All success is not good news?

The gulf between The New York Times and other publications in the industry is widening. The Times now has more digital subscribers than The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and the 250 local Gannett papers combined. When comparing employment stats, the Times employs 1,700 journalists, a dominating number in an industry where total employment […]

NY Times Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter leads workshop on fake news

Scott Shane, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the New York Times led the workshop, “Facts or Fakes? A Hands-On Workshop on Navigating the News in an Age of Disinformation.” The workshop was hosted by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland. Shane emphasized the value of accurate news, especially during […]

NY Times’ Lorenz on the importance of covering internet culture

New York Times reporter Taylor Lorenz, who covers internet culture, was interviewed by The Caret about her career and her job. Here is an excerpt: A few years ago, your job didn’t exist and you had to fight to prove to your editors that internet culture was a valid beat. Now you’re a Harvard Nieman fellow […]

NY Times hires Das as finance editor

New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: We’re thrilled to announce that Anupreeta Das has joined us as finance editor. Preeta spent 10 years at The Wall Street Journal, most recently as deputy business editor.  In that role she helped supervise a wide swath of business and technology coverage, shaping […]

Washington Post tech reporter Bensinger to join NY Times opinion page

New York Times editorial page editor James Bennet sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: Hi all, We’re delighted to announce that Greg Bensinger will join Times Opinion as a writer covering technology and a member of the editorial board. Greg joins us from The Washington Post’s San Francisco bureau, where he covered Google, artificial […]

NY Times sets 2019 subscription record

Last year saw The New York Times setting a company record for digital subscription growth by adding more than 1 million net new digital-only subscribers. Now, the company has more than 5.2 million total subscribers, including print and digital. Mark Thompson, president and CEO commented, “2019 was a record-setting year for The New York Times’s […]

NY Times biz reporter Kitroeff to become Mexico correspondent

New York Times international editor Michael Slackman sent out the following announcement: Nine years ago, Anita Isaacs, a political science professor at Haverford College, invited her daughter and a reporter to join her on a trip to Guatemala to speak with survivors of the country’s genocide. Her daughter, Natalie Kitroeff, was a senior in college, […]

NY Times names Ingber editor for tech newsletter

The New York Times has named Hanna Ingber as the editor of its new technology newsletter. Ingber is the editorial director of the Reader Center. Since joining The Times in December 2012, Ingber has also worked as a senior editor on the international desk, on the news desk to develop the newsroom’s breaking news strategy […]

BuzzFeed’s Smith to become NY Times media columnist

New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet and business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: Dear Colleagues, We are excited to announce that Ben Smith, a relentless innovator who helped change the shape of modern journalism, will become our media columnist. Ben not only understands the seismic changes remaking media, he […]

NY Times promotes Gauss to associate managing editor

The New York Times is elevating Nancy Donaldson Gauss to the role of associate managing editor. After leading the Times video desk, Gauss will now assume a broader strategic role in helping make visual journalism a bigger part of the company’s digital programming and storytelling. When overlooking the video desk, Gauss has made a number […]