Darkhorse candidate for NY Times biz editor role

Lachlan Cartwright of Breaker writes about candidates for the role of New York Times business editor. Cartwright reports, “Breaker has learned one dark horse candidate is former Wall Street Journal Journalist Dennis Berman, who until recently was president and publisher of The Free Press, and formerly finance and business editor at the Journal (Berman did not […]
NY Times hires STAT’s Boodman

New York Times science editor Bill Wasik sent out the following: I’m thrilled to announce that Eric Boodman, one of the most lauded rising talents in the world of science writing, will be joining The Times in the new role of national science correspondent. Eric comes to us from STAT, where he has worked since its founding […]
William Cohan vs. NY Times over Leon Black

Ben Smith of Semafor reports that William Cohan‘s book about disgraced financier Leon Black has led to a war with New York Times reporters also reporting about Black. Smith writes, “Indeed, Cohan’s book has opened a bit of a religious war between the journalist, whose interviews with Black were first published in Puck, and the Times. “Times […]
Yang departs Wired for NY Times in China

New York Times science editor Bill Wasik sent out the following: One of the most important trends in global science over the past five years has been the rise of China as a scientific superpower. By some metrics, China’s scientific output now surpasses that of the United States, in both the quantity and quality of research produced. […]
How NY Times reporter Holman prepares for CEO interviews

Demetries Morrow interviewed New York Times business reporter Jordyn Holman about her preparation in interviewing CEOs for her Corner Office column. Here is an excerpt: How do you prepare yourself mentally when walking into a room to conduct these interviews? The preparation for the interviews is what calms me down. I list out questions and categorize them into […]
NY Times hires Paton to cover Europe business

New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following: We are very happy to announce a new hire in London for the Business desk’s international team. James Paton, an experienced business journalist in London, will be our business correspondent covering a range of industrial companies with a particular focus on autos, aviation, defense and chemicals. […]
Business Insider’s Cooper joins NY Times

New York Times executive producer Erica Berenstein sent out the following: I am thrilled to share the news that Havovi Cooper is joining New York Times Opinion as a senior producer of Opinion Video, where she will help shape our enterprise and vertical video journalism. Havovi joins us after seven years at Business Insider, where she was […]
NY Times seeks a reporter to cover the economics of global warming

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply […]
NY Times seeks a reporter to cover Musk’s AI operations

The New York Times is looking for a talented, experienced and versatile correspondent to join the tech pod on the Business desk to cover Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence work. Musk, a founder of OpenAI, has long been invested in the technology and its implications. He is making A.I. central to SpaceX and Tesla, his two […]
NY Times seeks a reporter to cover Anthropic

The New York Times is looking for a talented, experienced and versatile correspondent to join the tech pod on the Business desk to cover Anthropic as the artificial intelligence race heats up. Anthropic has grown quickly and changed coding, security and other areas with its technology, becoming a new power broker as it heads toward […]