NY Times’ Dealbook hires Livni to cover politics, law from DC
The New York Times’ Dealbook has hired Ephrat Livni to cover politics, policy and law from the paper’s Washington bureau. Livni was a senior law and politics reporter at Quartz, most notably covering the Supreme Court and impeachment proceedings. She also contributed culture, science, and technology stories from 2016 to 2020. As a public defender, Livni represented […]
NY Times introduces new podcast “Sway” with Swisher
The New York Times debuts “Sway,” a new interview podcast hosted by Kara Swisher, “Silicon Valley’s most feared and well-liked journalist,” according to New York magazine. Swisher will be covering Washington, Hollywood, and the world, investigating power. In her debut podcast, Swisher will bring listeners smart, substantive, in-depth, and revealing conversations with fascinating people, exposing […]
NY Times invests in U.K.-based Trint
The New York Times Company has invested in London-based speech-to-text transcription platform Trint, as per reports. The funding from this Series A Acceleration Round includes additional investment from existing and new individual private investors, including institutional investment from The Associated Press and TechNexus in 2019. The U.K. transcription software tool also received early funding from […]
Kweku joins New York Times Opinion as politics editor
New York Times Opinion has hired Ezekiel Kweku as its new politics editor. His new role begins remotely on Sept. 21. Kweku joins the Times from New York Magazine where he held the post of senior editor. He also helped conceive and guide the relaunch of Intelligencer, the magazine’s politics vertical. Before that, he was […]
Ray joins NY Times as graphics/multimedia editor
Arielle Ray has joined New York Times Video as a graphics/multimedia editor and will be helping out the visual investigations team. Recently, Ray was at Quartz for more than three years, joining as a video journalist. Later on, she was promoted to the post of art director. She has also worked as an adjunct instructor […]
Kwong hired as producer for Kara Swisher’s new podcast
Matt Kwong has been hired by New York Times Opinion as a producer for technology journalist Kara Swisher’s upcoming podcast. He previously worked at NPR, where he was an editor and producer for “Morning Edition” and the daily news podcast “Up First.” Recently, he produced this piece for NPR on the 50th anniversary of Jimi Hendrix’s […]
CNBC reporter Hirsch joins NY Times Dealbook
Lauren Hirsch has joined The New York Times Dealbook as a reporter. Most recently, she was at CNBC where she has worked for three years, joining as a consumer and retail reporter and lately holding the post of business and politics reporter. Hirsch has also worked at Reuters for over 2 years, first holding the […]
Hughes takes on expanded role at New York Times
For the past five years, Jazmine Hughes has been an innovative editor at The New York Times Magazine, helping to launch Mag Labs. Now, she will be taking on a new role where she’ll be writing full time, both for the Magazine and for Metro. Previously, Hughes was contributing editor at The Hairpin. She was […]
Covering the housing market at a tipping point
Conor Dougherty, who covers housing and business for the New York Times, talks about the issues on his beat given the current economy. Here is an excerpt: Before the coronavirus pandemic, I was writing a lot about housing insecurity. Housing in America has been a problem for decades. One in four tenants spent more than half […]
New York Times honored with 38 Malofiej International Infographic Awards
The New York Times received 38 Malofiej International Infographic Awards, which are considered the most prestigious journalism graphics contest globally honoring exceptional work in infographics and data visualization. The Times also received the “Best of Show” print award won by the Opinion graphics team. Additionally, the company also won other awards, including in the “Climate […]
