NY Times reporters land seven-figure Facebook book deal
Two New York Times reporters have signed a seven-figure contract to write a book about Facebook, reports Joe Pompeo of Vanity Fair. Pompeo writes, “I’m told that publishing insiders are buzzing about a deal that Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang have landed for a book based on their Facebook reporting for the Times. According to sources familiar with the matter, HarperCollins was the […]
NY Times biz news desk adds D’Angelo as a news editor
New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following announcement: We’re thrilled to announce that Roe D’Angelo has joined Business as a news editor. Roe has been at The Times since June as a senior staff editor with the Express team. She spent 18 years at The Wall Street Journal, where she was […]
How one NY Times reporter uses tech tools in his reporting
New York Times reporter Nick Confessore talks about how he changed his social media habits after his reporting on companies in that area and the tech tools he uses on his job. Here is an excerpt: What are some of the tech tools of the trade for an investigative reporter? I don’t do anything really […]
The NY Times coverage of Facebook has been more critical, data shows
The New York Times coverage of social media company Facebook has become more critical in the past few years, according to data in a story by Recode’s Rani Molla. Molla writes, “Sentiment in the Times’ coverage of Facebook has been, on average, almost exclusively negative since the 2016 elections, according to new data analyzed by […]
New York Times seeks a media reporter
The story of how the press does its job has perhaps never been more important or more hotly debated than it is right now. The New York Times is looking for a reporter to cover the people and the media entities that chronicle and interpret the news in an aggressive and creative manner. The fearless […]
BuzzFeed tech reporter Warzel to join NY Times opinion page
New York Times editorial page editor James Bennet, op-ed editor Jim Dao and deputy editorial page editor Katie Kingsbury sent out the following announcement on Thursday: All: So as you know we’ve been experimenting around here with new ways to do opinion journalism, and at the same time we’ve been building new expertise in various […]
NY Times taps Granville to oversee European business coverage
New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following announcement on Monday: It gives us great pleasure to announce that Kevin Granville will be heading to London to help oversee our European business coverage. Kevin has truly done it all here. He started working at The New York Times in 1997 as a […]
Facebook vs. The New York Times
Dylan Byers of NBC News writes about how Facebook executives are upset with how The New York Times has been reporting about the company. Byers writes, “Asked to respond to the criticism, Times executive editor Dean Baquet told me Facebook was ‘a big company with unusual power that finds itself in the middle of some of the largest […]
NY Times promotes Tam to deputy business editor
New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: It gives us great pleasure to announce that Pui-Wing Tam has become a deputy Business editor. Pui-Wing will continue to run our technology coverage out of San Francisco. Since arriving at The Times in 2015, Pui-Wing has been the guiding force behind many […]
NY Times tech columnist Manjoo moves to opinion section
Farhad Manjoo has been named a New York Times opinion columnist. Here is an announcement from editorial page editor James Bennet, deputy editor Jim Dao and deputy editor Katie Kingsbury. We’re very happy to tell you that Farhad Manjoo will be joining us as a columnist next month. Most of you probably know Farhad as […]
