{"id":20882,"date":"2026-01-16T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sawahsolutions.com\/lap\/politico-announces-leadership-shift-as-matthew-kaminski-takes-charge-of-us-newsroom\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T12:04:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:04:39","slug":"politico-announces-leadership-shift-as-matthew-kaminski-takes-charge-of-us-newsroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sawahsolutions.com\/lap\/politico-announces-leadership-shift-as-matthew-kaminski-takes-charge-of-us-newsroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Politico announces leadership shift as Matthew Kaminski takes charge of US newsroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In a significant leadership change at Politico, founding editor in chief John F. Harris is stepping away from day-to-day newsroom management, with global editor Matthew Kaminski set to take charge of the US operation.<\/p>\n<p>The transition, announced today, signals a generational shift for Politico more than a decade after its launch helped redefine political journalism in Washington. It reflects an organisation seeking continuity in its core coverage while repositioning itself for a more competitive and international media environment.<\/p>\n<p>Harris, who co-founded Politico in 2007 with Jim VandeHei, will remain at the company as founding editor. In the new role he will focus on long-term strategy and expansion, stepping back from the daily news cycle he has overseen since the publication\u2019s early days.<\/p>\n<p>Kaminski, who becomes editor in chief, has served as Politico\u2019s global editor and previously led the launch of its European edition. A former Wall Street Journal reporter, he is widely credited with giving the organisation a stronger international outlook, a background that now shapes his promotion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMatt has proven himself as a leader with tireless ambition,\u201d said owner Robert Allbritton in a memo to staff.<br \/>\nKaminski will now run the US newsroom, charged with sustaining Politico\u2019s dominance in Beltway coverage while guiding the publication through its next stage of growth.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a significant leadership change at Politico, founding editor in chief John F. Harris is stepping away from day-to-day newsroom management, with global editor Matthew Kaminski set to take charge of the US operation. The transition, announced today, signals a generational shift for Politico more than a decade after its launch helped redefine political journalism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20882","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-publishing-news"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sawahsolutions.com\/lap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sawahsolutions.com\/lap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sawahsolutions.com\/lap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sawahsolutions.com\/lap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sawahsolutions.com\/lap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sawahsolutions.com\/lap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20884,"href":"https:\/\/sawahsolutions.com\/lap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20882\/revisions\/20884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sawahsolutions.com\/lap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sawahsolutions.com\/lap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sawahsolutions.com\/lap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sawahsolutions.com\/lap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}