NY Times seeks European biz editor in London
The business desk of the New York Times has an opening for an editor in London – a central role for running news and enterprise in the region, as well as for ensuring a robust and competitive 24-hour news report. A fast-paced position in an ever-changing landscape, the editor will work on some of the […]
How the Musk interview was different than other CEO interviews
David Gelles of The New York Times writes about how the paper’s interview with Tesla Inc. chief executive officer Elon Musk last week was different than other CEO interviews. Gelles writes, “While each of those articles was different, my interactions with the executives were more or less the same. There was almost always a public relations […]
Rao, deputy biz editor for NY Times in Europe, leaving for The Atlantic
Prashant Rao, deputy business editor for Europe for The New York Times, is leaving the paper to become global editor of The Atlantic. He will remain based in London. As global editor for The Atlantic, Rao will lead the site’s coverage across a wide range of beats related to U.S. foreign policy, democracy, and global conflict, […]
NY Times hires Bloomberg’s Weise to cover Amazon, Microsoft
New York Times technology editor Pui-Wing Tam sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: Amazon, Microsoft, and two of the world’s richest people. That’s a lot for someone to cover. Thankfully we found the perfect person: Karen Weise, who is joining The New York Times as our Seattle tech correspondent. Karen has been reporting on […]
The Verge’s Jeong to join NY Times editorial board
James Bennet, the editorial page editor at The New York Times, sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: What would it be like if we all deleted Facebook? What does the future of online privacy look like?Why can’t the tech industry diversify? Are monkeys allowed to sue over copyrights? And what in the world is […]
Ex-NY Times biz editor Murphy to help run investigations
New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet sent out the following announcement: As we have steadily built investigative muscle across the newsroom, the Investigations department over the last decade has consistently been home to ambitious journalism. Today we are announcing that Dean Murphy, an associate masthead editor, will join Rebecca Corbett in leading the department. […]
NY Times hires Conger to cover tech
New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock and tech editor Pui-Wing Tam sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: We’re pleased to announce that Kate Conger is joining The New York Times as a general assignment technology reporter. She will be based in San Francisco Kate was most recently at Gizmodo, where she covered tech […]
A tech reporter who doesn’t use much tech
David Streitfeld, a technology reporter for the New York Times in San Francisco, writes about how little technology he uses. Streitfeld writes, “One of the great victories of the tech industry was insisting that if you didn’t love its products, and by extension the companies themselves, you were not fit to cover it. I never […]
How Gelles got an interview with Bernie Madoff
Sam Goldman of the Cal-Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism profiled New York Times business reporter David Gelles, who had a prison interview with Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff. Goldman writes, “Gelles was at The Financial Times when Bernie Madoff was arrested. Almost immediately after, the reporter happened to find out that a friend of a friend of a […]
NY Times hires Spolar as international biz editor
New York Times deputy business editor Adrienne Carter sent out the following announcement on Monday: We are excited to announce that Christine Spolar is joining The New York Times as our International Business Editor. Christine brings a mix of international and business expertise. She is currently the executive editor of Kaiser Health News in Washington, […]
