NY Times taps Barry on the health and science desk
Ellen Barry is joining the New York Times health and science desk as its mental health reporter. Recently, she served as the New England bureau chief, based in Boston. Barry joined The Times in 2007, and since then has served as a correspondent in Russia, South Asia bureau chief and an international correspondent based in […]
NY Times announces expanded role for assistant managing editor Drake
Monica Drake, assistant managing editor at The New York Times will be taking on an expanded role exploring significant new editorial initiatives, especially those that extend beyond the core of the newsroom into new subject areas, formats and business opportunities. As per the announcement: “This is a crucial entrepreneurial role in shaping the future of The […]
A promotion for NY Times’ Macksamie
The New York Times has promoted Jennifer Macksamie to the post of managing editor for T Magazine. She previously served as an assistant managing editor, overseeing editorial planning and production, and event production at the magazine. Macksamie has been with The Times for over 8 years, joining as a features associate, T Magazine. Before that, […]
Axios hires Irwin as chief economics correspondent
Axios has appointed Neil Irwin as chief economics correspondent, covering the intersection of the US and global economies, markets and policy. In his new role, he will contribute across the Axios newsroom to AM, PM, Markets, Closer, Capital and Pro, Axios’ forthcoming premium product suite for professional audiences. Irwin joins from The New York Times, […]
NY Times taps Cherelus as general assignment reporter, styles
The New York Times has appointed Gina Cherelus as a general assignment reporter on the Styles desk. She joins from the Opinion desk, where she worked as an editorial assistant. Cherelus joined The Times from Reuters, where she worked for over 3 years as a U.S. general news reporter. She has also interned at and […]
NY Times hires WSJ’s Forbes as social editor
Brittney Forbes has joined New York The Times’s social team as a social editor. She’ll join a group of social editors across New York, Los Angeles, Hawaii, Seoul and London in sharing Times journalism on social accounts. Forbes was at The Wall Street Journal, where she worked with the off/on-platform team. She curated stories daily […]
What’s behind the strike at Wirecutter
Choire Sicha of New York Magazine writes about the impending strike a tech site Wirecutter. Sicha writes, “The reason the union is asking readers to not buy through the site is that the company’s main revenue base has always been from referral fees from sales on sites like Amazon. Recently, Wirecutter has become part of the Times’ subscription offerings, […]
NY Times taps Lopez as reporter/writer for “The Morning” team
The New York Times has hired German Lopez as a reporter and writer on The Morning team. Currently, he is a senior correspondent at Vox, where he is co-host of “The Weeds” podcast and the writer of a newsletter focused on policy. Lopez has covered several beats, including the opioid epidemic, crime, gun control, taxes, […]
NY Times hires Noguchi as executive producer of opinion audio
The New York Times has appointed Irene Noguchi as executive producer of opinion audio. Currently, she is head of audio and executive producer of podcasts at Politico. She was also an executive producer at Vox.com and has worked at KQED in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has also worked as a producer/reporter and then […]
NY Times tech reporter Zhong joining climate desk
New York Times climate editor Hannah Fairfield sent out the following on Monday: Ray Zhong, a technology reporter currently based in Taiwan, will be joining the Climate Desk as a climate science reporter. Ray comes to Climate from the Business desk, where he covered tech in China. Between 2018 and 2020, when he and other Times correspondents […]
