Semafor has hired Joseph Zeballos-Roig to cover economic policy and other issues on Capitol Hill with a focus on the Senate.

He previously was a policy reporter covering taxes, inequality and federal spending at Business Insider.

Zeballos-Roig joined Business Insider in 2019 as a policy reporting fellow. He worked freelance for The New Republic and Bedford + Bowery, a New York Magazine site. Zeballos-Roig interned at WNYC Radio’s “The Takeaway” and CBS News’ “60 Minutes.”

He was also one of 26 college journalists selected from across the nation to be part of The New York Times Student Journalism Institute.

Zeballos-Roig has a B.S. from Florida State University and a M.A. from New York University.