Jacob Scott Sherman[1] (born December 16, 1985)[1] is an American journalist and writer.

[5] In the late 2000s, he worked for The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and the Minneapolis Star Tribune, in their respective Washington, D.C., bureaus.

[4] He joined Politico in 2009[2][7] and was made co-editor of its Playbook newsletter in 2016, taking over from Michael Allen.

[8] In 2016, The New York Times's Jim Rutenberg wrote that Sherman and his frequent writing partner Anna Palmer "helped break open the scandal that forced the resignation of Representative Aaron Schock of Illinois in 2015".

[7] In October 2020, Sherman announced that he planned to leave Politico at the end of 2020,[2] and to join Anna Palmer, Rachel Schindler and John Bresnahan in launching a daily newsletter in 2021 that would focus on Congress.