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.
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