NY Times announces new staff in opinion, video and audio

The following excerpt announcement was sent out by The New York Times editor – opinion Kathleen Kingsbury, director and executive producer – opinion video Adam Ellick, and managing producer – opinion audio Paula Szuchman: Emily Holzknecht first joined us in late 2019 as a temporary staffer, and we’re delighted to announce that she has been […]

NY Times announces two new promotions on The Daily

The New York Times has promoted Alexandra Leigh Young to deputy producer of The Daily. In her new role, she will play a key role in making assignments, running the calendar, and training producers. She has been with The Times since 2016, joining as a producer at The Daily and most recently serving as senior […]

NY Times announces two new promotions in features design

The following excerpt announcement was sent out by The New York Times: Mary Jane Callister will take on the role of deputy director of features design, a recognition of her outsized contributions. She’s been a creative force behind some of our most impactful projects. Working closely with Andrew Sondern, Mary Jane helped shape not just […]

Kessler joins Dealbook team at NY Times

Sarah Kessler has joined the Dealbook team at The New York Times as a senior staff editor. She was previously a senior editor at OneZero, Medium’s online technology magazine. She previously was deputy membership editor and deputy editor at Quartz for Quartz At Work, a new edition of Quartz covering management, office culture, productivity, workplace […]

NY Times taps Eligon as Johannesburg bureau chief

The following excerpt announcement was sent out by The New York Times assistant managing editor, international, Michael Slackman, international managing editor Greg Winter and deputy international editor Laurie Goodstein: Nearly a decade ago, John Eligon went to South Africa for a stint in the Johannesburg bureau and delivered an impressive series of stories. He fell […]

NY Times hires Bayoumy as world and national security editor for Opinion

Yara Bayoumy is joining The New York Times as world and national security editor for Opinion. Bayoumy joins from NPR where she was deputy international editor. Prior to that, she was a national security editor at The Atlantic. She has also served as deputy editor, U.S. national security and foreign policy, at Reuters. Bayoumy was […]

NY Times taps Brink as senior editor in London

Bill Brink will be joining The New York Times International desk as a senior editor in London. He will be working closely with the Times Europe editor, Jim Yardley, and London bureau chief, Mark Landler. Brink was recently a deputy on the politics desk. Brink has been with the Times for 42 years. He has […]

NY Times taps Dao as metro editor

The New York Times has appointed Jim Dao as metro editor. Dao will oversee “the most consequential mayoral race in many years, and the epic story of the rebuilding of a city devastated by the pandemic.” “He is taking over a staff that has produced a run of investigative reporting, including a Pulitzer Prize-winning series, […]

NY Times columnist Bruni departs

New York Times columnist Frank Bruni will be departing in late June to take the post of endowed chair in journalism at Duke University. Bruni joined The Times from The Detroit Free Press where he was a Pulitzer finalist in feature writing. He also covered Washington and the White House before becoming Rome bureau chief. […]

NY Times taps Willis as video journalist

The New York Times has promoted Haley Willis to the post of video journalist. Previously, she was a visual investigations reporter working across enterprise and breaking news investigations. She joined The Times in 2019 as part of the inaugural fellowship video program. She has also worked at the Institute of East Asian Studies UC Berkeley […]