Cohen joins NY Times as editorial assistant
The following was sent out from The New York Times’ Gita Daneshjoo: I’m excited to share the news that Spencer Cohen joins Times Opinion today as the editorial assistant for Nick Kristof and Lydia Polgreen. He most recently worked at The Asahi Shimbun’s New York bureau, where he reported on American politics and breaking news for the […]
How Dealbook is perceived by a European audience
Russell Sherman of Press Profiles interviewed Michael de la Merced, a reporter for Dealbook at the New York Times. De la Merced is based in London, where he has been based since 2017. “It made sense for Dealbook to have me over here,” said de la Merced, “…adding an international component to my coverage.” He said that multinational […]
NY Times names Swan to politics team
Jonathan Swan will join The New York Times’ politics team in January. Recently, Swan was a political reporter at Axios. Swan will cover Republicans in Congress and the 2024 election as of next summer. Swan joined Axios in 2016 from The Hill. Previously, he covered politics for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Swan […]
Hasan and Wong join NY Times editing residency program
Maham Hasan and Wilson Wong will join The New York Times Residency Program on Nov. 14. An excerpt from the announcement reads: “Times residents edit work from across our newsroom, including daily and enterprise news articles, visuals and special projects. They begin their residency on the Flexible Editing desk, honing their skills under the tutelage […]
Kirkpatrick departs NY Times for New Yorker
David D. Kirkpatrick, a veteran of The New York Times, has left after 22 years to join The New Yorker. Kirkpatrick was an investigative reporter at the Times and part of the team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2020 for international reporting. He also served as Cairo bureau chief, Washington correspondent and national correspondent. […]
Salas moves to the NY Times’ Metro desk
Dagny Salas, a senior editor on the Live desk who focused on the pandemic, has joined Metro as a deputy editor. An excerpt from the announcement reads: “Dagny will work with the desk to conceive and edit ambitious visual stories, identify digital objectives and find fresh storytelling approaches for daily and enterprise coverage. On Metro, […]
NY times announces changes in Sports
The following was sent out from The New York Times sports editor Randal C. Archibold: I’m delighted to bring you up to speed on some exciting staff changes. James Wagner will be moving to Mexico City in the new year as an international sports correspondent based there. James will roam far and wide across Latin […]
NY Times Union staffers mull strike by year’s end
New York Times journalists may schedule a walkout if their long-delayed contract is not signed by the end of the year. The move comes after months of stalled negotiations with employees not having a pay rise since March 2020. The Times has offered a 2.7 percent per year average raise, whereas the NewsGuild demands a […]
NY Times news assistant Lopez departs
Oscar Lopez has left his news assistant post at The New York Times, where he wrote and reported breaking news and in-depth features about Mexico, Central American and the Caribbean. Lopez tweets: “It has been a truly wild two years, and I’m so proud of the work I have been able to do. But the time […]
NY Times hires Warner as senior editor for DealBook
The New York Times has appointed Bernhard Warner as senior editor of DealBook, based in Rome. Warner will be a part of the team that will edit the newsletter overnight, adding late-breaking news and updating the report before it is sent each morning. He will also write longer pieces for DealBook and beyond. Warner joins from […]
