The Atlantic has hired Margaret Slattery as a senior editor for politics.
She recently has been working as a senior editor at Politico magazine.
Slattery had been with Politico for over 8 years, previously serving as associate editor and then as deputy editor of Politico magazine. Prior to joining Politico, she was assistant managing editor at Foreign Policy magazine.
Slattery has a B.A. in English from Yale University.