Politico taps Ward to serve on the White House team
Myah Ward, a breaking news reporter at Politico, has taken over the role of White House reporter. Ward joined in 2020 as an intern and then joined the staff full-time as a digital producer and reporter for Politico Nightly. She freelanced for The New York Times and was a health reporter intern at Bloomberg. She […]
Williams swaps The Hill for Politico
Jordan Williams will join Politico Pro as a legislative compass reporter. Recently, Williams was a defense reporter at The Hill, where she covered defense, veterans’ affairs and Congressional action. Before that, she reported on the latest in politics breaking news as a breaking news reporter. At FDAnews, she was part of a team that compiled […]
Politico hires Guggenheim to cover tax policy
Clea Benson, managing editor of policy news at Politico, sent out the following to the staff on Monday: We’re delighted to welcome Benjamin Guggenheim to POLITICO, where he’ll join the tax team to cover a beat that’s a perennial favorite among our readers: the IRS and tax policy on Capitol Hill. Benjamin comes to us […]
Deputy tech and cyber editor Kakaes departs Politico
Konstantin Kakaes has been hired as a senior editor at Quanta Magazine. He previously was deputy technology and cybersecurity editor at Politico, which he joined in early 2022. Kakaes previously was MIT Technology Review, where he’s been an editor for the past three years conceiving and shaping coverage of a wide range of tech issues […]
Semafor hires Tani as a media reporter
New media company Semafor has hired Maxwell Tani from Politico as a media reporter. He has been at Politico for the last year and co-authored the West Wing Playbook newsletter. Tani previously covered politics and media for Business Insider. He previously wrote for the Huffington Post and helped produce the Working podcast for Slate. He has also […]
Politico Magazine promotes three to deputy editor
Politico Magazine editor Elizabeth Ralph and executive editor Dafna Linzer sent out the following: All – Since it started in 2013, the magazine has been a central part of POLITICO’s identity — a home for impactful reporting, beautifully-spun narratives, and bold, original ideas at the center of politics, power, policy and culture. As the magazine […]
Financial Times appoints Miller Ukraine correspondent
Christopher Miller has joined the Financial Times as Ukraine correspondent. Recently, Miller was a world and national security reporter at Politico. Miller spent years working as a foreign correspondent reporting from Ukraine and around Eastern Europe. Previously, he reported for BuzzFeed News and served as Ukraine correspondent at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, based in Kyiv. […]
Politico hires Przybyla as national investigative correspondent
Politico has appointed Heidi Przybyla as a national investigative correspondent. Przybyla will begin on Oct. 11. A Politico contributor, Przybyla was recently a correspondent at NBC News, where she led coverage of the Biden White House’s COVID-19 policy. Before that, she was a NBC/MSNBC political reporter and “Morning Joe” panelist. She was a senior political […]
Washington Post names Pauker and Wilgoren editors
The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post national editor Matea Gold and deputy national editor Philip Rucker: We are thrilled to announce that Ben Pauker is joining The Post as our new National Security editor. We are also excited to announce that we are moving several beats that had been part of the […]
Politico names Heuser its global tech editor
Sudeep Reddy, global managing editor at Politico, sent out the following on Wednesday morning: All— I’m thrilled to announce that Steve Heuser, one of our newsroom’s most creative and accomplished editors, is taking on a new role at the center of our ambitions: expanding the depth and breadth of our technology coverage around the world. […]
