Nicholas Johnston is Publisher at Axios, a media company that through Smart Brevity, gets you smarter faster on the topics that matter most through coverage of business, tech, media, politics, and with local reporters in more than 25 cities. As Publisher, Nick collaborates with Axios Entertainment, the events team, sales, and the newsroom to launch innovative products. He was the founding editor-in-chief of Axios and led the newsroom as it grew to more than 100 journalists.

Nick 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 will soon launch local online news publications in six cities, including London.

Before helping to launch Axios in 2017, Nick 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. Nick began his journalism career at the Washington Post and is a graduate of Georgetown University.