Carrie Budoff Brown

Carrie Budoff Brown is an American journalist and news editor. She is currently the editor of Politico. She previously served as the managing editor of Politico Europe and as a White House correspondent at Politico. Prior to joining Politico, she worked as a reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Hartford Courant.

Brown grew up in York, Pennsylvania. While attending Central York High School, she interned at the York Daily Record. Brown later attended Rutgers University and graduated in 1998. She interned at The New York Times for one and a half years. She was a recipient of the 2012 Merriman Smith Memorial Award for Excellence in Presidential Coverage under pressure.

During her tenure as editor at Politico, she has been named one of "The 50 Most Powerful People In Trump's Washington" by GQ and as one of "The Most Powerful Women in Washington" by Washingtonian.