Thursday, January 25, 2007

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POLITICO STAFF


John Harris is the editor-in-chief of The Politico and Politico.com. He launches this endeavor after 21 years on the staff of The Washington Post, where he served most recently as the national political editor. He is the best-selling author of The Survivor, an acclaimed biography about former President Bill Clinton, and co-wrote The Way to Win, a behind-the-scenes guide to presidential campaigns that The New York Times called "smart, savvy ? revealing." A native of Rochester, N.Y., Harris is a graduate of Carleton College and lives with his wife, Ann O'Hanlon, and their three children in Alexandria, Va.


Jim VandeHei, is the executive editor of Politico. He launches this effort after four years as a national political reporter for The Washington Post, where he covered the White House, Congress and the 2004 presidential campaign. He has more than a decade of experience covering Congress and the administration as a reporter for both The Wall Street Journal and Roll Call newspaper. A Wisconsin native, he is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and lives with his wife, Autumn, and their two children in Falls Church, Va.


Bruce Drake, managing editor of Politico, is a former vice president of news for National Public Radio (NPR) and has worked in print and broadcast journalism for more than 35 years. During his time as managing editor and then vice president, NPR News won 17 Peabody Awards, 13 Columbia University DuPont Awards, nine Robert F. Kennedy Awards and more than doubled its audience to 26 million listeners a week. Drake was credited with helping to transform NPR into a primary news provider. He also wrote its Code of Ethics and Practices. Prior to joining NPR, Drake was a reporter and editor for the New York Daily News for 20 years, most of it in Washington. He covered Congress, national politics and was White House correspondent during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, before becoming news editor in the Daily News Washington Bureau.


Martin Tolchin, senior publisher and editor of Politico, is an author and journalist who capped 40 years at The New York Times by founding The Hill, a newspaper published four times a week that reports on the activities of Congress. Tolchin's many journalism awards include the Everett M. Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress. He and his wife Susan are the authors of seven books, including To the Victor: Political Patronage from the Clubhouse to the White House, which has been cited in four decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court.


Dan Kunitz is associate publisher and managing editor of Politico.com. He joins The Politico team after eight years as co-founder and chief operating officer of Irides, a leading web hosting services provider. Prior to Irides, Dan worked in news, marketing, and web development at several broadcast stations, and has been involved in the launch of three television channels. Dan is from Rochester, N.Y., has a B.A. in English from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT., and now lives with his wife and son in Alexandria, Va.


STAFF WRITERS


Mike Allen is the chief political correspondent for Politico. He comes to us from Time magazine where he was their White House correspondent. Prior to that, Allen spent six years at The Washington Post, where he covered President Bush's first term, Capitol Hill, campaign finance, and the Bush, Gore and Bradley campaigns of 2000. Before turning to national politics, he covered schools and local governments in rural counties outside Fredericksburg, Va., for The Free Lance-Star, then wrote about Doug Wilder, Oliver North, Chuck Robb and the Bobbitts for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, where he nurtured police sources on overnight ride-alongs through housing projects.


Allen also covered Mayor Giuliani, the Connecticut statehouse and the wacky rich of Greenwich for The New York Times. Before moving to The Times, he did stints in the Richmond and Alexandria bureaus of The Washington Post. Allen grew up in Orange County, Calif., and has a B.A. from Washington and Lee University, where he majored in politics and journalism.


Roger Simon is the chief political columnist for Politico, an award-winning journalist and a New York Times best-selling author. Known for his sharp insight, humor and engaging writing style, Simon will write a regular column on presidential politics and help anchor coverage of the 2008 presidential election. Simon has been a columnist for The Chicago Sun-Times and The Baltimore Sun and was syndicated nationally by Creators Syndicate.


He is the author of four books, three on presidential politics and one a collection of columns. He has won more than three dozen first-place awards and is the only person to win the American Society of Newspaper Editors Distinguished Writing Award for Commentary twice. In 2005 he won the National Headliner Award for his coverage of the 2004 presidential election.


