Politico names Lee director of newsroom operations
Eva Lee has joined Politico as director of newsroom operations, North America. Recently, she served as director of newsroom operations at BuzzFeed. Before that, Lee served as a content operations manager at Refinery29. She also freelanced. Lee graduated from Boston University. Be sure to reach out to Lee on LinkedIn.
Sorgi joining Politico Europe’s finance team
Gregorio Sorgi, a reporter for Politico covering the European Union economy, is joining its finance team. Prior to moving to Politico he served for two years as a press officer at the first-ever EU Delegation to the UK, starting in the immediate aftermath of Brexit. He made his first steps into journalism as a London-based […]
Wilkin departs Politico in Europe
Sam Wilkin, an editor of Politico Pro, where he oversaw its policy journalism in Europe, has left the publication. Before Politico, he was managing editor for Europe at MLex, where he worked for more than five years. Wilkin also held the posts of senior editor, acting managing editor and managing editor for Brussels. He covered […]
Bloomberg hires Vestal as senior editor for visuals
Bloomberg has hired Allan James Vestal as a senior editor on the graphics team to lead Bloomberg’s data visualization coverage of U.S. elections. He will be based in the Washington bureau. Since June 2019, Vestal has been at Politico, where he served as a senior news applications developer, and recently as an election projects editor. […]
Politico seeks a California politics reporter
POLITICO is seeking a fast and energetic reporter to cover breaking political news in California and helm our Playbook PM newsletter, working closely with the Playbook co-authors and other reporters. This is a brand new position created as part of our ambitious growth plans in the state. We’re looking for a journalist who can quickly […]
Politico to launch Berlin Playbook, Repinski to lead
The following was sent out from Politico: POLITICO today announced plans to launch its flagship product, Playbook, in Berlin early in 2024, in German. Gordon Repinski will lead POLITICO’s Berlin Playbook team, Cecil von Busse will serve as General Manager of POLITICO in Germany. “As the largest economy in Europe and a political heavyweight in […]
Politico UK, Sky News launch new Sunday podcast
Politico’s UK editor Jack Blanchard and Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates have launched a new weekly podcast on British politics “Politics at Jack and Sam’s.” A new episode will air every Sunday. You can listen to it on Spotify. Sky News Group executive chairman David Rhodes said: “Every Sunday, a new episode will give listeners […]
Dallison becomes deputy EU editor at Politico
Politico has tapped Paul Dallison to serve as deputy EU editor. He wrote on X/Twitter: “Really looking forward to working with our ace Brussels team.” Dallison has been with Politico Europe for more than eight years, joining in March 2015 as an assistant production editor. He then took on the assistant news editor post and […]
Politico taps Griffin to serve as digital producer
Kelsey Griffin has joined Politico as a digital producer. Previously, Griffin served as associate managing editor of The Harvard Crimson, Harvard University’s student newspaper. There, she also held the posts of staff writer and social media director. She interned at NewsGuard in New York. She was also a summer business analyst at McKinsey & Company. […]
Trade reporter Kijewski departing Politico
Leonie Kijewski, a trade reporter for Politico in Europe, is leaving the news organization after two years. Prior to joining Politico, Kijewski was EU and NATO correspondent for the English service of German press agency dpa in Brussels. Before moving to Brussels, Shewas based in Cambodia for five years, where she reported about the Khmer […]
