Wirecutter journalists vote to join New York NewsGuild
Nearly 90 percent of editorial employees at Wirecutter, a product review and recommendation site, announced Tuesday that they have unionized with the NewsGuild of New York. The staff presented their request for voluntary recognition of their union Tuesday morning to editor-in-chief Ben Frumin and president and general manager David Perpich. In a mission statement presented […]
Why a NY Times tech reporter likes to print out documents
New York Times technology reporter Erin Griffith talked about the technology she uses for her job and why she still likes paper documents. Here is an excerpt: What tech tools do you rely on the most for work? This is least techie answer possible, but aside from email and my phone’s voice recorder, it’s probably […]
NY Times wins OPC award for business reporting
The New York Times has won the Overseas Press Club award for international reporting, known as the Malcolm Forbes and Morton Frank Award. Walt Bogdanich, Michael Forsythe and the Times staff won for “The Enablers.” The judges wrote, “The New York Times exposed how the brightest minds in the West are linked to some of […]
NY Times to start Krugman weekly newsletter
The New York Times is starting a weekly email newsletter featuring Paul Krugman and his writing about the economy. The newspaper’s announcement stated, “With the emailed newsletter en vogue, it only makes sense that Krugman would follow suit to lend some of his pearls of wisdom and brilliant economic analysis to readers, in a way […]
NY Times ad reporter Maheshwari moves to retail
Sapna Maheshwari, who has been covering advertising for the New York Times business news desk, is moving to the retail beat. Maheshwari wrote Friday on Twitter that she will focus on brands — online, malls, apparel chains — and how they’re navigating Amazon, as well as the new ways consumers shop. She joined the business […]
Why there’s so much hiring in biz journalism these days
Ellen Pollock, the business editor of the New York Times, talked with Roben Farzad of Full Disclosure about the demand for business journalists in today’s media world. “It’s constantly busy, and it’s really exciting” to be covering business news stories, said Pollock. Farzad asked Pollock if she was surprised by the announcement that The Wall […]
Connor Ennis takes on new role on NY Times biz desk
New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following announcement on Thursday: Here’s a giant secret: Connor [Ennis] has a new job. He’ll be in charge of a group of reporters that cover a variety of fun topics including retail. It is the gig affectionately known in Biz Day as the Brink job. As our deputy […]
New York Times, Netflix win Polk Awards
The New York Times won two George Polk Awards for business-related stories while Netflix won a Polk Award for a documentary on medical devices. The Polk Award for Medical Reporting went Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering and Amy Herdy for “The Bleeding Edge,” a Netflix documentary on risks from under-regulated medical devices. The Polk Award for […]
NY Times econ reporter Appelbaum is joining the editorial board
New York Times editorial page editor James Bennet, deputy editorial page editor Katie Kingsbury and op-ed editor Jim Dao sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: After nine years of deciphering and describing the economy’s tumult in the newsroom, Binyamin Appelbaum will tell us what he really thinks as he joins the Times editorial board […]
NY Times biz desk hires Dooley to cover Japan
New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following announcement on Friday: We are excited to announce that Ben Dooley has joined The New York Times as our Japan business correspondent. Ben comes to us from Agence France-Presse in Beijing, where he spent three years reporting on politics, human rights and the economy, covering everything […]
