Krolik joins NY Times business news desk

New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following on Monday: Few people come home from their day jobs, pore over terabytes of leaked data in a language they don’t speak and help win a Pulitzer Prize for it. That’s Aaron Krolik. Over the last six years, as he has developed tools and formats for […]

Goldberg takes on biz feature role for NY Times

New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following on Wednesday: For the last two years, while many companies have returned to work in person, readers have turned to Emma Goldberg again and again to understand the future of work. Emma stepped into a critical role reporting on the workplace when “return to office” was […]

Behr, former BusinessWeek and NY Times staffer, dies at 84

Soma Golden Behr, who worked at BusinessWeek as chief economics correspondent and then the business desk of the New York Times, died Sunday at the age of 84. Trip Gabriel of the Times reports, “Hired by The Times as an economics reporter in 1973 after 11 years at Business Week, Ms. Golden Behr was often one […]

Holmes named NY Times workplace columnist

Anna Holmes has been named the workplace columnist for The New York Times. Stefano Montali of the Times writes, “Twice a month, she’ll dole out advice on money, careers and work-life balance. (Ms. Holmes’s first edition will be published this weekend.) It is a formula she’s used to, having explored workplace culture in Sad Desk Salad, a column […]

NY Times names Stevis-Gridneff its Canada bureau chief

New York Times international editor Phil Pan sent out the following: She broke the news that the European Union had agreed to ban Russian oil. She got the global exclusive on how the European Union struck a deal with Pfizer for billions of Covid-19 vaccines. She revealed how the Greek authorities stood by and watched as a […]

Davis joins NY Times biz news desk in Japan

River Davis

New York business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following on Tuesday: We are very pleased to announce that River Davis will be joining the Business desk as the new business and economics correspondent in Japan. River joins us from The Wall Street Journal, where she covered Japanese companies, investing and technology. Among her many stories, she […]

NY Times hires Elliott to cover energy

Rebecca Elliott

New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following on Thursday: We’re excited to announce that Rebecca Elliott of The Wall Street Journal will be joining the Business desk as an energy reporter based in New York. Rebecca has covered Tesla for more than three years. Previously, she spent almost three years as a Houston-based […]

NY Times names Schmidt its European biz editor

Gregory Schmidt

New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following on Tuesday: I’m thrilled to announce that Gregory Schmidt has become our new European business editor. Greg is ideally suited to this job. During his time in the Business department in New York, Greg distinguished himself as an editor and writer who can truly do anything […]

NY Times seeks a business feature and beat reporter

The New York Times is looking for a versatile editor to edit enterprise and feature stories for the Business report. This is a multifaceted role: You will work with a handful of reporters on articles that stand out for their unique perspective and compelling storytelling. The subjects covered by the reporters in the group vary […]

Murphy receives SABEW’s President’s Award

Dean Murphy

Dean Murphy of The New York Times has received the President’s Award at the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing annual conference in Chicago. The President’s Award is given by the current SABEW president at their discretion. Murphy has been a SABEW board member. He is currently the associate managing editor for investigations at the Times. His career, […]