Bloomberg Programming Changes to Politics Broadcast Team
| RADIO ONLINE | Wednesday, June 9, 2021 | 12:43pm CT |
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Bloomberg makes programming changes to to its politics broadcast team. Global Head of Radio and Television Al Mayers announced that Jodi Schneider will take over as Bloomberg Radio and TV's Political News Director, and Annmarie Hordern and Joe Mathieu will become Washington correspondents covering the White House and Capitol Hill. Bloomberg Government Senior Congressional reporters, Emily Wilkins and Jack Fitzpatrick, will continue to contribute to daily coverage and round out on Bloomberg's air team with contributors Rick Davis and Jeanne Zaino.
Joe Mathieu, who joins the DC bureau as a new Bloomberg Washington correspondents, splits coverage of Capitol Hill and the White House. He comes from WGBH-FM in Boston where he was the host of "Morning Edition." Prior to that, Mathieu was the morning anchor of WBZ Newsradio winning the Murrow Award for best newscast in a major market. Before his time in Boston, Mathieu spent 13 years in Washington DC as managing editor and anchor of the CBS Marketwatch Radio Network as well as founding Program Director of the POTUS political news channel on SiriusXM.
Annmarie Hordern will be moving to DC from London to also become one of Bloomberg's new Washington correspondents. Hordern began as a production coordinator in New York, went to London where she took on leadership roles in EMEA. She went in front of the camera as a reporter covering OPEC and Vladimir Putin. Most recently she was anchor of Bloomberg Daybreak Europe. In between, Hordern helped launch the platform that is now Bloomberg Quicktake.
On June 21st, Jodi Schneider will take over as our broadcast Political News Director. Jodi will have direct oversight of all our political coverage across the network, including its flagship political program "Balance of Power" anchored by David Westin on Radio and Television. She will also oversee Bloomberg's editorial team in Washington including Lauren McDevitt and Christine Baratta, and the Balance of Power team in NY including Andrew Pourinski.
Bloomberg Government senior congressional reporters Emily Wilkins and Jack Fitzpatrick will continue to contribute daily to our coverage and round out our on-air team with contributors Rick Davis and Jeanne Zaino.
