Announcement from Government Editor Dafna Linzer and Editor-in-Chief Matt Kaminski:
We’re thrilled to announce that Alex Burns will grow to be our Affiliate Editor for World Politics and a columnist. This expansive new function will probably be charged with serving to chart the course for POLITICO’s protection of politics, coverage and energy as we grow to be a extra actually world newsroom. Alex will work with editors and reporters to develop themes, tales and tasks that attraction broadly to our readers, and their political obsessions, in america and overseas.
He’ll construct and oversee a workforce to assist push these tasks ahead, and creator certainly one of them himself: A brand new column, printed right here and in Europe, for POLITICO’s world viewers that explores dynamics associated to the way forward for politics, elections, local weather, commerce and know-how, grounded in reporting, evaluation and Alex’s personal perspective.
Alex is a one-of-a-kind expertise and that is the right automobile for him, having coated these points at 30,000 toes and at sea stage, first for POLITICO after which at The New York Occasions for the final eight years.
At each flip in his profession, Alex has confirmed a present for experiment with each content material and supply, and for all the time asking “What if…” and “Why not…” questions. Right now he’s among the many greatest political journalists of his era, as most not too long ago demonstrated within the politics blockbuster he co-authored this Spring: “This Will Not Go: Trump, Biden and The Battle for America’s Future.”
POLITICO was a yr outdated when Alex first joined us, recent from school commencement, and he rapidly made himself a POLITICO authentic. His first job was as a researcher to John Harris, and his formidable intelligence and power rapidly led to different assignments. He was instrumental in our protection of the brand new Obama administration, the 2010 mid-terms and the 2012 presidential election.
Alex met his spouse, MJ Lee, now a White Home Correspondent for CNN, whereas they had been each at POLITICO.
However Alex isn’t returning out of sentimental connection to the previous. The lure is all in regards to the future. Like us, he’s energized by the probabilities for the publication and the alternatives to be a part of our workforce as we grow to be One POLITICO, increasing at dwelling and overseas.
Alex’s column will discover the entire areas that make POLITICO distinctive, with an editorial footprint that stretches throughout 9 time zones from Sacramento to Brussels and a number of capitals in between.
As soon as extra, he will probably be an vital voice as we ask the following era of “What if…” and “Why not…” questions.
Alex formally begins proper after the Midterms, reporting on to Dafna, and can be a part of our management workforce. Please be a part of us in welcoming Alex dwelling.
Dafna
Matt
