Massimo Calabresi and Alex Altman Chosen to Lead TIME Washington Bureau

The following note was sent by TIME Editor Edward Felsenthal to staff Monday. Team TIME: In a summer that has seen 9 million people come to TIME in a single day for an eclipse and, in Firsts, some of the most ambitious enterprise we’ve ever done, we have also been continually reminded that our coverage of the nation’s capital is in so many ways the engine of our journalism. And so I am delighted to announce some important new roles in our Washington Bureau: Massimo Calabresi, one of the best-sourced and steadiest hands in our business, becomes TIME’s Washington Bureau Chief. Deputy Bureau Chief Alex Altman will take on the additional position of Nation Editor, coordinating all of our domestic affairs coverage. We are also recruiting two new senior reporters, one on politics and the other in an investigative role focused on national security. The news that a Kremlin-linked company bought politically charged ads on Facebook—and calls for the company to testify in the House–came as a surprise to no one who has been following Massimo’s coverage. Indeed, one of the many reasons Massimo is so well suited for his new position is that he has spent his career preparing for what has in many ways become the most important political story of our time. His May story on Russia’s social-media influence campaign—paired with the unforgettable cover image of Moscow’s Red Square merging into the White House—was as clear a reminder of ...
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