Programming Politico's Future With Video

The political site made Beltway journalism fresh and engaging. Is streaming news its next big play?

Last January in Iowa, Politico’s tireless Mike Allen sequestered himself under fluorescent lights in a room with a laptop and his omnipresent BlackBerry and talked for well over five hours as Caucus results trickled in. There was no music, just raw politics. Believe it or not, this is pretty much exactly what makes Politico Live’s broadcasts work.

Since Allen’s first run, Politico Live has come a long way, adding garnishes of production value and beefing up its on-camera presence with embedded Politico reporters.

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