OLD Media News

NYT taps Olster as lead editor for the Arab world

Marjorie Olster

The New York Times has appointed Marjorie Olster as lead editor for the Arab world, managing bureaus in Cairo, Beirut and Baghdad. She has recently been serving as senior news editor for International at The Times.

Prior to joining The Times, Olster was new editor, Middle East at The Wall Street Journal. She also held the same post at The Associated Press.

Olster has a M.A. in journalism from the University of Florida.

AddThis Website Tools
Mariam Ahmed

Recent Posts

Del Castillo departing Fortune to create consulting firm

Fortune senior reporter Michael del Castillo is leaving the publication to start his own consulting and…

3 hours ago

Bloomberg seeks a Japanese currencies and interest rates reporter

Bloomberg News is one of the biggest financial and business news organizations in the world.…

3 hours ago

Guillot moving to Politico’s energy and climate team

Politico reporter Louise Guillot is moving to its energy and climate team to cover European Union climate…

4 hours ago

WSJ’s Olshan’s ode to the newsrooms

Jeremy Olshan, who is departing The Wall Street Journal where he has been personal finance…

5 hours ago

9fin hires Mehboob as distressed debt reporter

Danish Mehboob has been hired as a senior distressed debt reporter at 9fin, where he…

5 hours ago

Meehan promoted to ME at Buffalo Business First

Sara Paulson Meehan has been promoted to managing editor at Buffalo Business First. She has…

5 hours ago