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The Politico Animal

The return of John Harris to the top of Politico signals that the scrappiness and the ambitions of the old days may be back again—and now turbo-charged by Axel Springer’s war chest, and their own deep desire for influence.

John Harris is return to Politico as the outlet’s first-ever global editor-in-chief.
John Harris is return to Politico as the outlet’s first-ever global editor-in-chief. Photo: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images
Dylan Byers
July 19, 2023

Ten years ago, John Harris, the ever-insightful, affable, and slightly disheveled co-founder of Politico, was standing in the foyer of his company’s Rosslyn headquarters while conveying some sage advice about journalism to one of his young reporters. In order to set the agenda on any given beat, Harris ruminated, an ambitious journalist needed to think of oneself as the narrow throat of an hourglass—the impartial funnel through which all information must necessarily pass from sources to readers.