NYT hires tech writer Isaac from Re/code
New York Times business editor Dean Murphy sent out the following staff hire on Thursday: With Jenna Wortham joining Sunday Business, our New York-based tech contingent requires some replenishing. The void Jenna leaves behind is a vast one, so not just anybody will do. We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve found a terrific not-just-anybody […]
NYTimes hires tech reporter Dougherty from WSJ
New York Times business editor Dean Murphy sent out the following staff announcement on Tuesday: He graduated from college with a degree in chemistry and every expectation he would pursue a career in biotechnology. He is an avid skateboarder, who has broken his elbow each of the past two summers. His first job out of […]
NYTimes hires Steel from FT
New York Times media editor Peter Lattman sent out the following announcement on Friday: We are pleased to announce that Emily Steel will join The New York Times as a media reporter covering the television industry. The cheers you’re now hearing around the newsroom are from our colleagues who once worked with Emily at […]
Nocera regrets error in NYT column on Buffett
New York Times columnist Joe Nocera appended the following to his column on Tuesday: My column of April 29, entitled “Buffett Bites Back,” was based on a faulty premise. Having written a previous column criticizing Warren Buffett for abstaining from voting against Coca-Cola’s equity compensation plan even though he said it was excessive, I picked […]
A day in the life of the NYT online business editor
Nikki Usher, a journalism professor at George Washington University, writes for Nieman Journalism Lab about work at the New York Times when she was immersed with the staff. Here is an excerpt: Most days when I was doing my research, I would get into the newsroom in the morning and prop myself up comfortably in […]
NYT’s public editor slams Nocera column on Buffett
Margaret Sullivan, the public editor at the New York Times, is critical of columnist Joe Nocera for his recent writing about billionaire investor Warren Buffett. Sullivan writes, “It’s understood that nobody needs to feel sorry for Mr. Buffett, one of the world’s wealthiest people, nor does he suggest anything of the kind. ‘I’ve got more […]
NYT’s tech columnist Manjoo tones down his Tweets.
Matt Buchanan of The Awl interviewed New York Times tech columnist Farhad Manjoo about his life, his new job, and a bunch of other stuff. Here is an excerpt: So would you say there has to be a shift in the way you tweet then, toward a more authentic version of you? (The outside world […]
Bloomberg tried to hire Baquet to oversee DC
Bloomberg News recently tried recruiting New York Times managing editor Dean Baquet to oversee Washington coverage, reports Michael Calderone of The Huffington Post. Calderone writes, “Senior Executive Editor Laurie Hays, who has known Baquet since their days reporting for a small New Orleans newspaper, approached the Times editor in recent months about the Washington position […]
NYT’s Morgenson talks about covering Wall Street
The New York Times has posted a Q&A with business news staffer Gretchen Morgenson on her career and how she does her job. Here is an excerpt: Q. Where do you get your ideas? A. They come from a wide array of places. Most are from sources I have cultivated on Wall Street over the […]
Covering Bank of America and using the term fraud
Margaret Sullivan, the public editor of the New York Times, writes Monday about the paper’s recent coverage of Bank of America’s earnings and why the story did not use the word “fraud” to describe some of its woes. Sullivan writes, “Some Times readers wrote to me about it, pointing out that there was more to […]
