Politico Hires, Departures

I am happy to announce that Fred Barbash joins Politico today as Senior Editor. A little about Fred, from his bio: Fred comes to Politico after two years on the faculty of the Medill School of Journalism and 25 years as an editor and reporter for the Washington Post, where he was, at one time or the other, the Post’s National Editor, London Bureau Chief, Supreme Court correspondent, Deputy Editor of Outlook and a founding editor, reporter, blogger and talking head on the Post’s Continuous News Desk, the Post’s first experiment with Washingtonpost.com