Smith joins NY Times biz desk to cover economy
New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: We’re delighted to announce that Talmon Smith has joined the Business desk as an economics reporter after a versatile run as an editor in Opinion. Since he came to The Times in 2018, Tal’s invisible hand has been behind thought-provoking work spanning an […]
NY Times adds three to metro desk
The New York Times has hired three new reporters on its metro desk. Ana Ley has been appointed transit reporter. She joins from The Virginian-Pilot, where she was a city government reporter. She has also reported for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Las Vegas Sun. She was also a business reporter and then served […]
Wee of NY Times moves from biz desk to SE Asia bureau chief
Sui-Lee Wee, a business reporter for The New York Times based in China, has been named the paper’s Southeast Asia bureau chief. International editor Michael Slackman sent out the following announcement: As a correspondent in China, Sui-Lee Wee has had a preternatural eye for stories. A Chinese village where elderly farmers are yogis. A school that trains […]
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 […]
