POLITICO announced today that Jonathan Greenberger has been named Global Editor-in-Chief, effective May 1. In this role, Greenberger will oversee all aspects of POLITICO’s global newsroom. Greenberger succeeds John Harris, who will assume the role of POLITICO Chairman.
In making the announcement, POLITICO CEO Goli Sheikholeslami said, “Over the past 15 months, the world has shifted fundamentally, and the investments POLITICO has made over the last three years have positioned us for this moment. At the end of an extensive search process, Jonathan’s new and unconventional thinking convinced all of us that he was the person most likely to see possibilities that others do not and bring our forward-looking vision to life. With Jonathan at the helm, POLITICO is poised to firmly establish ourselves as a global news organization that is crucial to understanding the world.”
“Jonathan Greenberger is an innovator. With his tech savviness, journalistic excellence, and experience across platforms, he will shape POLITICO’s next disruptive chapter. The leadership team assembled at POLITICO over the past two years has already made decisive changes and we are happy that POLITICO’s next Global Editor-in-Chief has emerged from that team,” Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner said. “I am incredibly grateful to John Harris who co-founded this institution of modern political journalism almost 20 years ago and now transitions to the role of POLITICO Chairman.”
“We were looking for a leader with impeccable journalistic values, and we found that in Jonathan Greenberger, but this choice represents much more. Jonathan’s candidacy prevailed in a highly competitive field of contenders because of his ideas and achievements in innovation and driving swift organization-wide change,” POLITICO Founder and Chairman John Harris said.
From being the youngest executive producer in the history of ABC’s “This Week” and near decadelong tenure as ABC News’ Washington Bureau Chief to his work transforming POLITICO into a multiplatform publisher as Executive Vice President since 2024, Greenberger has distinguished himself as a leader and as a journalist. In his new role, he will work with Alex Burns and Kate Day to organize POLITICO’s newsgathering and accelerate how the organization shares its journalism with the audience.
“I’m grateful for the trust Goli, John, and Mathias have placed in me. POLITICO’s newsroom is filled with over 500 world-class journalists who have unmatched sourcing in the globe’s most powerful capitals,” Greenberger said. “My job is to push our journalism further and faster than ever before. By investing in our journalists and embracing the technologies that extend their reach, we will accelerate and expand the agenda-setting and market-moving coverage our audience expects.”
A native of Columbus, Ohio, Greenberger holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a JD from Stanford Law School.
Among the journalists Greenberger recruited to POLITICO is Dasha Burns, who, also effective May 1, will expand the reach of POLITICO’s reporting across platforms and around the world by adding the role of POLITICO Global Anchor to her existing responsibilities as White House Bureau Chief, host of The Conversation, and Playbook Chief Correspondent. Burns will work closely with Greenberger to develop new video and audio formats that help accelerate POLTICO’s transformation into a multimedia brand.
“Since joining POLITICO, I’ve been struck by the strength of its journalism and the clarity of its ambitious mission. As POLITICO Global Anchor, my focus will be on expanding our reach across platforms, deepening our relevance with audiences, and strengthening POLITICO’s position as a leading global source for political news and analysis,” Burns said.
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