Salon.com, the long-trusted news and culture site, today announced the newest addition to its reporting staff, Justin Elliott, who comes from the political website, TPmuckraker.

?Justin Elliott is a rising star known for his innovative political reporting, the kind of reporting readers expect from Salon,? said Salon CEO, Richard Gingras. ?His work is smart and sophisticated and offers original insights.?

Elliott also worked as the News Editor for Talking Points Memo, a political organization that topped Time Magazine's list of 25 Best Blogs of 2009.

Elliott's reporting at Salon has included articles on the WikiLeaks and the Ground Zero Rogues:

http://www.salon.com/author/justin_elliott/index.html

The Massachusetts native graduated from Brown University where he studied history and classics. His work has also been published in Mother Jones magazine and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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