NY Times hires Bright, formerly with WSJ

New York Times video director Solana Pyne sent out the following to the staff: We are thrilled to welcome Beckey Bright to the Video team as manager, video production planning. In this new role, Beckey will spearhead efforts to refine production planning workflows and evolve strategy around video programming and publishing. Beckey will coordinate with various stakeholders across […]

NY Times biz desk hires Campbell as investigations editor

New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following on Thursday: I am thrilled to announce that Alex Campbell is joining Business as our new investigations editor. Alex joins us from Bloomberg News in London, where he has for the last several years led a team of investigative reporters based in Europe. In September, a […]

NYT Opinion hires Stromberg as editor for politics, economics

Lauren Kelley, deputy op-ed editor for news at The New York Times, sent out the following announcement: I’m thrilled to announce that Stephen Stromberg will join Opinion’s guest essay team to work on coverage of politics, economics and the law. He will solicit, assign and edit fast-turnaround pieces, long-term projects and opinion features. Stephen spent […]

Kantor joining Supreme Court beat at NY Times

Washington bureau chief Dick Stevenson sent out the following at the New York Times: Over the last several years, Jodi Kantor has added to her remarkable catalog of groundbreaking, high-impact journalism by turning her attention to the Supreme Court, an institution that is as lacking in transparency as it is powerful. Through her investigative talents, courage and […]

Bloomberg, WSJ, NY Times among Loeb winners

The following is a list of the journalists and media outlets that received 2025 Gerald Loeb Awards in the 12 competition categories. The awards were announced Thursday night at a dinner in New York: AUDIO “Into America: Uncounted Millions” – MSNBCTrymaine Lee, Aisha Turner, Max Jacobs and Janmaris Perez BEAT REPORTING (tie) “The Murdoch Family […]

NY Times hires O’Keefe to be Dealbook editor

The New York Times has hired Brian O’Keefe to be editor of its Dealbook section, reports Lachlan Cartwright of Breaker. O’Keefe has been executive editor at Esquire for the past three years and previously was senior executive editor at Fortune magazine. He had been acting editor of Fortune after editor in chief Clifton Leaf left in 2021. O’Keefe had been […]

NY Times biz desk adds Gu as graphics and multimedia editor

New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following to the staff: We are excited to announce that Jacqueline Gu is joining the Business desk as a graphics and multimedia editor. Jackie comes to The New York Times from Reuters. Based in Taiwan, she reported, designed and produced creative visual features, including an immersive look at extreme […]

NY Times hires WSJ’s McGroarty as economics editor

Deborah Solomon of The New York Times sent out the following: Patrick McGroarty is joining the Business desk as a new economics editor. Patrick joins us from The Wall Street Journal, where he spent 16 years, most recently as acting deputy world coverage chief. Prior to that, Patrick was The Journal’s health and medicine bureau chief […]

The Economist teams up with the NY Times

Maxwell Tani of Semafor writes about why The New York Times and The Economist have collaborated on a subscription. Tani writes, “The bundle, which only appears to be available for a limited number of readers in the UK for now, offers annual subscribers to The Economist an extra annual subscription to The New York Times for […]

NY Times seeks a retail correspondent

The New York Times is seeking a journalist to cover American consumers and the retail businesses that serve them. The role involves reporting on a wide range of retail topics including big box retailers, department stores, startups, unionization efforts among retail workers, shifts in consumption due to economic changes, and the impact of tariffs and […]