Politico names Bustillo its food and ag policy reporter

Ximena Bustillo

Politico has named Ximena Bustillo as its food and agriculture policy reporter.

She is also taking over as the author of the Morning Agriculture newsletter writer.

“I am thrilled for the opportunity to keep reporting on agriculture legislation, equity and more,” she wrote on Twitter.

Bustillo has been with Politico since October 2020, but she also interned at the news operation in 2020 as a trade and agriculture reporter.

She has also worked at the Idaho Statesman and the Washington Times.

Bustillo is a graduate of Boise State University.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.