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Job Description
POLITICO Magazine is looking for a senior staff writer to join our team. The ideal candidate will possess outstanding enterprise writing skills, an extensive knowledge of politics and policy, and enthusiasm for working in a fast-paced, competitive news environment.
POLITICO Magazine is an ambitious department of POLITICO dedicated to publishing the best longform and analytical journalism about politics and policy, from narrative features and bombshell investigations to ideas-driven essays and colorful dispatches. As part of POLITICO, we aim to provide accurate, nonpartisan and relevant information to a powerful global audience.
What You’ll Do
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
2026-04-14
Title
Senior Staff Writer, POLITICO Magazine
POLITICO Magazine is looking for a senior staff writer to join our team. The ideal candidate will possess outstanding enterprise writing skills, an extensive knowledge of politics and policy, and enthusiasm for working in a fast-paced, competitive news environment.
POLITICO Magazine is an ambitious department of POLITICO dedicated to publishing the best longform and analytical journalism about politics and policy, from narrative features and bombshell investigations to ideas-driven essays and colorful dispatches. As part of POLITICO, we aim to provide accurate, nonpartisan and relevant information to a powerful global audience.
What You’ll Do
- Pitch, report, and write stories for the Magazine of a variety of lengths and styles, including cover story worthy profiles and pieces
- Collaborate across departments and with colleagues throughout the POLITICO newsroom, including those abroad in Canada, Europe, and Australia
- Be a signature talent helping to make POLITICO Magazine a must-read product on both sides of the Atlantic
- A talent for coming up with original ideas and constructing thoughtful narratives
- Ideas, ideas, ideas. We are looking for writers who are full of interesting, actionable ideas and the sourcing to deliver them
- A deep appreciation for good journalism and a refined sense of what makes a good magazine story work
- A collaborative attitude and collegial spirit
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
2026-04-14
Title
Senior Staff Writer, POLITICO Magazine