Politico’s Guggenheim wins Dirksen award
Politico tax policy reporter Benjamin Guggenheim has been awarded the Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress for his groundbreaking investigation, “The 401(k) industry owns Congress’: How lawmakers quietly passed a $300 billion windfall to the wealthy.” The award is given by the National Press Foundation. The Dirksen award recognizes journalists whose work […]
Canadian Press hires Duggan as a reporter
The Canadian Press has hired Kyle Duggan as a reporter. Duggan has been an Ottawa-based reporter for Politico. Before that, he worked for three years editing English online news at Japan’s second largest daily, The Asahi Shimbun. Prior to his time overseas, he covered the complicated ins and outs of Canada’s telecommunications and broadcast industry for The […]
Politico reporter Fieseler departs
Politico reporter Clare Fieseler is leaving the news organization to take on some ocean reporting projects. She had been reporting for Politico and subsidiary E&E News on renewable energy, climate and technology. Most recently, Fieseler was a staff reporter for The Post and Courier, South Carolina’s largest newspaper. She also maintains a research appointment at the Smithsonian’s National […]
Politico’s Warmbrodt moves from financial policy beat
Politico executive editor Joe Schatz, global editor-in-chief John Harris, and executive vice president Jonathan Greenberger sent out the following on Wednesday: Team – We’re thrilled to announce that Zach Warmbrodt will be our first Executive Producer for Congress, charged with transforming our Congressional coverage and driving POLITICO’s growth on Capitol Hill. Few arenas of power are as […]
Politico hires Skove to cover space beat
Politico has hired Sam Skove from Defense One to cover NASA, private rocket companies, hypersonic missiles and artificial intelligence. At Defense One, he writes about the Army and Marine Corps. He previously worked in Ukraine covering the Russia-Ukraine war for The Daily Beast, Radio Liberty, and The New Republic, among other publications. He holds a bachelor’s degree […]
Politico reporter Banco departing for new opportunity
Politico reporter Erin Banco is leaving the news organization for a new opportunity. She has been covering national security for the past two years. Banco previously was a global health correspondent covering the pandemic. Before Politico she was a national security reporter at the Daily Beast. She was also an investigative reporter at The Star-Ledger and her bylines have also appeared in […]
Bloomberg hires Sisco to cover antitrust
Bloomberg News has hired Josh Sisco to cover antitrust news. He has been at Politico, covering how regulators and policy makers are fighting to rein in corporate power and the pushback from the companies and their Washington allies. He previously spent nine years covering antitrust enforcement, policy and litigation, most recently at The Information, including a long list of […]
Handlesblatt hires Hanke Vela as Brussels bureau chief
Handlesblatt has hired Jakob Hanke Vela as its Brussels bureau chief. He will start Jan. 1. Hanke Vela is Brussels Playbook Writer for Politico. Prior to joining Politico, he was at the Axel Springer Academy in Berlin, where he worked for the dailies Die Welt and Bild and led a team of eight young journalists to attract […]
Prang departs Politico to freelance, finish novel
Politico reporter Allison Prang has left the news organization to finish a book and to freelance. She has been covering sustainability for the news organization for nearly two years. Prang previously spent five years at the Wall Street Journal, where she covered breaking news while writing about labor, banking and the stock market on the side. At […]
Politico seeks a tech reporter
Politico is seeking a smart, enterprising reporter to cover one of the hottest stories in the world: the political and policy collisions between government and the tech sector as Silicon Valley upends the norms of society, business and democracy. This high-profile beat includes chronicling big tech companies’ influence in Washington, efforts by Congress and the […]
