Rachel Stassen-Berger – who’s been a fixture in political coverage in the Metro for as long as I’ve been paying attention – has moved on up to a politics editor job at the Des Moines Register.
Stassen-Berger will oversee the Register’s politics and policy team, which includes coverage of state government, health care, Iowa’s congressional delegation and the Iowa caucuses. She will start in mid-March.
Stassen-Berger has covered the Statehouse in St. Paul for 16 years. Most recently, she was the capitol bureau chief, as well as a reporter and columnist, for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. She has also served as a political writer for the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
The Register doesn’t have quite the sheen it did thirty years ago – but it’s a great move for Stassen-Berger, and I wish her all the best.
Too bad Minnesota lost out on her coverage.
The Register doesn’t have quite the sheen it did thirty years ago
Since moving here (Des Moines) from the Cities about 8 years ago, I’ve tried to read the Register, and it’s slant is less pronounced than the Star & Sickle, but not enough to compel me to be a subscriber. Best of luck to Ms. Stassen-Berger, she can only improve the quality of the Register.