Hager Sharp announced the addition of Erik Robelen (pictured above) as a vice president in its industry-leading education, labor, and economy (ELE) practice. Robelen brings more than two decades of experience at the intersection of education, journalism, and communications to Hager Sharp, including 15 years covering the nation’s schools for Education Week and eight years as deputy director of the Education Writers Association, the premier professional membership organization for working journalists covering education in America.

During Robelen’s time at Education Week, the country’s leading trade publication for pre-K-12 education news, he covered a wide range of education issues at the federal, state, and local levels, as well as two presidential campaigns. His areas of focus at the paper ranged from state and federal education policy, the U.S. Supreme Court, school choice and charter schools, to education philanthropy and private education. Robelen also wrote extensively on student assessment and instruction in math, science, literacy, and social studies. As the outlet’s senior Washington reporter, he covered the White House, the U.S. Department of Education, and Congress, including leading the newspaper’s early coverage of the No Child Left Behind Act, from the initial debate and passage in Congress to implementation by states and school districts.

The induction ceremonies will be on November 16 at in New York City. For further information on attending the celebration, visit aaf.org/ahoa.

Allison Sandza has joined CBS News Streaming as executive producer covering Washington D.C starting September 19. In this newly created role she will be leading CBS News politics show, Red and Blue. Sandza comes to CBS News from CNN where she was a supervising producer for The Source with Kasie Hunt.  Prior to CNN she was a senior producer at NBC for Meet the Press.