NY Times’ Kahn on Pollock departure

New York Times executive editor Joe Kahn sent out he following: Colleagues, One of Ellen Pollock’s many charms is her steady stream of self-deprecating one-liners. “Remember,” she often says when feigning confusion about the ways of The Times, “I’m new here.” In fact, she is not new here. Ellen has been at The Times for […]

NY Times biz editor Pollock stepping down

New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following: All – Sixteen months ago I told Joe that I would step down as Business Editor in about a year. I know this is not exactly a shocker, but that time has finally come. My last day in Biz – but not at The […]

Assessing the race to be NY Times biz editor

Lachlan Cartwright of Breaker assesses who is in contention to replace New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock. Cartwright reports, “Tech editor, Pui-Wing Tam, had been seen as Pollock’s natural successor. She is beloved by her San Francisco reporters and seen as having the necessary chops to lead the business desk.  “But Wing-Tam, who declined to comment […]

NY Times biz editor moving to new role

Lachlan Cartwright of Breaker reports that New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock will move to a new role at the paper. Cartwright reports, “But we have now learned that Pollock, who has presided over The Times’ biz day coverage for coming up on a decade, is retiring as Business Editor but staying at The Gray Lady in […]

NY Times names Wee its Asia business correspondent

New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: We are very happy to announce that Sui-Lee Wee is our new Asia business correspondent, covering corporate and economic stories across the region, with a focus on China. Sui joins Business from International, where she was the Southeast Asia bureau chief overseeing coverage […]

NY Times seeks a biz reporter to cover hospital industry

The New York Times Business desk is seeking a reporter with versatile experience to cover the hospital industry, medical practices and the consolidation of health care, and the business of health care generally. The ability to cover news and do enterprise and investigative stories is a must. You will contribute explanatory stories on a wide […]

NY Times seeks a business of health care reporter

The New York Times Business desk is seeking a reporter with versatile experience to cover the business of health care focusing on medical technology, artificial intelligence and other innovation as well as medical devices and biotech. The ability to cover news and do enterprise and investigative stories is a must. You will contribute explanatory stories […]

NY Times seeks a reporter to cover artificial intelligence

The New York Times is looking for a talented, experienced and versatile correspondent to join the tech pod on the Business desk to cover OpenAI and Anthropic as the artificial intelligence race heats up. At the core of the beat are two companies that are writing people’s futures with their fast-advancing technology and becoming the […]

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 […]

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