A Behind the Scenes Look of Axios and its Co-Founder Mike Allen

Posted Friday, January 26, 2018 2:00 pm

Steven Perlberg | BuzzFeed

It’s 6:20 a.m. on a frigid Friday morning and Mike Allen is sitting in a TV studio overlooking the Capitol, pinpointing — in the parlance of Axios, the short-form news outlet he cofounded — “Why It Matters.”

“Jonathan Swan has a good take,” Allen says, texting with his news protégé as they wait to appear on separate morning shows.

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A Behind the Scenes Look of Axios and its Co-Founder Mike Allen

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