Bloomberg shuffles roles in DC bureau

Bloomberg News Washington bureau chief and executive editor Megan Murphy sent out the following email on Thursday announcing job changes within the bureau:

Hi everyone,

In what has been another extraordinary week both in Washington and on the campaign trail, I wanted to be sure to flag some exciting recent personnel moves.

Margaret Talev has been named senior White House reporter as we mark another inflection point for the administration. While Margaret will continue to cover the Democratic race on the campaign trail, she’ll also focus on the narrative and high-altitude stories that capture important themes, trends, turning points or crises for the remainder of Obama’s second term and with the arrival of a new president in January.

Michael C. Bender has been named senior reporter covering national politics through the November election and beyond. In this role, he’ll report on candidates and elected officials from both parties to identify the emerging themes and trends driving the political conversation and shaping the direction of policy. He’ll also focus on political features.

As previously announced, Jennifer Jacobs has started this week in Washington, also as senior national political reporter, as we head into the final, grueling stretch of the most unpredictable presidential race in recent memory.

On Carlos Torres’s team, Brendan Greeley, who most of you know from Bloomberg TV and Bloomberg Businessweek, has moved to Washington to cover the intersection of politics and the economy, in a role focused mainly on campaign economic issues.

Saleha Mohsin, previously in Oslo covering Norwegian economics, will move to Washington later this month to cover the Treasury.

On our national security and foreign policy team, we are making a series of important additions.

As most of you already know, Bill Faries, formerly Miami bureau chief, has joined us as our new National Security team leader. He will move to Washington full time at the beginning of the summer. Chris Strohm, previously our cybersecurity reporter, will move to Bill’s team where he will cover the Justice Department. Nafeesa Syeed, formerly an eco/gov reporter in Dubai, is moving to DC to cover the intersection of technology, national security and foreign policy – with an emphasis on cybersecurity, intelligence and national defense.

On Jesse Westbrook’s financial regulation team, Ben Bain, who has been covering emerging markets in Latin America, is moving to Washington to cover the SEC. Elizabeth Dexheimer has taken over coverage of the congressional committees that deal with the financial industry and will share responsibilities with Jesse Hamilton for reporting on banking regulators. Her background on the finance team will help us stay-ahead-of the curve in ferreting out what banks are up to in Washington.

Congratulations to all!