News outlets to lift paywalls amid coronavirus outbreak
News organizations across America are dropping paywalls to provide extensive coverage of the coronavirus outbreak. Big and small media outlets ranging from The New York Times to the Telegraph-Forum are letting readers read their pandemic coverage without a subscription, reports Dayton Daily News. “Financial concerns shouldn’t keep anyone away from news and information that could […]
NY Times’ Baquet on China expelling American journalists
China announced on Tuesday that it will be expelling American journalists working for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. In lieu of that situation, Dean Baquet, executive editor of The Times, has issued the following statement: “We strongly condemn the decision of the Chinese authorities to expel American journalists, […]
Bloomberg hires Sims as economy and government editor
Shannon Sims, lawyer turned freelance journalist, will be joining Bloomberg News as an economy and government editor for Latin America. Sims will be based in Brasília but will be working in Houston for a few months as per her tweet. Currently, Sims is working as a freelance contributor at The New York Times and at […]
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, […]
