The D.C. news market demands fast, up-to-the minute, compelling information and stories provided by reporters who are authorities on their topic areas. POLITICO is leading that charge, especially when it comes to the presidential race. I’m one of five trail reporters tasked with covering would-be GOP presidential candidates for 2012 LIVE, our home for all things related to the White House race.
The expansive site includes a map detailing travel since Jan. 1, 2009, focus areas on early primary and caucus states and looks at the people who make the process. I joined the POLITICO team two months before the 2012 LIVE launch, and played a big role in culling travel data, curating the best reads on the race for the White House and learning everything there is to know about the wide Republican field.
Since launch, I’ve been tasked with covering three possible presidential contenders, including Atlanta businessman Herman Cain, as well as reporting breaking news before most of our site’s visitors are awake.
Here’s what POLITICO founder Jim VandeHei has to say about 2012 LIVE, as reported by the New York Times:
If all this sounds as if the question “How much is too much?” has never occurred to Politico, that is because it hasn’t.
“There probably is in theory a point where there’s too much,” Mr. VandeHei said. “But we certainly haven’t discovered it.”
Politico’s mission in 2012, Mr. VandeHei said, is to carve out an even bigger place in the news media landscape. “We’re trying to take a leap forward in front of everyone else.”
