Reuters hires Lombardi as an energy and climate reporter

Pietro Lombardi has joined Reuters as an energy and climate reporter, based in Madrid, Spain. Recently, he was a competition reporter at Politico. Prior to joining Politico, Lombardi was a senior reporter at Dow Jones Newswires and a contributor at The Wall Street Journal. He worked as a data journalist and reporter at Thomson Reuters […]

Politico names Frazier breaking news reporter

Kierra Frazier, a digital producer at Politico, has been promoted to the post of breaking news reporter. Previously, she interned at Axios and the Chicago Sun-Times. Frazier was also selected as a reporter for the New York Times Journalism Institute to produce one social justice story over the course of several months. Frazier has a […]

NBC hires Politico’s Dixon as senior national politics reporter

Matt Dixon will join NBC News Digital as a senior national politics reporter, where he will cover the 2024 presidential campaign. He begins April 3. Dixon will be based in Florida. Recently, he served as Florida bureau chief of Politico and the bureau chief for Jacksonville’s Florida Times-Union, where he was also an enterprise reporter. […]

Politico exec editor Linzer steps down among tensions

Dafna Linzer, executive editor at Politico will leave her role a year after she took the job. Her abrupt departure comes following some falling out with her employer. The Washington Post reports: “When Politico announced her hiring in late March 2022, editor in chief Matthew Kaminski called her ‘one of the critical steps’ the organization […]

Meyers joins Politico as deputy standards and ethics editor

Politico has appointed Jessica Meyers as deputy standards and ethics editor. Recently, she was editor in chief of Global Press in Washington. Previously, Meyers was an editor at World Bank Group and served as an Asia correspondent in the Beijing bureau at the Los Angeles Times. She also contributed to The Wall Street Journal, The […]

Hooper moves to health care beat at Politico

Kelly Hooper is now covering health care for Politico. She has been a breaking news reporter. She also served as a senior digital producer, and before that, as a digital producer. In addition, she was an intern at WeddingWire in Washington, D.C., Star News Group and Anchor Media LLC. She has also written and edited for The […]

Politico adds two to its legal team

Politico executive editor Dafna Linzer and editor-in-ehief Matt Kaminski sent out the following on Monday: All- In the last year, POLITICO has redefined what legal reporting means: First, with an unprecedented exclusive revealing that 50 years of legal protections for abortion would be overturned and then with a yearlong series on the Supreme Court itself, […]

Politico editorial director Randerson departs

James Randerson, editorial director of innovation and platforms at Politico Europe, has left after six years. His tweet reads: “6 years has taught me so much about journalism and myself. I’ve had the opportunity to work with some wonderful colleagues. Thanks for the scoops and the camaraderie. Info about my next steps soon but now […]

Borst becomes toxics and waste reporter at E&E News

Ellie Borst has a new beat at E&E News as a toxics and waste reporter to cover chemicals, trash and recycling. She joined as an intern in July 2022 covering energy and environment policy. Previously, Borst interned at PolitiFact, where she fact checked viral claims or claims by public figures for accuracy, with a focus […]

Steiger joins Politico as politics editor

Kay Steiger has joined Politico as a politics editor. In her new role, she will work with national politics editor Scott Bland and deputy managing editor Sam Stein. Steiger came from Grid, where she recently served as managing editor, and before that as politics and ideas editor. Previously, she worked as a deputy politics editor […]