Caitlin Oprysko

Breaking News Reporter

Caitlin Oprysko

Caitlin Oprysko covers lobbying for POLITICO and writes the Influence newsletter. She was previously a breaking news reporter for POLITICO, covering the 2018 midterms, 2020 election and everything (seriously) in between. She joined POLITICO Pro in 2016 as a web producer and also worked on Pro’s Legislative Compass team, covering an omnibus spending bill, the farm bill and several appropriations bills from their introduction to the president’s desk.

Before coming to POLITICO, Caitlin worked on the social desk for ABC News’ D.C. Bureau, where she used social media to monitor coverage areas, curated images and videos for broadcasts, pitched and reported out stories and collaborated on breaking news.

Caitlin is originally from the Atlanta area and graduated from the University of Georgia, where she covered state and local news and worked for the student-run newscast Grady Newsource.

Caitlin Oprysko