Joe Sommerlad

Joe Sommerlad is a journalist currently serving as a US Politics Reporter for The Independent, focusing on the 2024 US presidential election and previously covering the Trump administration from 2017 to 2021. Prior experience includes working as a Homepage Editor for MSN UK, where responsibilities involved programming the news channel and editing articles, and as a News Editor at Writing Solutions Ltd, leading a team to produce daily news bulletins for Business Monitor International. Joe Sommerlad's early career included a role as an Editorial Assistant at Oxfam, subediting web content and moderating comments, as well as customer service experience at CPM UK Ltd for Honda. Joe Sommerlad holds a Master of Arts in Journalism from Brunel University London and a Bachelor of Arts in English from The University of Manchester.