NY Times names two new deputy metro editors

The New York Times has promoted Nestor Ramos and Judy Tong to the post of deputy metro editors. In his new role, Ramos will help oversee the desk and will direct long-form narrative writers among other tasks, while Tong will work closely with the team in managing the desk and taking care of a broader […]

NY Times announces changes on culture desk

  Rebecca Thomas will be joining as a senior staff editor. She joined The Times in 2020 as an editor on the flex desk, working across various departments, including food, politics, business, Washington, sports and many a live briefing. She has also worked at MTV News, where she held various roles, including deputy managing editor. […]

Zittel takes on expanded role at NY Times

The New York Times has appointed Brian Zittel managing editor for both Op-Ed and newsletters. He previously launched Opinion’s newsletter portfolio and serves as editor of the Opinion pages. Zittel has been with The Times for over 8 years. Zittel will focus on coordinating The Times’ daily line-up of guest essays and newsletters to ensure […]

New York Times hires Mobley as Op-Ed editor

The New York Times has tapped Vanessa Mobley as Op-Ed editor, overseeing editors responsible for guest essays and contributing writers on politics, culture, international affairs, business, health, climate and much more. She begins on Feb. 7. Recently, Mobley was VP and executive editor at Little, Brown and Co., where she published various acclaimed books. Previously, […]

NY Times makes promotions in Audio

The New York Times has tapped Larissa Anderson as deputy director of audio. Anderson is an accomplished editor who will help in the daily running of the department and help plan future NYT Audio programming. She will also continue to support The Daily in training, recruiting, standards, staffing and long-term growth. She has previously also […]

New York Times adds to Opinion team

The following excerpt announcement was sent out from The New York Times Opinion: Jyoti Thottam will become our new editorials editor beginning in early February, overseeing the day-to-day operations of the board and the journalism it produces. Jyoti is a deeply penetrating thinker and farsighted leader who has steered our mighty Op-Ed team for nearly two years, […]

NY Times media reporter Tracy moving to culture desk

New York Times media reporter Marc Tracy is moving to the culture desk, according to a Thursday announcement. He will cover a new, cross-disciplinary beat examining how creators, artists and thought leaders are negotiating rapidly evolving norms. Tracy has been on the business news desk since the summer of 2019 covering he media beat, a coverage zone […]

Chang joins STAT as editorial director

STAT News has tapped Laura Chang in the newly created role of editorial director based in New York. Chang will have a wide portfolio at STAT, including science, health policy, national politics and data journalism. She will also be editing and helping expand the franchise as a leading media company reporting on health medicine and […]

NY Times Opinion announces new staffers

The following excerpt announcement was sent out by New York Times managing editor, opinion, Charlotte Greensit: Stephanie Joyce joins Opinion Audio as an editor with the development team. Most recently, Stephanie was a senior editor at Adonde Media, making bilingual narrative podcasts, in Spanish and English. Previously, she was an editor and producer at WNYC Studios. Rose […]

NY Times names Hadi a deputy business editor

New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following on Thursday: We’re thrilled to announce that Mohammed Hadi has become a deputy business editor. We don’t need to itemize Mo’s many contributions to the business report because they are so obvious — but will anyway. As our news director, Mo has kept our collective eye […]