The following excerpt was sent out from The New York Times:
Express has come to play an outsized role in our ambition to be the go-to destination for everyone interested in news. When Hurricane Otis surprised forecasters with a Category 5 hit near Acapulco, when a pilot was accused of almost crashing an Alaska Airlines flight, when a gunman terrorized a small town in Maine, and when Matthew Perry died, to name some recent examples, Express has been our first responder.
We are excited to announce we are expanding this nimble 24/7 team to help us accelerate that ambition.
When readers hear about an event, we want them to come to The New York Times to learn about it. Their appetite for breaking news, trending stories, explainers and live coverage is enormous. That’s where Express comes in. Under the leadership of Patrick LaForge and his deputies, Erin McCann, Pete Khoury and Ron DePasquale, the team has become an indispensable set of eyes and ears for the newsroom.
Kicking off Express’s expansion are Sopan Deb, Isabella Kwai and Victor Mather, who will bring their energy, creativity and range to cover all manner of breaking and trending stories. The team’s newest editor, Hanna Ingber, will take on special projects to help build our audience and breaking news muscle.
Three more reporters are planned for Seoul and London to help us continue to cover more news more quickly around the clock, and plans are in the works to beef up the editing operation. The desk will also be looking to hire a photo editor in Seoul to ensure its stories stay visual and immersive. With this expanded crew, we expect Express to have grown by a third by next year and further bolstered its always-on global operation.
Kicking off Express’s expansion are Sopan Deb, Isabella Kwai and Victor Mather, who will bring their energy, creativity and range to cover all manner of breaking and trending stories. The team’s newest editor, Hanna Ingber, will take on special projects to help build our audience and breaking news muscle.
Three more reporters are planned for Seoul and London to help us continue to cover more news more quickly around the clock, and plans are in the works to beef up the editing operation. The desk will also be looking to hire a photo editor in Seoul to ensure its stories stay visual and immersive. With this expanded crew, we expect Express to have grown by a third by next year and further bolstered its always-on global operation.
Congratulations to Express on its continued success. We look forward to its metabolism and sensibilities further enlivening our newsroom and our report.
