Wired is launching a political coverage team

Wired is launching a section on its website devoted to political coverage and has made two new hires for its politics team. The team will report into Wired executive editor of news Meg Marco, and will focus on mis/disinformation around the 2024 election, policy/lobbying, online campaign tactics, and more. “2024 will be a pivotal election […]

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 […]

Diaz to author Politico’s congressional newsletter

Daniella Diaz, a congressional reporter at Politico, will author the congressional newsletter “Huddle.” Prior to joining Politico in February, Diaz was at CNN, where she worked for eight years. There, she held the posts of digital producer, breaking news reporter, digital reporter, campaign embed and congressional reporter. Before that, she was a web producer at […]

WaPo launches ‘The Trump Trials’ newsletter

The following was sent out from The Washington Post: The Washington Post will launch “The Trump Trials” weekly newsletter September 10. Anchored by Justice Department reporters Perry Stein and Devlin Barrett and featuring contributions from other top Post reporters, the weekly digest will be delivered on Sundays. It will provide readers a smart and easy-to-understand […]

Politico adds three to expand California politics coverage

The following excerpt was sent out from Politico’s editor-in-chief Matt Kaminski, executive editor, platforms and operations, Joe Schatz, editorial director states Ryan Hutchins, California editor Katy Murphy and California bureau chief Chris Cadelago: Team – As you may have read in California Playbook this morning: We’re expanding our impact and influence by the day in […]

Politico appoints Stein managing editor for politics

The following excerpt was sent out from Politico’s executive editor Dafna Linzer and Mike Zapler, managing editor, Politics and Washington: All —For some editors, the great joy is in conceiving and shaping a story, others revel in the mentorship that comes with leading a team. Sam Stein excels at both but his true gift is […]

Crain’s New York seeks a politics reporter

Crain’s New York Business, an award-winning publication that covers power, money and property in New York City, is hiring a politics reporter. We are looking for an ambitious and independent-minded journalist who can develop exclusive leads and leverage established relationships with the major players in New York City and Albany. The politics reporter should be […]

NY Times politics podcast ‘The Run-Up’ is back

“The Run-Up,” which first launched in August 2016, is back to help listeners keep track of the 2022 midterm elections. Host and New York Times political reporter Astead Herndon said: “This is a different type of political podcast — for what is a different type of midterm elections. I’m really excited for listeners to hear […]