Pitney was born in Tokyo and attended the University of California, Santa Barbara.!
Nico Pitney is an American journalist, editor and media executive who has helped lead several prominent left-leaning media outlets, including HuffPost and NowThis.
Nico Pitney
Nico Pitney is Senior Director at More Perfect Union.[1] He was formerly with NowThis, Huffington Post, and Center for American Progress, where he was "managing editor of ThinkProgress".[2]
Nico Pitney was born in Tokyo.[3]
JournoList
Nico Pitney, of the Huffington Post, was an identified member of JournoList - an email group of approximately 400 "progressive" and socialist journalists, academics and "new media" activists.
JournoList members reportedly coordinated their messages in favor of Barack Obama and the Democrats, and against Sarah Palin and the Republican Party. JournoList was founded in 2007 and was closed down in early 2010.[4]
Obama Calls on Nico Pitney
Barack Obama called on Nico Pitney in "what appeared to be a coordinated exchange".[5]
- In what appeared to be a coordinated exchange, President Obama called on the Huffington Post's Nico Pitney near the start of his press conference and requeste