Nicholas Johnston is publisher at Axios, a media company that through Smart Brevity, gets you smarter faster on the topics that matter through coverage of business, tech, media, politics, and with local reporters in more than 30 cities. 

As publisher, Johnston helps manage the Axios Events businesses, and works closely with sales and the newsroom to launch free and subscription news products. He was the founding editor-in-chief of Axios and led the newsroom as it grew to more than 150 journalists.

Johnston regularly appears on television to discuss the news of the day, and speaks at conferences on politics, tech, and the media industry. He’s an investor in The Mill, a media start-up in the U.K., that has started local online news publications in six cities, including London.

Before helping to launch Axios in 2017, Johnston was a managing editor at Bloomberg where he oversaw newsletters and breaking news coverage in Washington. Previously, as a reporter for Bloomberg he covered the White House, Capitol Hill, and the 2008 presidential campaign. Johnston began his journalism career at the Washington Post and is a graduate of Georgetown University.