John Bresnahan, is the capitol bureau chief of Politico. He comes to us after over a decade covering Congress, most recently as a reporter and editor for Roll Call. He is one of the most well-sourced journalists on the characters, history and procedures of Congress.


Josephine Hearn is a congressional reporter for Politico. She comes to us from The Hill newspaper where she covered House Democrats and lobbying. Prior to that, she worked in television as a desk assistant at NBC News and later as associate producer to two PBS Frontline documentaries, one of which won a 2003 Emmy. A native of Philadelphia, Hearn holds a bachelor's degree in computer science.


Christian Lowe is a senior staff writer covering defense and national security for Politico. Previously, Lowe worked for five years as a staff writer and senior writer with the Military Times newspapers and Defense News, where he deployed several times to Afghanistan and Iraq to cover military operations. He was a field producer for a local Emmy-nominated documentary in 2005 called "Class 186: The Making of a Marine Corps Officer" and won the Associated Press Managing Editors Association?s top prize for investigative journalism with his expose on defective body armor fielded to U.S. troops in Iraq. Before joining the Military Times papers, Lowe was the aviation correspondent for Defense Week, a Washington, D.C.-based industry publication.


Anne Schroeder is Politico's gossip columnist. She joined the publication after successfully launching Capitol File, Washington's premiere luxury magazine. Prior to Capitol File, Schroeder worked at The Washington Post, where she wrote boldfaced "Names & Faces" and assisted its flagship "Reliable Source" column with Richard Leiby and his predecessor Lloyd Grove. Before joining The Washington Post, Schroeder oversaw the "Green Room" at CNN's Washington bureau.


Patrick O'Connor is a congressional reporter for Politico. Before joining us, he covered the final two years of the Republican majority in the House for The Hill newspaper in Washington, D.C., as well as competitive House and Senate races for that same publication during the 2004 cycle. He received a master's in science from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism in 2004 and was an original staff member on ESPN's "Pardon the Interruption." A native of Seattle, Wash., he graduated from Northwestern University in 1999.


Ben Smith, staff writer for Politico, comes to us from The New York Daily News, where he covered New York?s political scene. He created New York City's three top political blogs: The Daily Politics at The New York Daily News; The New York Observer's Politicker; and Room Eight, an independent group blog. He has worked in the past for The Indianapolis Star, The Wall Street Journal Europe, and The New York Sun, and writes occasionally about New York politics for The New Republic. Smith will continue to write from New York.


Jonathan Martin is a staff writer for Politico, covering the 2008 presidential campaign. He comes to us from National Review, where he wrote about politics for the magazine and the website. Prior to that, Martin worked for The Hotline covering topics ranging from gubernatorial contests to congressional leadership battles. A Virginian, Martin is a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College.


Kenneth P. Vogel, a senior staff writer with Politico, has covered politics and government for The News Tribune in Tacoma, Wash., The Times Leader in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., The Center for Public Integrity and The Journal Inquirer in Manchester, Conn. He has won awards from the Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors, the Society of Professional Journalists and Investigative Reporters and Editors. He is a native of Philadelphia and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin.


Helena Andrews is a staff writer for Politico. She worked in publishing in New York, Chicago and now Washington. Helena comes to Politico from The New York Times Washington bureau where she wrote stories on the Beltway reality series "The Hill" and Chapelletheory.com. Helena received her Masters degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and her bachelors from Columbia University in the City of New York. Helena is originally from Los Angeles.


Jean Chemnick, a staff writer, joined Politico from Congressional Quarterly, where she was a committees reporter. She holds a Masters in Journalism from Boston University and has interned for Roll Call, The Worcester Telegram and Gazette and the Boston NPR affiliate, WBUR. Before embarking on a career in journalism, she worked in theater.
Jeff Patch, a staff writer with Politico, previously worked at Roll Call through the Washington Center for Politics & Journalism. Before coming to Washington, Patch had been a correspondent for two years for The Des Moines Register, covering politics and police issues in their Iowa City bureau and Des Moines office. He graduated from the University of Iowa with a B.A. in political science and journalism and is a Dubuque, Iowa native.


