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NY Times taps Askarinam as co-host of On Politics

Leah Askarinam

The New York Times has hired Leah Askarinam as co-host of On Politics. She begins Dec. 27.

Recently, Askarinam served as editor-in-chief of Hotline at the National Journal. She was also a reporter and analyst at Inside Elections LLC and was an assistant editor at The Atlantic. She was also a fellow at Atlantic Media.

On Politics will be available for a limited time to all readers and then will become part of the Times newsletter portfolio that is available only to paying subscribers.

Askarinam graduated from Tulane University.

Mariam Ahmed

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