The editor of Guardian America, Michael Tomasky, has been appointed to the same role at US political journal Democracy.
Washington-based Tomasky will continue to work for Guardian News & Media's US editorial operation, moving to the new role of editor-at-large when he takes up his new job at Democracy on 3 March.
His weekly online video reports for the Guardian website will continue, as will regular blog analysis and comment, and a monthly column for the Guardian.
Tomasky replaces Kenneth Baer as editor of Democracy, the US quarterly journal on progressive politics. Baer recently left the title to become associate director at the White House Office of Management and Budget.
"I'm really fortunate to have this combination of a great writing platform through the Guardian and an opportunity to edit long-form pieces in an important journal," said Tomasky.
"What [Democracy] has accomplished in this very short time is most impressive. And now, with a progressive administration, the journal is absolutely poised to play an even more influential role in this new Washington."
Tomasky, the former Prospect editor, joined the Guardian in May 2007 as editor of Guardian America. He is now part of a 18-strong GNM US editorial team including writers Ed Pilkington, Andrew Clark, Ewen MacAskill, Suzanne Goldenberg and Gary Younge.
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