Daniel W. Reilly, a staff writer, comes to Politico from the Washington Bureau of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Prior to that, he worked as a reporter for The Trinidad Guardian newspaper on the island of Trinidad and Tobago . He holds a B.A. from The University of Wisconsin and a M.A. from The George Washington University. He was a Fulbright Scholar on the island of Trinidad in 2003-04.


Carrie Sheffield, a staff writer, covered healthcare policy for The Hill newspaper prior to joining Politico. She was previously a staff reporter for the Deseret Morning News and covered the Utah legislature for The Daily Herald in Provo. Sheffield has written for The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek and interned with columnist Robert Novak. A 2006 Phillips Foundation Fellow, she is a graduate of Brigham Young University and a fellow of the German-American Fulbright Commission.


Amy Doolittle, a staff writer, covered D.C. politics for The Washington Times prior to joining Politico. Doolittle has written for the Flint Journal and Voice of the Hill and interned at The Register Pajaronian in Watsonville, Calif. A graduate of Thomas Edison State College and the World Journalism Institute, she is a 2006 winner of the Lilly Scholarship for Journalists.


Ryan Grim, a staff writer with Politico, previously wrote for Washington City Paper. His articles have appeared in The Washington Post, Slate, Salon, Rolling Stone, and a number of other papers and magazines. He is writing a book on drug policy and politics to be published in the fall of 2008 by John Wiley & Sons. He studied philosophy at St. Mary's College of Maryland and public policy at the University of Maryland 's School of Public Affairs.


Aoife McCarthy, a staff writer, joins Politico after two years as poll editor at The Hotline. She expanded The Hotline's poll coverage and wrote the weekly "Margin for Error" column, which added depth and context to the polling numbers. After The Hotline, McCarthy spent the 2006 cycle working on the Diageo/Hotline poll from the other side as a pollster for Financial Dynamics, where she served as assistant vice president before returning to journalism.


Matt Wuerker is Politico's editorial cartoonist and caricaturist. His cartoons and illustrations are syndicated nationally and have appeared in publications ranging from The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times to The Smithsonian and The Nation. Two collections of his cartoons have been published as books: Standing Tall in Deep Doo Doo, and Meanwhile in Other News.


EDITORS


David Mark is Politico's politics editor. David is the author of Going Dirty: The Art of Negative Campaigning , published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2006. Mark previously served as editor-in-chief of Campaigns & Elections magazine. He has been a reporter for Congressional Quarterly, and the Associated Press in Tallahassee, Fla. An oft-quoted authority on political topics in all media forms, Mark has appeared on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," "The O'Reilly Factor" and numerous other programs. He has written for The Washington Post and other prominent publications.


Andrew Glass is a senior editor with Politico. Andy has been a Washington-based journalist since 1962. In his prior journalism career, he served as Washington bureau chief of Cox Newspapers for more than 20 years. Following a fellowship at Harvard's JFK School of Politics in 2001, Andy joined The Hill as the paper's senior editor and, subsequently, as its managing editor, while also contributing a weekly column. From 1980 through 2001, he wrote a column on national and foreign affairs for the Cox Newspapers, which was syndicated by the New York Times News Service for potential use by some 650 newspapers worldwide.


Barbara E. Martinez, assistant editor for Politico, recently returned to Washington after almost three years working in Europe's capital, Brussels. While there, she guided bicycle tours in the French countryside, worked as a freelance editor, and supported the competition practice of Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton LLP. Martinez cut her journalistic teeth as a writer and editor for the Harvard Crimson before joining the Washington Post, where she worked as Lloyd Grove's assistant on the "Reliable Source" column, covered the town of Leesburg for the Metro section, and learned the business of the news business as a budget analyst.


