NY Times makes three new hires to express desk

The New York Times has tapped Christine Chung, Amanda Holpuch and Vimal Patel as general assignment reporters on the express desk. Chung joins from The City, a local news website focused on accountability journalism in New York. Before that, she covered local government, development and community issues in North Hempstead for Newsday’s Long Island desk. […]

NY Times taps Ghorayshi on the science desk

Azeen Ghorayshi will be joining The New York Times science desk. She was previously at BuzzFeed News, where she recently served as a science editor. Before that, she has held the posts of science reporter and investigative reporter. She has also freelanced for the New Scientist, The Guardian, Newsweek, Wired UK and more. She has […]

NY Times Opinion adds two staff members

The following excerpt announcement was sent out by The New York Times: Sara Chodosh will be joining Opinion graphics as a graphics editor. Her first day will be October 25. As is typical for new Opinion graphics hires, Sara will join the newsroom graphics team for some training before coming to Opinion. Sara comes to […]

NY Times real estate editor Toy gets new role

The New York Times has promoted Vivian Toy to the post of director of career mobility, helping newsroom employees navigate their careers at the Times. Toy has been at The Times for 26 years, previously serving as a reporter on the metro desk. She has also served as deputy editor, real estate news and then […]

NY Times taps Mashal as South Asia bureau chief

The New York Times has promoted Mujib Mashal to the post of South Asia bureau chief. Previously, he was a South Asia correspondent. Mashal has also served as a reporter and senior correspondent at The Times. He previously had a short 3-month stint at The Times in 2010 as a local reporter, Kabul bureau, after […]

NY Times announces staff changes in sports

The following excerpt announcement was sent out from The New York Times sports editor Randy Archibold: I am pleased to announce that Tania Ganguli, the former Lakers beat writer for The Los Angeles Times, will be joining us later this month as our national N.B.A. writer. She comes to us after stints at ESPN, the Houston […]

NY Times hires WSJ’s Morris as director of journalism recruiting

The New York Times has hired Keiko Morris from The Wall Street Journal as director of newsroom recruiting. She will start Nov. 8 Morris will lead the paper’s effort to bring journalists to the paper. Andrés Martínez, a Journal alum now on the Live team at the Times, described Morris as “a force” whom people are drawn […]

NY Times sports biz reporter moving to investigative beat

Kevin Draper, a sports business reporter at The New York Times, is moving to become an investigative sports reporter at the paper. He has been at The Times since May 2017, covering the leagues, federations, owners, unions, stadiums and media companies behind the games. Prior to joining The Times, he was an editor at Deadspin, reporting […]

NY Times names Cohen its global economics correspondent

The New York Times has named Patricia Cohen its global economics correspondent. She will be based in London. Cohen currently covers the U.S. economy for The Times and is the author of “In Our Prime: The Fascinating History and Promising Future of Middle Age.” Cohen joined The Times in 1997 as ideas editor to create the Arts […]

Hounshell joins NY Times “On Politics” team

Blake Hounshell is joining the New York Times to help re-engineer and build a new team for “On Politics,” one of the biggest and best newsletters of its kind. He starts October 25. Currently, Hounshell is managing editor, Washington and Politics, at Politico. Previously, he served as editorial director for digital and editor-in-chief for Politico […]