Our Staff
Our Staff
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PublisherHusband, Dad, Jet Pilot. Passionate about quality journalism. Empowering the next generation of impactful journalists. -
Managing EditorPreviously politics editor for BuzzFeed News, senior editor for Politico States and many things at National Journal. -
Reporter & AJI FellowCovered Black issues at the Real News Network and Afro American Newspapers, and LGBTQ issues at the Washington Blade. Merill made. -
Education DirectorEx-Politico, National Journal, McClatchy. Side hustles with think tanks, startups & a psych lab. Yes, those are her drums. -
Copy ChiefFormer online copy and research director at Vanity Fair. MFA in creative nonfiction. Perpetual fact-checker with an affection for tie-dye. -
Reporter & AJI FellowPreviously with WSJ, AP, Bloomberg. New Yawk accent if she’s mad at you. Has cheese curds and the Milwaukee Bucks on the mind. -
Senior EditorPreviously an editor and reporter at HuffPost. Colorado native, DC resident, e-bike enthusiast. -
Creative DirectorPreviously with Protocol, San Francisco Chronicle, and Houston Chronicle. Hails from Fog City and Rainy City. Co-creator of “We Are Bruce Lee” exhibit in SF. -
Senior EditorPreviously with Vanity Fair, HuffPost and Vox. California raised and The Badger Herald educated. Elaine Benes groupie. -
ReporterPreviously with Axios covering the politics of reproductive health. Born and raised in Venezuela. Taylor Swift enthusiast. -
Editor in ChiefFormer editor in chief of Protocol, National Journal, Politico Pro and The Stanford Daily. -
Reporter & AJI FellowFormer NPR member station reporter in Tennessee and #Duuuval Florida. USC Annenberg-trained. Raised in the Tucson desert. -
Student CoordinatorPreviously with CNN, Politico, Reuters. Medill trained, Chicagoland raised. Usually with a coffee in hand and a book in her bag. -
Reporter & AJI FellowPreviously with ABC News, Fox News, CNN, and sanangelo.news. A native of San Angelo, Texas, Hernandez graduated from Trinity University. -
Managing Editor for LongformFormer editor of The Washington Post Magazine, National Journal magazine, and The New Republic. -
Reporter & AJI FellowFormer politics reporter at The Arizona Republic. Before that, a Mideast journalist with The Media Line. Georgetown undergrad, UT-Austin grad. -
ReporterEnergy and environment reporter. Stories in the Washington Post, New York Times, Atlantic, WIRED, the Wall Street Journal, and others. Also writes a food newsletter. -
Reporter & AJI FellowPreviously with the Moulton Advertiser. Graduate of the Moody Bible Institute. Baltimore born; ‘Bama raised. Picker of bluegrass. War Eagle. Go Braves. -
ReporterPreviously a reporter at BuzzFeed News, Vice News and CNN. Has an Emmy but isn’t one of those people who brings it up. -
Reporter & AJI FellowReport for America alum, Mizzou alum, Texan, former data reporter, current book nerd, dog mom and podcast host. -
Managing EditorFormers: Reporting and editing with Axios, BuzzFeed News, Politico. Hill rat at heart. Professional parallel parker and amateur astrologer. -
Blend QatipiChief Technology OfficerFormer CTO of Politico. Previously Alexander Street Press, CQ Roll Call and Congressional Quarterly. -
Reporter & AJI FellowPreviously with News 12 Connecticut and NABJ’s Student Projects. CT native and NYU grad. Hip-hop connoisseur and fashion police. -
ReporterPreviously a White House correspondent for McClatchy and a political reporter for Roll Call, National Journal and The Sentinel newspaper. Not from Pennsylvania. -
Reporter & AJI FellowArmy officer turned reporter. MA in Journalism from American University and former on-air investigative producer. Outdoors and fitness addict. Go Army, Beat Navy -
ReporterLongtime Washington journalist focused on the behind-the-scenes forces shaping politics. Media startup enthusiast! Former reporter at Politico and others. -
Reporter & AJI FellowPreviously with National Journal, NPR and USA Today. Before that, just a small town girl from the Golden State. Catch her on a hiking trail. -
ReporterPreviously covered a half-dozen beats across all three branches of government. Ex-WSJ, ex-Politico reporter. Author of the book “Means of Control.” -
ReporterFormerly with CNN and The Dispatch. Spends too much time in Capitol hallways. Science fiction enthusiast. -
ReporterPreviously with CNN and PBS NewsHour. Chicago made and politics raised. A closeted Pisces and very public Beyoncé connoisseur.
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