POLITICO Promotes Rachel Van Dongen to Deputy Managing Editor

In her new role, she will work closely with Smolkin and alongside deputy managing editor Laura McGann. POLITICO’s Gregg Birnbaum, Dianna Heitz, Laura McGann and Nirvi Shah also serve in the role of deputy managing editor.

Van Dongen’s outstanding deputy, Steven Sloan, will lead the Congress team going forward.

See the full memo, after the jump.

All,

We are delighted to announce that Rachel Van Dongen is being promoted to deputy managing editor and will oversee the print edition of POLITICO.

Rachel has shown strong editorial and leadership skills in her time as Congress editor and deputy politics editor, and we’re excited to watch her apply that same vision and energy to running and reshaping the paper.