Titunik returns to NY Times biz news desk
New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following on Monday: I’m thrilled to announce that Vera Titunik is joining the Business department. Really, I should be saying rejoining. For the last three years, Vera has been deputy editor at Headway here at The Times, where she edited enterprise stories delving into national and community challenges and […]
NY Times taps Tabuchi to cover pollution and environmental costs
Hannah Fairfield, the climate editor at The New York Times, sent out the following announcement: We’re thrilled to announce a new beat for Hiroko Tabuchi, building on her many years in Climate doing some of our most creative investigative, feature-writing and visual journalism. Hiroko will be focusing on pollution and environmental costs, helping readers understand […]
NY Times hires Mershon as deputy media editor
New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following: We’re delighted to announce that Erin Mershon, a passionate and talented editor, is joining The Times as a deputy media editor. Erin comes from Stat, where she has delivered a string of agenda-setting and award-winning coverage from her perch as Washington bureau chief and associate managing […]
NY Times seeks a finance editor
The New York Times is looking for an experienced editor and manager to lead our finance team, running coverage of the markets, companies and people that shape our financial lives. The scope of finance coverage at The Times is wide. It includes news and features about Wall Street banks, giant investment funds, white collar crime, […]
WSJ hires Audi as economics editor
Wall Street Journal editor in chief Emma Tucker sent out the following: Dear all, I’m delighted to announce that after a two-year stint as enterprise editor for the New York Times National desk, Tammy Audi is rejoining the Journal as Economics Editor in New York. Most of the newsroom knows Tammy from her four years as deputy […]
Gonzalez, formerly with WSJ, joins NY Times
New York Times political editor David Halbfinger sent out the following on Monday: I’m delighted to announce that Miguel Gonzalez, a gifted and experienced editor who spent 25 years at The Wall Street Journal, most recently overseeing its Politics and Policy newsletter, is joining The Times as day editor for the Politics desk. Miguel is a natural […]
How the NYT’s Lieber explains personal finance
Sarah Bahr of the New York Times interviewed Ron Lieber, its personal finance columnist, about his work. Here is an excerpt: What makes for a good column? When I think about personal finance, there’s a kind of a Venn diagram of possible topics: things that are really expensive; processes that are really complicated; and decisions […]
NY Times hires Grind as tech investigations reporter
New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following on Tuesday: We’re delighted to welcome Kirsten Grind to The New York Times. She starts later this month as a tech investigations reporter in San Francisco. Kirsten joins from The Wall Street Journal, where she was an enterprise reporter. In her 12 years at The Journal, […]
NY Times seeks a tax policy correspondent in DC
The Washington bureau of the New York Times is looking for a tax policy correspondent who can dominate the tax beat by covering developments both in the United States and abroad. This reporter would need to demonstrate a deep understanding of taxes and have a capacity to clearly explain how taxes work, the different ways […]
Retail reporter Holman: What shoppers think is the story
New York Times retail reporter Jordyn Holman was interviewed by the paper’s Josh Ocampo about covering the beat. Here is an excerpt: Many of your recent articles explored the challenges big retailers, like Macy’s, are facing. How do you explain their troubles? The way that consumers are shopping is changing more quickly than these large behemoths can change, or […]
