For and against New York’s local journalism bill
There’s rarely a day without news about a local publication shutting its doors. To counter this, two New York state lawmakers are proposing a requirement that any cable company operating in New York offer a local news channel with “news, weather and public affairs programming,” according to a draft of the bill, reports the New York […]
The iPhone is indispensable for this media reporter
New York Times media reporter Edmund Lee talks about how he uses technology for his job. Here is an excerpt: What tech tools do you rely on most for reporting on the media industry? My iPhone is my everyweapon. It’s for emails, texts, Signals, interviews, notes, even suggestions for the best subway route. (I swear […]
NY Times seeks a tech reporter
Tech has transformed the way that Americans live, and that is especially the case in New York City. It has changed the very fabric of urban life — everything from how we commute to how we make our apartments more secure to how we keep track of teenagers. Now, Metro is looking for ambitious and […]
NY Times hires Quartz Africa’s Dahir
New York Times assistant managing editor for international Michael Slackman sent out the following announcement: The Times has long been committed to covering Africa with depth, creativity and enterprise. Now, at a moment when so many of our correspondents have moved on to new assignments, we are looking at this as an opportunity to bring […]
An insight into the journey of a Times Insider reporter
Times Insider takes readers on a journey that reporters at The Times embark on from researching the story to reporting it. Journalists at The Times work hard to build their beats so people tip them off to information and so they are prepared when something happens in the area they cover. Additionally, they also explain […]
The New York Times, Verizon partner to bring newspaper access for students
The New York Times Company announced that it is partnering with Verizon to provide free nytimes.com access to over seven million students and teachers in Title I high schools across the nation and middle schools within the Verizon Innovative Learning program. The access will also include educational content from The Times’s Learning Network, an educational […]
NY Times hires Barbieri as deputy biz editor
New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: I’m pleased to announce that Rich Barbieri will join us as deputy business editor. Rich comes to us from CNN, where he is executive editor of CNN Business. He has been at CNN for about 12 years, and now oversees a […]
BuzzFeed News hires Henig as executive director of strategy
BuzzFeed has hired Samantha Henig, a veteran journalist at the New York Times, as executive director of strategy. She will be charged with building out new revenue streams and making the company’s news business “sustainable,” Business Insider reports, through initiatives like podcasts, membership products and ad sales. She formerly served as executive producer of audio for The New […]
The New York Times’s podcast The Daily hits one billion downloads
The New York Tmes’s The Daily has hit one billion downloads, making it the most popular news podcast in the country. On any given morning, the show is now downloaded two million times. Since its creation in February of 2017, “The Daily” has featured 224 Times colleagues in at least 30 countries across 691 episodes. It has also featured 25 elected officials (4 openly […]
New York Times wins three online journalism awards
The New York Times has won three Online Journalism Awards from the Online News Association. The awards, started in 2000, honor excellence in digital journalism. The awards were for Remembering Emmett Till, for Excellence in Immersive Storytelling (tweet), the Privacy Project, for Online Commentary (tweet) and Visual Investigations of the continuing conflict in Gaza, in the Feature […]
