March 25, 2025 – The Allbritton Journalism Institute (AJI) announced today that it has hired Arielle Elliott, a business leader with a track record of growing revenue to support high-quality journalism, to serve as the chief executive officer of NOTUS.
Since its launch in January 2024, NOTUS has quickly made a name for itself with nonpartisan journalism that’s read and relied on every day at the White House, on Capitol Hill, across Washington and beyond. As the publication’s first CEO, Elliott will develop and implement business and revenue strategies to support that work — and AJI’s broader mission of educating the next generation of great journalists.
Elliott most recently led the global corporate sales and service teams for Bloomberg Government, Bloomberg Law and Bloomberg Tax. Previously, she worked on the launch of Bloomberg Government and served as its president for six years, overseeing the launch of new products including an expansion into state government affairs. Earlier in her career, she served in senior advertising roles at National Journal Group.
“The need for credible, nonpartisan journalism has never been greater,” said Robert Allbritton, the president of AJI and the publisher of NOTUS. “Arielle has proven herself as a strong leader who can build the financial support needed to sustain it.”
“It is exciting to have the opportunity to work with such a talented team and implement strategies that help NOTUS grow and thrive in the Washington media space,” Elliott said. “AJI’s mission of supporting quality journalism is near and dear to my heart.”
Elliott will work closely with Tim Grieve, the executive director of AJI and the editor in chief of NOTUS. Grieve said he is “looking forward to having a real partner in continuing to prove that nonpartisan reporting is not just possible journalistically but also sustainable financially.”
Elliott lives in Washington with her husband, two daughters, a dog and a cat. She is a board member of N Street Village and Everybody Wins DC.
The Allbritton Journalism Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization launched in 2023. AJI trains aspiring journalists from across the country through a mix of classroom instruction and real-world experience working side by side with veteran reporters and editors to write and report for NOTUS.
AJI is supported by an initial grant from The Allbritton Foundation and by charitable funding from the Google News Initiative, the Henry L. Kimelman Family Foundation, the Posner Foundation, the Sandpiper Fund and individual donors. NOTUS relies on both charitable contributions and sponsorship revenue from partners including PhRMA and McKinsey & Company.
For more information, please contact Justin Peligri, AJI’s director of editorial outreach, at justinpeligri@aji.org. For partnership opportunities, please contact Brad Bosserman, NOTUS’ chief revenue officer, at bradbosserman@notus.org. And for philanthropic inquiries, please contact Kevin Grant, AJI’s director of development, at kevingrant@aji.org.
