Politico’s strategy behind energy newsletters

Mark Stenberg of Adweek examines Politico’s energy newsletter strategy. Stenberg writes, “The publisher will launch a slate of newsletters on Aug. 31, consolidating what has been a somewhat fragmented approach to energy and environmental coverage into five products. “The roster will include Surge, a new daily global newsletter on rising electricity demand; State Power, covering energy […]
Politico hires FT’s Fedor

Editorial Director of Politics and Polling Jonathan Lai, Executive Editor of Washington Julia Marsh and Senior Executive Editor of North America Alex Burns sent out the following: Team — We’re thrilled to announce that Lauren Fedor will join POLITICO as a senior politics reporter, boosting our reporting firepower during an extraordinary moment in American politics. Lauren joins us from […]
Politico releases energy team reorganization

Debra Kahn, editorial director for energy and environmental coverage; Joseph J. Schatz, deputy editor-in-chief; and Jonathan Greenberger, global editor in chief, sent out the following at Politico: We’re excited to share how we’re organizing POLITICO’s energy and environmental reporting team — the largest and strongest of its kind in the world — as we prepare […]
Politico taps two to cover transportation

David Kihara, Grace Maalouf, Jonathan Miller, Bob King and Clea Benson of Politico sent out the following on Thursday: We’re also delighted that Sam Larreal will be joining the transportation team after a standout run covering technology and politics at NOTUS. There, he documented how Silicon Valley giants disrupted Washington; how artificial intelligence, data centers and social media […]
Politico hires Bloomberg Law’s Ruoff

Politico senior editor for Congressional energy coverage Manuel Quiñones, dditorial director for energy and environmental coverage Debra Kahn and deputy editor-in-chief Joseph J. Schatz sent out the following: We’re thrilled to announce that Alex Ruoff is joining POLITICO as deputy Congress editor for energy and environment, helping bolster one of our most important coverage areas. Alex comes aboard at […]
Politico transportation reporter Marquette moves to Congress team

Politico Congress executive producer Zachary Warmbrodt, Congressional policy editor Emma Dumain and senior Congressional editor Mike DeBonis sent out the following: We’re excited to announce that Chris Marquette is joining the Congress team as a reporter covering the Oversight, Judiciary and Ethics Committees. This role is vital for our newsroom as we deepen POLITICO’s coverage […]
Politico hires Satter to cover defense

Politico defense editor Jessica Meyers, deputy defense editor Benton Ives and head of news Grace Maalouf sent out the following: We’re delighted to announce that Mark Satter will join our growing Global Security team to cover defense policy, from Capitol Hill to the Pentagon. Mark will use his strong sourcing in Congress to get inside the power […]
Politico taps Bolzen as transatlantic correspondent

Politico’s Clea Benson, senior managing editor; Alex Burns, senior executive editor, North America; Kate Day, senior executive editor, Europe; and Jonathan Greenberger, global editor in chief, sent out the following: We are thrilled to start the week with an exciting announcement: Stefanie Bolzen is joining POLITICO as Transatlantic Correspondent, based on the U.S. Trade team. Many of you already know Stefanie […]
Union blindsided by E&E News closure

The union that represents journalists at Politico and E&E News sent out the following: On January 29, as we were discussing buyouts for the energy and environment teams, Joe Schatz told PEN Guild union leaders, “The brands and the publications are not going away. We are looking to sharpen their missions.” Today, he told us […]
Politico hires Barton as associate producer

Politico has hired Jackson Barton as an associate producer for its social media team. He has been at Bloomberg Opinion, producing social videos daily and direct weekly livestreams with Bloomberg Opinion’s columnists for Instagram, X, TikTok, YouTube, Linkedin, and Facebook. Barton previously was a video journalist at The Washington Post, where he pitched and produce original video […]