The Huffington Post will be bringing on a former Newsweek staffer to cover hot political topics and the upcoming 2008 Presidential Election. Big news as new media continues growing and competing with mainstream media.

I’m just waiting for HP to launch a video blog to compete with the nightly news.

The Huffington Post, which started about 18 months ago as a political Web site for celebrity bloggers, is preparing to venture into original reporting, with plans to cover Congress and, already, the 2008 presidential campaign.

Arianna Huffington, who started HuffingtonPost.com, said yesterday that the site had hired Melinda Henneberger, a print journalist most recently with Newsweek magazine, as its political editor. The site has about 2.3 million unique visitors a month, making it one of the more popular blog sites.

Via NY Times

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