"[2] Melinda Henneberger, a former Newsweek and New York Times reporter,[1] was Editor in Chief.
Former Baltimore Sun reporter David Wood was chief military correspondent.
Washington Post columnist Donna Britt and Chicago Sun-Times reporter Lynn Sweet wrote for the web site.
[3] Bucking the general trend of layoffs in the media industry due to declining advertising revenue in the late-2000s recession, Politics Daily had hired 22 professional writers and journalists by the end of April 2009,[4] with some reportedly earning salaries over US$100,000 annually.
[1] On March 10, 2011, Melinda Henneberger and other top Politics Daily staffers were among 200 editorial employees laid off at AOL.