Politico taps Hooper as breaking news reporter
Kelly Hooper has been promoted to the post of breaking news reporter. Recently, she 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 GW Hatchet, […]
Politico appoints Weyant deputy Congress editor for “Minutes”
Tyler Weyant, deputy nightly editor at Politico, has been promoted to the post of deputy Congress editor for “Minutes,” which provides news and analysis from Capitol Hill. Weyant has been with Politico for eight years, joining as a pro copy editor. He then became pro deputy production director and was then promoted to pro deputy […]
Baltimore Banner taps Calefati as education enterprise reporter
Jessica Calefati will join the Baltimore Banner as an education enterprise reporter with a special focus on Johns Hopkins University. Recently, Caelfati served as an education reporter at Politico. Before that, she was an investigative reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer. She has also covered K12 and higher education in California for CALMatters. She was also […]
Aiden appointed digital producer at Politico
Politico has named Sinobia Aiden as a digital producer. She will join after graduating in the summer from Arizona State University. In a Twitter post announcing the move, Aiden said she’s “so excited to get to work for such a great organization.” Aiden has worked as a digital producer/social media reporter at Arizona PBS. She […]
Ag reporter Bustillo departing Politico for NPR
Ximena Bustillo, who has been covering food and agriculture policy at Politico, is leaving to join NPR’s Washington desk. She will start later this month. Bustillo is the author of the Morning and Weekly Agriculture newsletters. She covers immigration, climate, labor, supply chain and equity issues and policies daily. Previously she worked as a legislative […]
Washington Post taps Cramer as national political enterprise reporter
The Washington Post has hired Ruby Cramer as national political enterprise reporter to helm the National desk’s long-form stories about the people and movements shaping American politics. She begins on June 6. Cramer joins from Politico Magazine, where she worked as a senior staff writer. Prior to that, she has worked at BuzzFeed for more […]
Politico taps Jones as California education reporter
Politico has hired Blake Jones as California education reporter. He joins from Idaho Education News, where he recently reported on the Idaho Legislature, school budgets and education spending. Jones was also a news reporter at the Idaho Press and has covered politics, government and education in Meridian and Kuna for the Idaho Press, Meridian Press, […]
Alexander joins Politico as senior graphics editor
Politico has hired Madi Alexander as senior graphics editor. Recently, she was a computational journalist, writing data-driven, investigative stories at The Dallas Morning News. Alexander has worked as a data journalist at Bloomberg Government. She was also a data fellow at ProPublica and an intern at The New York Times and The Journal Record in […]
Politico promotes Vestal to election projects editor
Allan James Vestal, senior news applications developer at Politico, has been appointed election projects editor. Previously, he was a computational journalist at The Dallas Morning News. Vestal was previously a news application developer at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and was an intern and then a contributor on the data desk at the Los Angeles Times. […]
Bloomberg hires Politico’s Wickham to cover politics
Bloomberg News has hired Politico reporter Alex Wickham to cover politics. He will start this summer. Wickham is currently the editor of Politico’s London Playbook newsletter looking at what’s driving the day in Westminster. Prior to this, he was political editor at BuzzFeed UK where he covered Brexit and the 2019 general election. Wickham is from London […]
