What are the responsibilities and job description for the Influence Reporter position at POLITICO?
Job Description
POLITICO is seeking a driven, enterprising reporter to cover lobbying, money and the unelected power structure in Washington. We’re looking for someone who can deliver scoops on K Street moves, narrate trends in the influence game and tell compelling, high-impact stories of how people, organizations and industries are jockeying to shape U.S. politics and policy.
This reporter will write our POLITICO Influence newsletter and produce original reporting across platforms.
Who You Are
We value our people. Click here for more on what we offer and what it’s like to work for POLITICO.
Let’s keep in touch. You can view our list of open positions here. We hope to see your application soon!
About Us.
POLITICO illuminates the forces shaping global power. Since 2007, we have delivered intelligence that anticipates tomorrow's headlines, not reports on yesterday's news. As politics has increasingly become the defining force of our era, our work has never been more vital.
Cabinet secretaries and Ministers start their mornings with our analysis. CEOs shape strategy around our reporting. Advocacy leaders rely on our insights to move policy. We deliver the straightforward facts and clear-eyed analysis they need to navigate the most complex political landscape of our lifetimes.
Our 1,100 publishing professionals across the world's key democratic capitals—Washington, Brussels, London, Paris, Berlin, Sacramento, and New York—form the world's premier politics and policy newsroom. We tell the story of how power really works by explaining who wields it and how they plan to exercise it, connecting dots others miss and delivering scoops from sources others don't even know exist.
Innovation has always been a core tenet of our story. At launch, we bet that depth would trump scale, that talent would trump traffic, and that politics would become central to modern life. In 2011, we made another bet and launched POLITICO Pro to help decision-makers understand the business of government, transforming both how they shape government action and the business of journalism itself.
These bets have made POLITICO the most successful digital news startup of its generation and the indispensable resource for leaders who shape the future. Today, we are a rarity in media: a growing, profitable, and sustainable news organization.
POLITICO is a subsidiary of Axel Springer SE, a family-owned transatlantic media company headquartered in Berlin and New York. Axel Springer is dedicated to shaping the future of journalism in the free world, believing that a free and informed society is essential to democracy. The company’s guiding principles - first articulated as The Essentials by founder Axel Springer in the aftermath of World War II - remain a cornerstone of the company’s foundation today. Learn more about Axel Springer.
Posting Date
2026-03-25
Title
Influence Reporter
POLITICO is seeking a driven, enterprising reporter to cover lobbying, money and the unelected power structure in Washington. We’re looking for someone who can deliver scoops on K Street moves, narrate trends in the influence game and tell compelling, high-impact stories of how people, organizations and industries are jockeying to shape U.S. politics and policy.
This reporter will write our POLITICO Influence newsletter and produce original reporting across platforms.
Who You Are
- A proactive, voracious reporter with a love of Washington politics and policy who is constantly digging for scoops and stories
- A perceptive thinker who notices the seeds of a storyline that others might miss and connects the dots on larger trends
- A strong writer who turns in clean, concise copy
- A collaborator with excellent interpersonal skills
- Play a central role in our Influence newsletter, ensuring an interesting, distinct, useful and enjoyable product for our subscribers
- Deliver must-read scoops and enterprise stories on lobbying action and Washington’s revolving door
- Partner with journalists across the newsroom to elevate the scope of Politico’s influence coverage
- Several years of relevant reporting experience, preferably in covering Washington and its power brokers
- A track record of breaking news and sourcing up on a competitive beat
- A mix of excellent news judgment and curiosity. You should be able to dig through seemingly routine FEC filings and lobbying reports and find a gem of a story.
We value our people. Click here for more on what we offer and what it’s like to work for POLITICO.
Let’s keep in touch. You can view our list of open positions here. We hope to see your application soon!
About Us.
POLITICO illuminates the forces shaping global power. Since 2007, we have delivered intelligence that anticipates tomorrow's headlines, not reports on yesterday's news. As politics has increasingly become the defining force of our era, our work has never been more vital.
Cabinet secretaries and Ministers start their mornings with our analysis. CEOs shape strategy around our reporting. Advocacy leaders rely on our insights to move policy. We deliver the straightforward facts and clear-eyed analysis they need to navigate the most complex political landscape of our lifetimes.
Our 1,100 publishing professionals across the world's key democratic capitals—Washington, Brussels, London, Paris, Berlin, Sacramento, and New York—form the world's premier politics and policy newsroom. We tell the story of how power really works by explaining who wields it and how they plan to exercise it, connecting dots others miss and delivering scoops from sources others don't even know exist.
Innovation has always been a core tenet of our story. At launch, we bet that depth would trump scale, that talent would trump traffic, and that politics would become central to modern life. In 2011, we made another bet and launched POLITICO Pro to help decision-makers understand the business of government, transforming both how they shape government action and the business of journalism itself.
These bets have made POLITICO the most successful digital news startup of its generation and the indispensable resource for leaders who shape the future. Today, we are a rarity in media: a growing, profitable, and sustainable news organization.
POLITICO is a subsidiary of Axel Springer SE, a family-owned transatlantic media company headquartered in Berlin and New York. Axel Springer is dedicated to shaping the future of journalism in the free world, believing that a free and informed society is essential to democracy. The company’s guiding principles - first articulated as The Essentials by founder Axel Springer in the aftermath of World War II - remain a cornerstone of the company’s foundation today. Learn more about Axel Springer.
Posting Date
2026-03-25
Title
Influence Reporter