Amanda Terkel is a Senior Political Reporter at The Huffington Post. Before joining The Huffington Post, Amanda served as Deputy Research Director at the Center for American Progress and the Managing Editor of ThinkProgress.org. Amanda also served as the Center's Special Assistant for Strategic Planning and has experience on various national and state-level political campaigns and in government offices.

Her writing has been published by publications such as The New York Times, Politico, and Salon, and she is a regular political commentator on radio and television.