Jobs at POLITICO

Build and deploy production machine learning systems for POLITICO’s newsroom and products. Develop classification, prediction, ranking, NLP, and model adaptation solutions; create data pipelines, evaluation frameworks, and feature engineering systems; and collaborate with engineers, journalists, editors, and product teams to integrate reliable, cost-effective AI capabilities into production.

Serve as a strategic HR advisor and hands-on operator for a fast-paced newsroom. Responsibilities include organizational design, workforce planning, performance management, employee relations, talent development, succession planning, compensation coordination, onboarding, employee changes, people analytics, and HR process improvement. The role partners closely with newsroom leaders, Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, HR Operations, Finance, and Legal to address workforce needs and risks.

Leads POLITICO’s Australian commercial business, including market entry, revenue strategy, enterprise sales, budgeting, forecasting, partnerships, stakeholder engagement, and audience growth. The role personally drives POLITICO Pro subscriptions, renewals, and account expansion across government, corporate, consultancy, legal, and public affairs organizations. Based in Sydney, the Country Manager represents POLITICO nationally, develops senior relationships, travels regularly to Canberra, and helps build the local team and long-term market presence.

Edit and review sensitive journalism before and after publication, resolve ethical and editorial issues, develop newsroom ethics policies and stylebook guidance, and help design journalist training programs. The role collaborates across a global newsroom to uphold fair-minded, nonpartisan journalism and maintain high standards of accuracy, integrity, and professional conduct.

Report on California state government, politics, policy debates, legislative negotiations, campaigns, and ballot initiatives. Break consequential stories, develop sources among lawmakers and Capitol stakeholders, identify emerging conflicts, and explain complex policy issues clearly. The reporter will generate enterprise stories and scoops, work under deadline pressure, coordinate with administration and policy reporters, and connect California developments to national political themes.

Lead POLITICO’s coverage of technology policy and politics in Washington. Set the editorial agenda, edit reporters, shape breaking news and enterprise stories, develop sources, explain complex policy issues, and connect developments across global technology centers. The editor will cover Congress, federal agencies, regulation, corporate influence, and technology industry policy while mentoring reporters and contributing to coverage across POLITICO’s website, newsletters, and Pro platform.

Reports on California technology policy and politics, including cryptocurrency regulation, social media, and personal data use. Writes breaking news, policy updates, newsletter content, and enterprise stories for state, national, and global audiences. Builds source networks among government officials, industry leaders, and advocates; collaborates with reporters across international bureaus; and delivers accurate, nonpartisan, agenda-setting journalism under tight deadlines.

POLITICO seeks an enterprising Tech Correspondent to report on technology policy, politics, regulation, and corporate influence across Washington and Silicon Valley. The role covers the administration, Congress, federal agencies, campaigns, and global technology policy, producing breaking news, enterprise reporting, newsletters, and digital stories. The reporter will build extensive source networks, explain complex issues clearly, collaborate across global teams, and deliver accurate, nonpartisan journalism on AI, antitrust, privacy, cryptocurrency, telecommunications, broadband, and emerging technologies.

Report on how technology companies, executives, investors, lobbyists, and political operatives shape policy and political strategy. The correspondent will break news, cultivate high-level sources, produce enterprise and investigative reporting, and explain complex technology, regulatory, and political developments. Coverage includes AI, antitrust, privacy, copyright, content moderation, cryptocurrency, semiconductors, export controls, and the technology workforce across Silicon Valley, Washington, Brussels, and other global centers.

Reporting interns will cover breaking news, policy, White House, or Playbook assignments; conduct research, aggregation, fact-checking, and write news stories, newsletters, and podcasts. The role requires strong reporting, writing, news judgment, deadline management, and political and policy interest. Interns work full time in a hybrid Arlington newsroom, report from the field as needed, and participate in training and feedback sessions.

Newsroom Engineering Interns will research newsroom workflow challenges, build and test internal tools, write code, prototype solutions, and evaluate AI-assisted workflows for accuracy, usefulness, risk, and editorial fit. The role involves collaborating with reporters, editors, product managers, and engineers while owning a scoped project that improves newsroom operations. Candidates should demonstrate journalistic instincts, technical aptitude, interest in politics and policy, newsroom experience, and familiarity with digital tools or prototyping.

Reports on California politics and policy from the State Capitol, contributing to the California Playbook newsletter and broader coverage. Responsibilities include researching, reporting, writing, editing, aggregating content, covering spot news, and meeting fast deadlines. The intern works with the California Playbook team, may work early or late hours, reports in the field as needed, and participates in newsroom training and feedback sessions.

Reporting intern will pitch, research, report, write, edit, and produce political and policy news for POLITICO’s New York coverage and daily newsletter. Responsibilities include covering spot news, developing enterprise stories, aggregating content, meeting deadlines, and occasionally reporting in the field or working early mornings. The role is a full-time hybrid summer internship for college students and recent graduates.

Supports POLITICO’s newsroom through photo coverage, sourcing, editing, visual research, image selection, photography assignments, captioning, metadata creation, file organization, and visual storytelling. Collaborates with reporters, editors, photo editors, and staff photographers on breaking news, events, portraits, and enterprise stories while developing photojournalism and newsroom production skills.

Reports on New Jersey legislation, lawmakers, the governor, state agencies, and politics from the Statehouse in Trenton. Responsibilities include researching, writing, aggregating, producing stories and newsletters, covering breaking and enterprise news, and contributing to a collaborative newsroom serving state and national audiences. The role requires strong reporting and writing skills, news judgment, efficiency under deadlines, entrepreneurial initiative, and demonstrated interest in New Jersey politics and policy.

Report on Florida legislation, lawmakers, the governor, state agencies, and state politics for in-state and national audiences. Responsibilities include researching, reporting, writing, aggregating content, contributing to newsletters, covering breaking and enterprise news, and working efficiently under deadlines. The intern will work independently and collaboratively from Tallahassee, participate in newsroom training, and report in the field as needed.

Report and write breaking news and policy stories for POLITICO’s audience. Interns will cover Washington developments, work independently and with reporting teams, meet fast deadlines, produce enterprise and newsletter content, and report in the field as needed. The role includes newsroom training and feedback. Candidates should demonstrate strong reporting and writing, news judgment, political and policy interest, entrepreneurial initiative, and newsroom experience.

Report and write stories about New York politics and policy, cover breaking news, and contribute to the New York Playbook newsletter. Responsibilities include pitching, research, reporting, writing, editing, aggregation, and content production under tight deadlines, including some early mornings. The intern will work independently and with editors in a hybrid newsroom environment, report from the field as needed, and participate in newsroom training.

Report and write about California politics and policy for POLITICO’s California Playbook newsletter and broader audiences. Responsibilities include research, reporting, writing, editing, content aggregation, spot news coverage, and production under deadline. The intern will work with the California Playbook team, cover the State Capitol and governor, contribute to breaking and enterprise reporting, and report in the field as needed. The role is full-time and hybrid in Sacramento, with occasional early-morning or late-evening work.

Drive subscription sales to energy-industry executives through consultative discovery, product demonstrations, proposals, negotiations, and full-cycle pipeline management. Build and maintain prospect relationships, achieve revenue quotas, represent POLITICO at industry events, and provide market insights to product teams. The role also mentors account executives, coaches a business development associate, uses Salesforce to track activity, and maintains expertise in energy policy and market trends.