After graduating from college, Harris worked for The Washington Post for 21 years, having started as an intern. In 1990, he was transferred to the Post's Richmond bureau, covering Virginia politics during Douglas Wilder's governorship. He covered the Clinton White House from 1995 to 2001. In 2003, he was a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution. He became the Post's National Politics Editor in June 2005. Harris began "having conversations" in 2006 with fellow Post journalist Jim VandeHei about creating "a new publication about politics which led to the launch of Politico in 2007.
Article author, JOHN F. HARRIS
Co-Founder, Politico
Harris is seen frequently as a political analyst on such shows as MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” CBS’s “Face the Nation” and PBS’s “Washington Week.” He was named by The Telegraph as one of Washington’s top journalists and by GQ as one of the capital’s most influential people.
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