About Us
Published daily on the web and bimonthly in print, the magazine is Politico’s home for ambitious, distinctive journalism about the people, ideas, and institutions that matter most in Washington—and beyond. Featuring hard-hitting original reporting as well as smart analysis, provocative argument, and first-person perspectives from the best outside contributors.
We promise to be opinionated but never partisan, and hope to bring you perspective, not more punditry. We aspire to provoke and inspire, and never to bore or lecture. And we hope you will soon come to rely on the magazine as a place to find the best writers and thinkers in the country—engaged with the day's most important stories, and those that should be.
Our Staff
- Editor in Chief
- Blake Hounshell
- Editorial Director, Ideas and Features
- Stephen Heuser
- Creative Director
- Janet Michaud
- Enterprise Editor
- Bill Duryea
- Senior Editor
- Margaret Slattery
- Chris Suellentrop
- Deputy Editor
- Elizabeth F. Ralph
- Art Director
- Erin Aulov
- Photo Editor
- Katie Ellsworth
- Digital Editor
- Zack Stanton
- Associate Editor
- Katelyn Fossett
- Assistant Editor
- Taylor Gee
- Senior Writers
- Michael Grunwald
- Michael Kruse
- Jack Shafer
- Chief Political Correspondent
- Tim Alberta
- Contributing Photographers
- Ben Baker
- M. Scott Mahaskey
- Mark Peterson
- Contributing Editors
- Ian Bremmer
- John Aloysius Farrell
- David Greenberg
- Jeff Greenfield
- Virginia Heffernan
- Zachary Karabell
- Matt Latimer
- Michael Lind
- Rich Lowry
- Liza Mundy
- Jon Ralston
- James P. Rubin
- Larry Sabato
- Bill Scher
- Ben Wofford
- Colin Woodard
- Adam Wren
- Joshua Zeitz