Stout named health policy editor at NY Times
Washington bureau chief Dick Stevenson sent out the following at The New York Times: The formation this spring of our new team covering health policy has come at a time when ideological disputes around health and science proliferate, new risks to public health emerge on a regular basis and the Trump administration upends policy on vaccines, pandemics, […]
Tech columnist Roose departing NY Times
Kevin Roose, tech columnist and host of the “Hard Fork” podcast, is leaving the New York Times in August. Roose plans to start a new media venture with Casey Newton focused on artificial intelligence. “I can’t give too many details yet (there are still some domain names we need to grab, and self-indulgent manifestos we need to […]
Mac of NY Times on covering Elon Musk
Ryan Mac of The New York Times talked about covering billionaire Elon Musk. Here is an excerpt: Some readers say our coverage is biased against Musk. Musk himself says The Times is unfair to him. The dynamic between reporters and the people they cover can be adversarial — is this one unusually so? RYAN: I’ve reported on […]
Friedman shifts to energy beat on NY Times biz desk
Lisa Friedman is now an energy correspondent on the New York Times business news desk. She has been covering climate policy and politics since joining the Times in June 2017. Before joining The Times, Friedman was the Washington bureau chief for The Oakland Tribune and The Los Angeles Daily News. She was also the editor of […]
Plambeck named interim deputy biz editor at NY Times
New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following: All — Past experience tells me that filling Mo’s role as deputy is going to take awhile. So I’m writing to say that starting Monday Joe Plambeck will assume many of Mo’s responsibilities for the time being. Joe will oversee the day-to-day running of the report, […]
NY Times seeks biz reporter to cover Persian Gulf
The New York Times is looking for a talented, experienced and versatile reporter to join the Business Desk to cover business, economics and wealth from the Persian Gulf. At the core of the beat are the vast sums of money and geopolitical influence wielded by the region’s companies and sovereign and private investment funds. Additional […]
China expelled NYTimes journalist after Taiwan president spoke at DealBook summit
China expelled a New York Times reporter after the president of Taiwan spoke at the newspaper’s DealBook event in December, reports Eliot Chen of The Wire China. Chen reports, “In February, the Chinese government expelled New York Times correspondent Vivian Wang, according to six people familiar with the matter. Wang was one of two remaining Times correspondents in China until this […]
Berenstein departs Business Insider for NY Times
Jonah Kessel, director of video for New York Times Opinion, sent out the following on Friday: We are thrilled to welcome Erica Berenstein back to The Times as executive producer of Opinion Video. She will lead a growing team of journalists whose original reporting and visual storytelling tackle the world’s most pressing issues. Erica returns after […]
Harris returns to NY Times real estate desk
Amanda Kludt, an editor at The New York Times, sent out the following announcement: The Real Estate desk is thrilled to welcome Elizabeth A. Harris to the desk as a new reporter. This is a return for Liz, as her first reporting job was on the Real Estate desk, and she later wrote The Appraisal column about […]
NY Times real estate reporter Kodé moves to metro desk
New York Times metro editor Nikita Stewart sent out the following on Tuesday: Since Anna Kodé first let readers view the ubiquitous fences of Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and Flushing, Queens, through her eyes, she has again and again allowed us to see everyday objects around us in new ways. A sidewalk, a bench, a building. Her stories elevate seemingly mundane […]
