NY Times’ Levy named deputy publisher of Wirecutter, The Athletic

After 32 years in The New York Times newsroom, Cliff Levy will move to its business side as deputy publisher of Wirecutter and The Athletic. Levy will take up his new role early next year. A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Levy’s initial focus will be Wirecutter, where he will support the editorial team and work […]

NY Times appoints Demirjian as a congressional correspondent

The New York Times has tapped Karoun Demirjian to serve as a congressional correspondent in the Washington bureau. She begins on Jan. 9. Demirjian joins the Times after almost a decade at The Washington Post, where she started in the Moscow bureau. Also at the Post, she covered the national security beat on Capitol Hill. […]

Malsky joins Weather Data team at NY Times

The New York Times has tapped Bea Malsky to serve as a graphics/multimedia editor on the Weather Data team. In her new role, Malsky will “help gather, maintain and build systems for handling real-time and historic meteorological data for coverage of day-to-day weather and extreme weather events,” a Times release said. “She will also help […]

Draper appointed staff writer at NY Times Magazine

Robert Draper will join The New York Times Magazine as a staff writer. Draper will begin on Jan. 9. In his new role, Draper will be based in Washington and will cover politics and political figures, focused on Republican officials. He will continue to work on profiles and long-form narratives with deputy editor of Politics […]

NY Times journalists start walk out

Journalists at The New York Times began a one-day strike on Thurs., Dec. 8 as negotiations have failed regarding salaries, health and retirement benefits and other issues. The contract between the Times and the New York Times Guild expired in March 2021. Since then, approximately 40 bargaining sessions have been held but without reaching any […]

NY Times’ Cai moves to Seoul, Leatherby to London

The New York Times has appointed Weiyi (Dawn) Cai a senior editor in Seoul and Lauren Leatherby a visual reporter in London. Both journalists will move from New York to the International desk. Cai will lead multimedia coverage of Asia and she will be a critical voice for how the Times approaches visual journalism across […]

NY times promotes three in Opinion Audio

The following was sent out from The New York Times’ editorial director Opinion Allison Benedikt and Opinion Audio executive producer Annie-Rose Strasser: We are excited to share some news from Opinion Audio. Alison Bruzek, whom you all know as the terrific leader of “The Argument” team and who has stepped up in so many ways […]

Patel moves to NY Times education desk

Vimal Patel will join the Education desk at The New York Times, focused on free speech issues. Recently, Patel was a night breaking news reporter on the Express desk. Patel started as a reporter at The Bryan-College Station Eagle, a small daily in Texas, where he covered Texas A&M University. He worked at the Chronicle […]

NY Times’ Goldstein takes on new beat

Dana Goldstein, a national correspondent covering the intersection of education, families, and public policy at The New York Times, has taken on a new beat that measures American quality of life. An excerpt from the announcement reads: “In this role, Dana will use storytelling, data and insights from research to shed light on how challenges […]

NY Times’ Giang joins the business desk as an editor

Vivian Giang joins The New York Times Business desk as an editor, where she will work on stories and live coverage. Giang has edited the Flex desk since 2019. She has written for Quartz, Fortune, Fast Company, Marie Claire and Business Insider and teaches courses on business and society as well as commerce and culture […]