Politico names Anderson its California tech editor

Emma Anderson has been named Politico’s California tech editor.

Her tasks embody directing news coverage of state insurance policies on social media, AI, privateness and extra.

She has seven years of expertise modifying politics and coverage from Politico bureaus throughout the globe. Earlier than Politico, she labored for The Native Europe, masking the impacts of the 2015 refugee disaster in addition to Brexit throughout the continent. She was a part of the 2015 duPont Award-winning crew behind NPR’s investigative collection “Responsible and Charged.”

Anderson oversees POLITICO California’s artificial intelligence coverage and helps coordinate world reporting on AI between the Sacramento, Washington, Brussels and London bureaus. She edits the “California Decoded” publication that captures and analyzes the dialog round the important thing gamers, regulatory battles and political dynamics of AI within the state.

She additionally oversees well being protection from Sacramento.

She has worn many hats at Politico since she began as a information editor in Europe in 2017, guiding protection on elections, commerce and agriculture coverage, in addition to serving to launch the UNGA Playbook and a precursor to Politico Europe’s cybersecurity publication. She was Politico’s struggle czar and has edited newsletters throughout 4 totally different time zones.