2021. […]
Politico Europe seeks a food and agriculture reporter

Politico is looking for a reporter to cover one of the most colorful and contentious topics in Europe: food and agriculture policy. Food and farming lie at the heart of some of the EU’s biggest clashes. From Europe-wide protests over import competition to controversy around novel foods and the next reform of the vast Common […]
Politico names Anderson its California tech editor

Emma Anderson has been named Politico’s California tech editor. Her responsibilities include directing news coverage of state policies on social media, AI, privacy and more. She has seven years of experience editing politics and policy from Politico bureaus across the globe. Before Politico, she worked for The Local Europe, covering the impacts of the 2015 refugee crisis […]