James Pindell

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James W. PindellThe Observer Media Group today announced that it has hired James Pindell of The Boston Globe to serve as National Managing Editor of Politicker.com. The Politicker.com portfolio currently includes eight state political websites across the country including New Jersey, Nevada, Maine, Oregon, Maryland, Arizona, Vermont and Colorado. Politcker.com – dubbed as “Inside Politics for Political Insiders” – will add four additional websites by February 1st including Washington, Kentucky and New Hampshire.

Pindell will also write a weekly column for PolitickerNH.com.

Pindell leaves his post as a political reporter and blogger with the Globe to head the Observer Media Group’s growing online political reporting team. He will oversee an initial staff of eleven reporters across the country and establish a Washington, D.C. office for Politicker.com. In addition, Pindell will write a weekly national political column called “The Pindell Politicker Report” that will appear on each of the Politicker.com sites. Pindell will begin his duties as National Managing Editor on January 12th.