Matthew Berger, a former NBC embedded reporter during the 2008 presidential campaign, is joining Dezenhall Resources, Politico reports.

Berger will join as account supervisor. He had previously signed a deal to write a book about former VP candidate Sarah Palin, but the deal fell through as Palin has since released a best-selling book of her own.

Dezehnall specializes in crisis work and CEO Eric Dezenhall is the author of the book “Damage Control: Why Everything You Know About Crisis Management Is Wrong.”

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