NY Times welcomes three to its editing residency

The following was sent out from The New York Times’ Ted Kim, Carla Correa and Alexa Mills: We are pleased to announce that Lars Dolder, Anna Venarchik and Reece Taylor Williams will join the Editing Residency this month. The Editing Residency is an immersive learning program that provides two years of training and support with the goal […]

NY Daily News hires Cruz as politics editor

David Cruz has joined The New York Daily News as a politics editor. Previously, he oversaw political coverage for Gothamist and WNYC (owned by New York Public Radio) as a people and power desk editor. Cruz worked on the general assignment desk as a news editor and served as interim people and power desk editor […]

New York Public Radio senior politics reporter Bergin to host new series

Brigid Bergin, senior politics reporter at the Gothamist and fill-in host at WNYC Radio, will host “The People’s Guide to Power, a new call-in radio series on the station that will debut Sunday Sept. 11 and run every Sunday for 10 weeks through the November general election.” Previously, Bergin was a politics and City Hall […]

Gothamist.com/WNYC editor Chung departs

Jen Chung, senior editor at Gothamist.com/WNYC has left. Her LinkedIn post reads: “Creating Gothamist with Jake Dobkin gave me a reason to learn more about this incredible, vibrant, and, yes, sometimes frustrating place… and I am more in love with New York City than ever. “As co-founder of Gothamist, I will always be grateful that […]

Gothamist.com promotes Cruz to editor of People & Power desk

David Cruz, who joined Gothamist as a news editor in 2020, and recently served as assistant editor of the WNYC People & Power desk, has been promoted to editor of the People & Power desk. Prior to joining WNYC-FM 93.9, Cruz was editor in chief of the Norwood News in Bronx, where he worked for […]

Salcedo joins the Washington Post as a staff writer on Morning Mix

The Washington Post has hired Andrea Salcedo as a staff writer on Morning Mix. Her new role begins Oct. 26. Most recently, Salcedo was reporting and writing freelance articles for Gothamist, New York Public Radio’s digital news platform. She has also worked as a metro desk reporting fellow at the New York Times where she […]

Lever joins Law360 as a general assignment reporter

Emily Suzanne Lever has joined Law360 as a general assignment reporter on the legal industry desk. Previously, she was a blogger at Gothamist.com writing three local news stories a day, covering food, the arts, crime, policy and offbeat stories. She has also interned at The Daily Star and Norwood News. Lever was also a multimedia […]