Sudeep Reddy to be MSNBC’s first Washington, D.C. bureau chief

Veteran Indian American journalist to focus on how decisions in the capital will impact people around the world

By Arun Kumar 

Indian American journalist Sudeep Reddy, a senior managing editor of Politico, overseeing coverage and strategy for policy news across the publication, is joining MSNBC as its first Washington, D.C. bureau chief on June 16.

As the network is spun off from parent NBCUniversal and Comcast later this year, it will open the D.C. bureau at the Hall of States building, the same complex where NBC News is now. But the network said that it will be separate from the broadcast outlet, which will no longer be a sister network.

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In a memo to staffers, Scott Matthews, the senior VP of newsgathering for MSNBC, wrote that Reddy “will lead our Washington team to focus not just on the happenings inside Washington but also on how decisions in the capital will impact people across the nation and around the world.”

“In his role, Sudeep will be charged with leading MSNBC’s D.C.-based newsgathering operation, including building a team of reporters to cover every corner of the nation’s capital,” MSNBC announced on social media.

Before joining Politico in 2017, Reddy was at The Wall Street Journal, including as an economics editor in D.C. directing coverage of U.S. and international economic news. He also is on on-air contributor for American Public Media’s Marketplace for the past 15 years.

Matthews wrote that while at Politico, Reddy “launched dozens of new products, including newsletters, podcasts, live events and digital offerings; guided strategy and operations for Politico Playbook during the first Trump administration; and built the newsroom’s first audio team from the ground up.” Reddy will report to Matthews and work with Erin Zimmerman, vice president of newsgathering.

Matthews plans to hire more than 100 journalists as MSNBC builds a newsroom. The team of correspondents will include those covering the White House, Capitol Hill, the State Department, the Justice Department and the Supreme Court.

Since joining Politico in 2017, Reddy has led journalists on a wide range of teams across politics and policy including the White House, Playbook, digital operations, live events and audio. He also served as the lead editor for newsroom operations, overseeing talent, training, standards, diversity strategy and more.

He was previously a Washington correspondent at The Dallas Morning News, covering the intersection of business and politics. Earlier, he covered the energy industry in Texas and business issues before the Texas Legislature.

Reddy received a degree in bioethics and history from Brown University, where he was executive editor of The Brown Daily Herald. He has served on the adjunct faculty at Georgetown University, teaching a course on the digital journalism landscape.

He serves on the boards of the National Press Foundation and the International Center for Journalists. He’s also a former national secretary of the South Asian Journalists Association and former treasurer of the Asian American Journalists Association of Texas.