Eugene Daniels inducted as president of the White House Correspondents’ Association

POLITICO White House Correspondent and Playbook Co-Author Eugene Daniels has been inducted as president of the White House Correspondents’ Association. He will serve in this capacity through the 2024-2025 term, reports Editor & Publisher.

Daniels’ rise to this leadership position is historic in nature, states E&P,  “as he will be the first openly gay person of color and only the second Black person to serve as president of the White House Correspondents’ Association. This milestone is a tremendous honor for Daniels and POLITICO, as he is the first WHCA president for the publication.”

E&P adds that In his role as co-author of POLITICO’s successful Playbook franchise and as a White House correspondent, “Daniels has leveraged POLITICO’s many platforms. During the country’s reckoning with race in 2020, he moderated POLITICO’s Confronting Inequality Town Hall series that examined how inequities in policing, housing, healthcare, education and employment permeate the country’s institutions. He is also a senior MSNBC political analyst where he appears often providing insights, analysis and reporting on the biggest stories in Washington, and more broadly, the United States.”

More here.