Politico names Summer 22 interns
Politico managing editor of policy news Clea Benson sent out the following on Thursday: Greetings all, We are happy to introduce the summer 2022 class of interns to the newsroom! Many of them have already started, and some will be in our Rosslyn office and in our bureaus, so please come by and say hello if you […]
Politico hires Zeller as deputy health care editor
Politico health care editor Eli Reyes sent out the following: We’re delighted to announce that Shawn Zeller is joining POLITICO as a deputy health care editor, overseeing our expanded coverage of the future of health care and working with reporters on key beats including public health and the Department of Health and Human Services. Shawn comes to […]
Atlanta Journal-Constitution hires Landergan as health and safety net reporter
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has hired Katherine Landergan as a health and safety net reporter. In her new role, she will cover child protective services, the foster care system, children with special needs, homelessness, and aging and senior issues. Her beat also includes food assistance programs, mental health and disability programs and poverty programs. Landergan joins […]
Politico founding editor Harris takes on new role
John Harris, founding editor of Politico, will be take on the role of editorial chair. Harris began his career in 1985 as an intern at The Washington Post. He spent the next 21 years at the Post, covering various beats, including Virginia politics. He also served as the Post’s national politics editor. He is the […]
Gannett paper reporter Cordero departs for Politico
Katelyn Cordero, an education reporter at Gannett-owned New York paper the Poughkeepsie Journal, has left to join Politico in the same role. She is based in Albany, N.Y. Cordero previously worked in New York as a reporter for the Mid Hudson Times, a freelance associate producer for Al Arabiya News Channel, and as a staff […]
Politico hires Ng to cover tech policy
Politico managing editor Clea Benson sent out the following on Thursday: We’re pleased to welcome Alfred Ng to POLITICO, where he’ll join our technology team to cover the politics and policy battles around data privacy — from the ways companies profit from consumers’ information, to the wrangling in Congress over how to rein them in, to the […]
Farrell hired as editor in chief of CyberScoop
Michael B. Farrell has been hired as editor in chief of CyberScoop. He will start next week. He has been media director for Synack Inc. for the past two years. Farrell was Politico’s cybersecurity editor, overseeing a team of reporters who cover the intersection of policy, politics and digital security, from May 2018 to March 2020. […]
Politico hires Roussi as cybersecurity reporter in Brussels
Politico Europe has tapped Antoaneta Roussi as a cybersecurity reporter on its tech team, based in Brussels. Recently, she worked as a freelance correspondent in Kenya. Her work has appeared in National Geographic, Nature, The Financial Times, NPR, BBC and The Independent. She also provided editorial consultancy to the UN Environment Program and The World […]
Abdullah named associate audio producer at Politico
Politico has tapped Afra Abdullah as associate audio producer, working primarily on the “Playbook Deep Dive” podcast. She joins from SiriusXM, where she was an associate producer. Previously, she was a freelance producer at Washington-based WPFW-FM 89.3, where she worked on the “On the Ground Show” podcast, which talks about topics related to politics, environmental […]
PBS NewsHour appoints Barrón-López White House correspondent
Laura Barrón-López will join PBS NewsHour as White House correspondent. She begins on June 13. She has been a CNN analyst since 2019 and will continue in that role along with her new job. Recently, Barrón-López was a White House correspondent and national political reporter at Politico. Barrón-López was also a political reporter at the […]
