WSJ’s Levy joins Politico as health care reporter

Rachael Levy has joined Politico as a reporter covering the money behind U.S. health care. She comes from The Wall Street Journal, where she served as a hedge fund reporter, and most recently as a domestic terrorism reporter. She has also worked as a senior reporter and then as a correspondent at Business Insider. She […]

Politico hires Messerly as national health care reporter

Megan Messerly will be joining Politico as a health care reporter covering health policy in the states. She will be based in Washington, D.C. Currently, she is a politics and health policy reporter at The Nevada Independent, which she will be leaving on Dec. 17 to join Politico in January. She was also a political […]

Korecki joins NBC News as senior national political reporter

NBC News has tapped Natasha Korecki as a senior national politics reporter on the NBC Politics team. She joins from Politico, where she was a national correspondent. Korecki was with the Chicago Sun-Times for over 11 years, where she worked as a federal courts reporter and then as a chief political reporter. She has also […]

Bloomberg Law hires Rainey to cover Labor Department

Bloomberg Law has hired Rebecca Rainey to cover the Labor Department as a senior reporter. She will start next month. Rainey has been at Politico for the past three years as an employment and immigration reporter with Politico Pro and the author of the Morning Shift newsletter. Prior to joining Politico in August 2018, Rainey covered the […]

Politico taps Kern for tech team

Rebecca Kern has joined Politico’s technology team, covering online speech, misinformation, content moderation and the broader technology policy on Capitol Hill. Kern joins from Bloomberg Government, where she was a technology reporter covering technology policy issues and legislation on Capitol Hill, including privacy, telecom and cybersecurity issues. She also helped write BGov’s Tech and Cyber […]

NY Times hires Noguchi as executive producer of opinion audio

The New York Times has appointed Irene Noguchi as executive producer of opinion audio. Currently, she is head of audio and executive producer of podcasts at Politico. She was also an executive producer at Vox.com and has worked at KQED in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has also worked as a producer/reporter and then […]

Politico hires Siegel to cover energy and climate

Politico has hired Joshua Siegel to cover energy and climate news coming out of Congress. Siegel is currently an energy and environment reporter at the Washington Examiner and helps author the Daily on Energy newsletter. Prior to that beat, he covered foreign policy, immigration, and criminal justice. He graduated from Florida Gulf Coast University, where he studied business and […]

Politico taps Daugherty to helm Morning Transportation newsletter

Alex Daugherty is joining Politico to lead the Morning Transportation newsletter and report on infrastructure, supply chains and transportation issues. Previously, he was a Washington correspondent at The Miami Herald, where he has also worked as a politics reporter. He was also a Washington correspondent for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, one of McClatchy’s flagship newspapers. […]

Politico Europe names new editorial leadership

Jamil Anderlini, Politico Europe’s editor in chief, announced Tuesday a new editorial leadership team which will come into effect in stages over the coming months. The leadership team will be composed of seven editors, all reporting to Anderlini. Kate Day will be deputy editor in chief. Currently the executive editor, UK, Day joined Politico from […]

Savage appointed executive editor for growth at Politico

Politico has promoted Luiza Savage to the post of executive editor for growth. Savage has been with Politico for over six years, previously serving as executive director for editorial initiatives, executive director for Canada, executive director for cross-platform content, editorial director for cross-platform content and editorial director for events. She also served as Washington bureau […]