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    Yahoo News hires Olivier Knox as its first White House correspondent

    Olivier Knox (Yahoo News)

    Yahoo News has hired Olivier Knox, Congressional correspondent for Agence France-Press, to be its White House correspondent--the first in Yahoo's 16-year history.

    Knox--who has spent more than a decade with AFP covering politics, including eight years covering the White House--starts on Feb. 13. He will be based in Washington and report to politics editor Chris Suellentrop, who joined Yahoo from the New York Times magazine last year.

    "I am thrilled to be joining the team covering politics at Yahoo News," Knox said, "and truly honored to serve as the first White House correspondent. It's a great opportunity."

    A graduate of John's Hopkins' School of Advanced International Studies, Knox covered the impeachment proceedings against Bill Clinton for AFP beginning in 1998. He covered Al Gore's presidential campaign for the news service, moved to the White House beat in December 2000 and served in that position until the inauguration of Barack Obama in 2009. (He was in the second row at the infamous 2008 Baghdad press conference when an an Iraqi TV journalist hurled a pair of shoes at President George W. Bush.) Most recently, Knox has been AFP's Congress/politics correspondent.

    His hire is the latest in a series of moves by Yahoo designed to beef up its original content for an audience of 85.5 million unique monthly visitors.

    Last fall, the news division made a number of key hires: Washington D.C. bureau chief David Chalian, managing editor Hillary Frey, head of strategy and development Guy Vidra , and executive producer (elections) Steve Chaggaris. Veteran journalist Walter Shapiro also recently signed on as a contributing writer to cover the 2012 campaign.

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    20 comments

    • ELAINES  •  18 days ago
      we all know oliver knox is a republican,so beware people he will throw you under the bus if he can.or put your dog on top of the car.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  2 mths ago
      Hey oliver knox - put back this comment style on your ticket articles - or are you afraid of yahoo commentors???
    • Stephan  •  Walnut Creek, California  •  2 mths ago
      First, Bill Mahr has his own Left wing featured show on Yahoo. Then, as if the AP and Reuters isn't biased enough, we add to the mix a WH correspondant who traveled with AL GORE covering his campaign. This is Guy Vidras' strategy? Guy: You need a news team with different viewpoints and ARGUES about politics amoung themselves.
      • Jeepy 20 days ago
        Oh you think because someone covers Al Gore, he's on the Gore team? Your paranoia runs rampant. Get back on your meds you idiot.
    • PeterV  •  Salt Lake City, Utah  •  3 mths ago
      I bet Obama kneepads were listed at the top of his resume'
      • Jeepy 20 days ago
        bend over backwards and eat yourself, douche bag.
    • Independent Voter  •  Kingwood, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      Another Socialist, Working For A Socialist, Reporting On A Socialist Administration, Obama, Biden, Pelosi, Reed, Valerie Jarrett, And All The Rest Of Commies.
      • Michael F 3 mths ago
        Another genius who has no earthly idea what socialism is.
    • herewegoagain  •  3 mths ago
      Obama spending plan projects a deficit for this year of $1.3 trillion, the 4th sraight year of
      $1 trillion-plus deficits, and $901 billion next year. Unbelievable!!!!
      We need to get rid of this guy!!
    • regnchip  •  Lafayette, Louisiana  •  3 mths ago
      GREAT! Nice to see YAHOO rubbing elbows with the rest of the WH Reporters...
    • 4-Square  •  3 mths ago
      I don't know a single thing about Olivier Knox. But even without knowing anything about him - based on what I know about yahoo news - I'm going to make an educated guess about his personality and reporting style. I'm so confident I'm right, I'm willing to make the prediction without requiring any evidence whatsoever to back it up:

      Oliver Knox is a loyal democrat and will bring his liberal bias to nearly all he writes for yahoo. The only question will be the intensity and style of the liberal bias. Will it be a subdued or covert style like Brian Williams or Katie Couric? Or will it be a more overt/in your face style similar to Chris Matthewish/Olbermann/Lawrence Odonnel/[insert MSNBC persona here]? Time will tell. In the meantime, I'm so holding my breath in anticipation.
    • Keyser Soze  •  Shanghai, China  •  3 mths ago
      The utter lack of any pretense of objectivity for yahoo news mows this man a clown. Any serious journalist would not want to work for this organization content to walk obama's dog and completely accept the notion that the white house speaks the truth...that trumpeting of the jobs report is just the latest of "reporting" without asking the tough questions related to the change in the method.
    • Agent-X  •  3 mths ago
      Yahoo...now plans to make up original lies for the Obama administration rather than depending on the lies of others.
    • cc  •  3 mths ago
      I'll just be happy if he can spell and form a grammatically correct sentence. Now that would be a first for Yahoo News.
    • safeinthewoods  •  3 mths ago
      ... what they need to hire is a proofreader ... and an editor ...
      • Dennis 2 mths ago
        safeinthewoods • 24 days ago
        ... what they need to hire is a proofreader ... and an editor ...
        Reply
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        I'm afraid that you're just going to have to get used to it, Safe. You're facing the "NEW" attitudes, in techonolgy. I noticed a gross error in my local Newspaper, and called to alert them so that they might correct their error. I was informed that they no longer have Proof Readers.
        Dennis
    • 1  •  3 mths ago
      Hopefully we'll be getting clear, straight news without a bias with this new assignment. Congrats Olivier.......or is it Oliver? With Yahoo's history of bad spelling, one never knows.
    • Voter's remorse  •  3 mths ago
      "A graduate of John's Hopkins' School" ITS JOHNS HOPKINS you Fing morons!
    • LeeLee  •  3 mths ago
      Wow. Knox is quite the talent. Let's hope he brings some news to Yahoo "News". However, the first comment made about what shoes the President wears to his next press conference will completely undermine any dignity that Knox brings to WH reporting for Yahoo. Good luck with those editors, Sir. You're going to need it.
      • Chapman 3 mths ago
        I'm betting Mr. Knox knows how to spell Johns Hopkins. . .
      • LeeLee 3 mths ago
        It would certainly be an improvement over current authors...hur hur!
    • BoddaBoom  •  Fishers, Indiana  •  3 mths ago
      Won't take long before he starts kissing Barry's a%^...Yahoo's template
    • Gambling man  •  Portland, Oregon  •  3 mths ago
      Was hoping it was Chris Chase. Then I wouldn't read politics on yahoo like sports.
    • Voter's remorse  •  3 mths ago
      another gay liberal incompetent turd joind the Yahoo team of idiots.
    • World Peace  •  3 mths ago
      I hope Olivier Knox is another anti-U.S. Constitution New World Order puppet.
    • Venutian  •  3 mths ago
      Congrats Olivier. Try to resist whatever yahoo editor it is that seems to insist on sensationalizing everything, using misleading headlines and words like "slam" when people just make regular uneventful statements. Yes I read it, and sometimes enjoy the chuckle, but just the facts would even better.
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