Politico names Martin politics bureau chief, senior columnist
Politico has tapped Jonathan Martin to serve as politics bureau chief and senior political columnist. He begins Nov. 1. Martin was a senior political correspondent at The New York Times and a political analyst at CNN. Prior to joining the Times, he was a senior political writer at Politico. His work appeared in The New […]
NY Times hires Bloomberg’s Nereim to be Gulf bureau chief
The international news desk leadership at the New York Times sent out the following: Vivian Nereim, our new Gulf bureau chief, is a long-serving foreign correspondent in Saudi Arabia and has been writing about the Gulf countries since 2011, when she moved to Abu Dhabi with a handful of suitcases. Vivian grew up in Chicago […]
WaPo hires McDaniel, Javaid as general assignment reporters
Justine McDaniel has joined The Washington Post’s general assignment desk to cover breaking news and write of-the-moment features. McDaniel was a general assignment news reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer, where she covered the pandemic. Before that, she worked on the policy and solutions team, based in the regional bureau, where she covered general news and state politics, […]
NY Times appoints Bates photo director of Opinion
The New York Times has tapped Jacqueline Bates to serve as director of photography for Opinion. An excerpt from the announcement reads: She and the photo team in Opinion will keep working to define and maintain a visual identity for Opinion photography that feels significantly different from that of the news report while also ensuring […]
NY Times hires Abdulkaf as a supervising audience editor
Mariya Abdulkaf has joined The New York Times’ video department as a supervising audience editor. As per the Times: “She will guide, analyze, and innovate on Video’s audience and programming strategy, both on-site and off platform. Mariya is part of the Video department’s leadership team and will be responsible for helping develop our data and […]
NY Times names Stein preview editor
The New York Times has appointed Sadie Stein preview editor for Book Review. Stein has been a long-term contributor to the Book Review. She began her career at Jezebel, where she covered books and culture. She then joined Paris Review, where she wrote for, edited and then ran the publication’s website. She also worked freelance. […]
Bello swaps the Times for the NY Times
Ademola Bello has joined The New York Times’ newsroom development and support team as an editor for training and support, based in London. Recently, Bello was a data and interactive journalist at The Times and Sunday Times. As per the Times: “His work will cover a broad range of NDS projects including rolling out training […]
NY Times appoints Liu deputy editor of “The Upshot”
The following excerpt was sent out from The New York Times’ editor of “The Upshot” Kevin Quealy: I’m thrilled to announce Lowen Liu will be The Upshot’s deputy editor. He comes to us from Slate, where he worked for 12 years, serving at various times as its deputy editor, managing editor and copy chief. Lowen’s […]
Nierenberg takes on new role at NY Times
Amelia Nierenberg, who joined The New York Times’ newsletter team as founder and co-writer of the “Coronavirus Schools Briefing,” has been named a writer for the Asia-Pacific Morning Briefing. An excerpt from the announcement reads: The Asia-Pacific Morning Briefing reaches an audience of nearly 700,000 people, from Australia to India and beyond, and is growing […]
NY Times promotes Dodd to National news director
The New York Times has tapped Scott Dodd to serve as National’s director of news to oversee coverage of live and breaking news. Recently, Dodd was a National day editor. Before that, he served as a senior staff editor on the National and Flex desk. Prior to the Times, he held the executive editor post […]
