NY Times names Yardley an assistant ME
New York Times executive editor Joe Kahn sent out the following: Anyone who’s worked with Jim Yardley knows the impact he’s had on our biggest reporting targets. During his many years overseas, and more recently as a rising member of our newsroom leadership team, Jim has produced, championed, coached and edited great enterprise, and formed strong partnerships […]
Bloomberg hires Flitter as equality reporter
The following was sent out Friday at Bloomberg News by Anna Kitanaka, equalities executive editor, and Nabila Ahmed, equalities editor: Hi all, We are thrilled to announce that Emily Flitter is joining Bloomberg as an Equality reporter, focusing on the intersection between finance and race, gender and class. She will be based in New York. […]
Hirsch explains how Dealbook at NY Times works
Russell Sherman of the Press Profiles podcast interviewed Lauren Hirsch of The New York Times, who is part of its Dealbook team, about her career and her job. She said that the Dealbook newsletter focuses on the biggest business news of the day that corporate executives care about. “I tend to be covering multiple story lines at once,” […]
Western, formerly with WSJ, joins NY Times in Soeul
New York Times international editor Phil Pan sent out the following on Wednesday: We’re excited to announce that Neil Western has joined The Times’s Asia news hub in Seoul as an editor guiding coverage of Japan and the Koreas. Neil is an accomplished editor and an experienced Asia hand whose work spans some of the […]
NY Times names Karaian deputy biz editor
New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following on Wednesday: I’m thrilled to announce that Jason Karaian is now a deputy Business editor. As our news director for the past two years, Jason has upped the urgency of our business report. He’s made us faster and smarter about what news to cover and how […]
Eastwood departing The Markup for NY Times
Joel Eastwood is leaving tech news site The Markup for the weather team at the New York Times. Eastwood will join the team in January as a graphics/multimedia editor focused on front-end development based in New York. At The Markup, he worked as a visualizations engineer designing charts and building digital tools. As a journalist and […]
NYTimes econ reporter Smith to write book on fallacies in American economics
New York Times economics reporter Talmon Smith has signed a book contract to write about the lies underpinning American economics and society. The book is tentatively titled “Clout and Capital” and will be published by Altria, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. Smith plans to take readers into Wall Street getaways and Washington backrooms, looking at local […]
NY Times seeks a reporter to cover economic policy
The Washington bureau of the New York Times is looking for a dynamic and well-sourced correspondent who can dominate the economic policy beat at a pivotal moment in the economy. You will break news on economic policy proposals under consideration by the president and explain in accessible terms how those proposals would impact households, businesses, […]
NY Times’ “The Daily” hires WSJ’s Byrne
Maria Byrne has been hired as a senior editor for “The Daily,” The New York Times podcast. Byrne joins the team after serving as supervising editor at “The Journal,” The Wall Street Journal’s daily news podcast. During her time there, she edited daily episodes with a focus on international news. She’s also edited series, including one […]
NY Times wins Scripps Howard award in business journalism
The New York Times has won the Scripps Howard Award in business and financial reporting for “Alone and Exploited.” The Times’ Hannah Dreier brought attention to the United States’ failure to keep children out of unsafe working conditions and how young immigrants end up illegally working exhausting and dangerous jobs. Dreier’s work has also won a […]
