Southall to cover the cannabis beat for NY Times
Ashley Southall, metro police bureau chief at The New York Times, has switched beats and will now serve as the Times’ cannabis correspondent. Southall joined the Times in 2008 as a news clerk. She then served as a breaking news reporter and metro reporter. Previously, she interned at Bloomberg. Southall has a B.A. in broadcast […]
NY Times hires Elliott as story editor, Graphics
Kennedy Elliott has joined The New York Times Graphics department as a story editor. Recently, Elliott was director of interactive storytelling at National Geographic, where she also worked as a senior graphics editor. She was a graphics editor at The Washington Post and an interactive journalist at both The Guardian and The Associated Press. Elliott […]
Jackson moves to the NY Times’ Morning team in London
Lauren Jackson will join The New York Times’ The Morning newsletter team as a writer, based in London. Recently, Jackson was an audience editor in Audio. Previously, she served as an associate editor and news assistant. An excerpt from the announcement reads: “Before joining The Times, Lauren reported on religion and other issues at CNN, […]
Chai departs WSJ for NY Times
Barbara Chai, deputy editor of culture, training and outreach at The Wall Street Journal, has left the news organization to become deputy of strategy and operations for the New York Times’ culture department. She had been in her role at The Journal since December 2020. She previously was global head of content strategy and thought […]
Slackman to oversee daily news report for NY Times
Michael Slackman, assistant managing editor, International at The New York Times, has taken over a new role. An excerpt from the announcement reads: “In his new role, Michael will preside over the team that has eyes on all of our top stories, ensuring we have the competitive metabolism and careful editing to distinguish our report […]
Ajasa joins Washington Post as climate and weather reporter
Amudalat Ajasa has joined The Washington Post as a climate and weather reporter to cover “extreme weather news and write stories about how extreme weather and climate change are affecting communities in the United States and abroad.” Ajasa was an Ida B. Wells Society reporting intern at The New York Times, where she gathered data […]
NY Times appoints Kaplan domestic policy editor
Thomas Kaplan, Washington’s weekend editor on Saturday at The New York Times, will take on the role of domestic policy editor in Washington. Kaplan will edit the portfolio and oversee the domestic policy and health care coverage. An excerpt from the announcement reads: “He is superbly qualified for the job. Before becoming our Saturday editor, […]
NY Times adds four to its audio team
The following excerpt was sent out from The New York Times’ director of audio Paula Szuchman: Frannie Carr Toth joins the audio team as a senior editor on “The Run-Up.” Until recently, she was the founding senior editor of WBUR’s ideas and opinion page, Cognoscenti. Before that, she served as executive producer of “The Emily Rooney […]
NY Times Opinion welcomes Kelley, Kaminer as deputy editors
The following excerpt was sent out from The New York Times’ Op-Ed editor Vanessa Mobley: Lauren Kelley, who is now our Op-Ed editor leading reproductive rights coverage, will become Deputy, News, and Ariel Kaminer, rejoining The Times from BuzzFeed, will be Deputy, Ideas & Investigations. Starting Sept. 26, Lauren will be Deputy, News. She will bring […]
NY Times makes three hires on its audio team
The following excerpt was sent out from The New York Times’ director of audio Paula Szuchman: Susan M. Lee comes to The Times as a researcher and fact-checker on “The Daily.” Most recently, she was a digital editor with “Marketplace” from American Public Media and an assigning editor for a media startup. Additionally, she has […]