Dana Wells, assistant editor at Politico, is formerly of The Hill newspaper. She has worked as a copy-editor on several publications. As a graduate of the Denver Publishing Institute, she also holds a Juris Doctorate degree from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Mass., and a B.A. in English Literature/Writing from Denison University in Granville, Ohio.
Katie Gilchrist, proofreader for Politico, has previously worked as a reporter, editorial assistant and proofreader for various publications including the Drug GMP Report and Tax Notes. She received her B.S. in English from Radford University.


Samantha Slater joined Politico as an editorial assistant. Prior to that, she worked as an editorial assistant at Congressional Quarterly and for a non-profit organization, teaching teens about political activism. A native of New York, she spent two summers interning in the press office of Rep. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. Samantha received a B.A. in American Studies and Journalism from Brandeis University.


Ta'Mara Blake is an administrative assistant with Politico. A native of Northern Virginia, she completed her education in Human Resource Management at Strayer University. Prior to joining the publication, Blake spent seven years as a family support worker with Head Start in Washington D.C. She also has an extensive record of community service in the metropolitan area.


MEDIA


Kim Kingsley, media director for Politico, comes to us from The Washington Post, where she spent more than two years as the deputy director of Television and Radio Projects. Prior to working at The Post, Kim was as an editor for WTOP News Radio in Washington, D.C. While at WTOP, Kim helped produce an award-winning series on the dangers of ecstasy. She has a B.A. from The Pennsylvania State University, where she majored in broadcast journalism and African studies. A native of Scranton, Pa., Kim spent her final semester of college studying abroad in Ghana. She lives with her husband, Mike, in Washington, D.C.


PRODUCTION


Frank Meyers is Politico's production manager. He joined the publication after working as production manager at The Hill newspaper for the past five years.


Kathryn Ray, senior production assistant with Politico, was previously a graphic design intern at the Institute for Justice in Arlington. She graduated from George Mason University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Art and Visual Technology with a concentration in Graphic Design.


Katie Lancos, a production assistant with Politico, has freelanced as a print and Web designer with clients such as Design Symphony, Rannoch Corporation, Fountain Programming and the Metropolitan Child Development Center. She graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in graphic design.


PHOTOGRAPHY


Patrick Ryan is Politico's photography editor. An award winning photojournalist and lifelong Washingtonian, his images have appeared in outlets including The Washington Post and The New York Times. He was Photo Editor and Staff Photographer at The Hill newspaper for 6 years before coming to Politico.


John Shinkle, a staff photographer with Politico, majored in photojournalism at the Corcoran College of Art and Design and graduated with his B.F.A. in the spring of 2005. Shinkle has interned at The Hill newspaper and The Washington Examiner. His work has also appeared in DC Pulse and Vapors magazines. John is a former Air Force brat originally from Dayton, Ohio and has lived all over the U.S. He has been in the D.C. area for twelve years.


ADVERTISING


Kenny Day, Politico's associate publisher and ad director, brings over a decade of publishing experience to the table. Getting his start at Roll Call as an account executive, he was quickly promoted through the ranks. He completed his career at Roll Call as director of marketing, communications and strategy. He served as head of commerce for Brussels-based European Voice, Roll Call's EU sister newspaper, heading up their sales and business development as well as marketing strategy and communications. In addition to opinion-leader publishing, Day also served as ad director for the launch of Regardie's Power magazine. Most recently he was publisher of Washington Flyer magazine, where he oversaw and initiated all business interactions for the magazine.


Jack Smith joins Politico as a national advertising account executive after spending the previous two years with Roll Call's advertising department, most recently as a national account executive. He graduated with a B.S. from West Chester University, where he studied Political Science and International Relations.


