The New York Times Magazine announced Tuesday that it had hired Caitlin Roper, currently the articles editor of Wired magazine, as its special projects editor.
This is a new position, created to handle the increasing number of projects that the magazine is tackling outside of its weekly print and digital product.
“Our portfolio has grown a lot over the past two years,” said editor-in-chief Jake Silverstein in a statement. “The magazine isn’t just a magazine anymore. We’re now involved in virtual reality, live events, podcasts, and special newspaper sections, just to name a few things. Caitlin is going to be instrumental in helping us manage this growth and execute on these exciting initiatives.”
The special projects editor will manage a new initiative from The Times. Last month, the magazine produced a special newspaper section with an excerpt from “The Underground Railroad,” the new novel by Colson Whitehead. The section was produced only in print, available to home delivery subscribers and newsstand buyers.
Following the tremendous success of that inaugural effort, the magazine will produce more of these print-only special sections under the oversight of the special projects editor. Readers can expect one more section in 2016, followed by a regular schedule of sections in 2017.
Roper has been at Wired since January 2005. She is a University of Pennsylvania graduate.
