Politico seeks an executive producer, audio

POLITICO is seeking an executive producer to lead its audio department, an ambitious and growing operation harnessing the resources of the world’s most robust newsroom covering politics and policy. The executive producer will guide all elements of POLITICO’s audio offerings – ranging from short-form podcasts to longer-form narrative journalism and new audio experiments – to deliver […]

Politico seeks a temporary editorial art director & designer

POLITICO seeks an experienced Editorial Art Director and designer to join our Visuals Team. This is a temporary position spanning September 2023 – April 2024.  The ideal candidate will have keen editorial judgement and a passion for visually driven storytelling. They’ll also have experience working closely with photo editors, designers, story editors and reporters to […]

Welch swaps Politico for The Messenger

Carley Welch has joined The Messenger as a general assignment reporter. Recently, she was a digital producer at Politico. Welch worked at The Washington Post and interned at Voice of America. Welch has a B.S. from James Madison University, where she wrote and edited for the student newspaper The Breeze. She also has a master’s […]

Politico hires Begert as California climate reporter

Blanca Begert will join Politico as the inaugural California climate reporter and will author the new California Climate newsletter, which is set to debut on Aug. 14. The newsletter will cover the political and legislative dynamics surrounding climate change in California. Begert has freelanced since March 2023 and was a reporting fellow at Grist. She […]

Overly to host “Politico Tech” podcast

Politico staffer Steven Overly is now hosting “Politico Tech,” a new podcast on the disruption that technology is bringing to politics and policy. He previously was global trade reporter. He has been covering trade since early 2021. Before that, he covered the tech industry’s efforts to lobby and influence Washington leaders. Overly previously worked as a reporter for […]

Politico hires Cirruzzo from Axios

Chelsea Cirruzzo has joined Politico as co-author of the morning pulse newsletter and to cover the Department of Health and Human Services. Recently, she was a reporter at Axios. Cirruzzo freelanced for DCist, Washington City Paper, Eater, Washington Post, and The Lily. She has also worked as a public health reporter at U.S. News & […]

Politico hires Soni as data and graphics reporter

Paroma Soni has joined Politico as a data and graphics reporter. Recently, she was an associate visual journalist at FiveThirtyEight. Soni freelanced and was a fellow at the Columbia Journalism Review. She reported for the NY City Lens, a publication housed at Columbia Journalism School, and worked as a video producer at BuzzFeed. She interned […]

Politico taps Leonard to cover health care politics and policy

Politico has named Ben Leonard to cover health care politics and policy, starting Aug. 7. Leonard has been a health technology reporter, covering digital health action from D.C. at agencies, in Congress and in the White House, as well as the industry at large. He previously covered breaking news for Politico as an intern and has reported […]

Vu joins the Washington Examiner as energy reporter

The Washington Examiner has hired Nancy Vu as an energy reporter. Vu joins from Politico, where she has held the posts of editorial intern, digital producer and digital producer and recently congressional reporter for Congress Minutes. She interned at BuzzFeed and The Capitol Forum. Vu has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Howard University, where […]

Politico adds staff to New York Playbook

The following excerpt was sent out from Editor & Publisher: Announcement from Executive Editor, Platforms and Operations, Joe Schatz, Editorial Director, States, Ryan Hutchins, New York Editor Julia Marsh, and New York Editor Joe Spector: Team — We’re bringing on board three high-impact reporters to author New York Playbook: Emily Ngo, Jeff Coltin and Nick Reisman. We’ve asked them […]