Kelley Kennedy-Lapping, national account executive for Politico, previously worked at Gannett's Military Times Media Group. She is the former associate publisher of Racing Milestones and previously worked with Rodale and Advance Communications' Parade Magazine and Newhouse Newspapers. She is a graduate of Northwestern University.


Erin Matticola, a national account executive with Politico, has worked in the D.C. sales force with Yahoo!, and drove recruitment ad sales within the high-tech corridor in San Francisco. Prior to her advertising sales experience, she taught sixth grade in Fairfax County, Va.


Carolyn Landes, classifieds manager, comes to Politico from iCore Networks, a VoIP firm in McLean. She recently graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Va., where she earned a B.A. degree in Communications and English.


Walt Houseknecht, traffic manager, joins Politico after spending the previous two years in Roll Call's advertising department, most recently as traffic manager. He graduated with a B.A. from the University of Virginia, where he studied American Politics and American History.


Elizabeth Kelley, marketing and sales coordinator, joined Politico from Washington Life magazine, where she most recently worked as an advertising and distribution manager. Prior to that, she managed operations and oversaw marketing and promotions at O'Connor Equestrian, an international athletic facility.


Sheila Burke is Politico's retail sales manager. She brings 12 years of advertising sales experience, including Roll Call, Capital Style, Home & Design magazine, Profile Magazine and Annapolis Magazine.


Steve Valentini is Politico?s circulation director. He brings with him an extensive background in circulation and distribution. This background includes 10 years with the Washington Post, starting as a carrier/driver and ending as a distributor. After the Post, Valentini worked in circulation management at the Washington Times; The Wall Street Journal; The Herald-Mail (Hagerstown, MD); and most recently as a Field Operations Manager for Investor?s Business Daily.


IN THE NEWS




Reuters: The reporters who went up a Hill but came down a dot-comhttp://blogs.reuters.com/2006/12/13/the-reporters-who-went-up-a-hill-but-came-down-a-dot-com/


WJLA: Top Political Reporters Leave Post for Allbritton Political Venturehttp://www.wjla.com/news/stories/1106/375613.html


New York Observer: A New D.C. Paper Poaches, Encroaches Cross-Platformshttp://www.observer.com/20061127/20061127_Michael_Calderone_media_offtherecord.asp

Washington Business Journal: Allbritton political news venture nabs Time correspondent, othershttp://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2006/12/11/daily34.html
Editor & Publisher: 'Wash Post' Loses Harris and VandeHei -- To Allbrittonhttp://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003410176


Editor & Publisher: Roger Simon, Mike Allen Joining Vandehei and Harris in New 'Politico' Venturehttp://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003496068


PRESSthink: A Collection of Journalists Who Have Distinctive Signatureshttp://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2006/12/06/harris_q_a.html

Huffington Post: John Harris and Jim VandeHei to Pull Back the Curtain on Official Washingtonhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/jay-rosen/extra-extra-john-harri_b_34826.html


National Review Media Blog: More Reporters Join Politicohttp://media.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NDA2M2JmODI3ZWZhYmU4MTUzMGE1OTUyZmQ1Mjc1ODQ=

Advance-Titan: Oshkosh alumnus takes next stephttp://www.advancetitan.com/story.asp?issue=11326&story=5666


Poynter: Washington Post loses political journalists Harris, VandeHeihttp://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45&aid=114203


FishbowlDC: VandeHei, Harris Leave Washington Post to Start New, Multimedia News Venturehttp://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/the_revolving_door....


The New York Sun: Mr. Smith Goes To Washingtonhttp://www.nysun.com/article/46026





Fishbowl DC: New York Times Takes Another Look At Politicohttp://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowldc/


Romanesko: Can The Politico Website Succeed with Such a Narrow Focus?http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45


U.S. News & World Report ?Washington Whipspers?: ?Passing the Bong? to Remake Politicshttp://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/whispers/articles/070107/15whisplead.htm
International Herald Tribune: For Journalists: It?s Not Politics as Usualhttp://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/08/business/washington.php


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