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 […]
Politico taps Dobrin as deputy legal editor
Isabel Dobrin has been named deputy legal editor at Politico. She has been at Politico for almost seven years and most recently was the news editor in charge of 2024 election coverage. Dobrin was also director of homepage and news strategy. Dobrin also worked at the Salt Lake Tribune. She is a graduate of the University […]
Politico hires DiFeliciantonio to cover AI policy in California
Politico has hired Chase DiFeliciantonio to cover artificial intelligence and automation policy in California. He has been a reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle covering tech and how AI is changing the city and the region. He previously covered business, labor issues, and San Francisco’s recovery from the pandemic’s economic and other effects. A fifth-generation […]
Politico hires Benson to cover food and ag policy
Politico has hired Samuel Benson to cover food and agriculture policy. He has been with The Deseret News for the past five years as national political correspondent. Benson previously interned with Politico. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University.
Politico announces new newsroom structure
Politico’s global editor-in-chief John Harris sent out the following: Team, Events in Washington and around the world—in every national and state center of power that POLITICO covers—are by the day making our reality more clear. The political and policy contests that have shaped and shaken the first weeks of 2025 are not a passing storm. […]
Politico hires Parry to cover EU competition
Jacob Parry has been hired by Politico Europe to cover EU competition, tech and industrial policy. He has been at The Capitol Forum as senior editor for Europe covering EU competition policy. Parry previously was at Mergermarket as a senior reporter and chief regulatory correspondent. He also worked at BC Business in Vancouver. Parry is a graduate […]
