I’m happy to announce that Renzo Downey will be joining us on Feb. 1 as the lead writer of The Blast, our premium politics newsletter.
Renzo has been covering state government for Florida Politics, based in Tallahassee, since 2019. Named newsletter editor last March, he manages, writes and edits the weekly “Takeaways from Tallahassee” and daily “Last Call” newsletters. He impressed us with his passion for newsletters as a critical way to engage readers in an ongoing dialogue. He is eager to dive into the world of the lobbyists, lawyers, regulators and communications and government relations professionals who make Austin tick.
In Florida, Renzo has broken stories on Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration, analyzed data on Republican success in registering voters and even written a Python script that helped Florida Politics be the first to provide daily state COVID-19 case updates at the start of the pandemic.