New York Times employees sign letter opposing return to office
The Times Guild has delivered a letter to the news organization’s corporate leadership with the names of roughly 1,300 NewsGuild member employees who have signed a pledge to continue to work remotely this week, the first week the company wants its journalists back in the office, The Hill reports this week. “We will continue to […]
Ruiz joins international investigations team at NY Times
Rebecca R. Ruiz, an investigative reporter at The New York Times in New York, will join the paper’s London-based team. Ruiz spent 15 years at the Times, during which she was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize and a Polk Award. She joined the Times as a clerk and then became a […]
Baker joins NY Times as a correspondent
Katie Baker has joined The New York Times as a correspondent to cover social and cultural conflicts. Recently, Baker was an investigative reporter at BuzzFeed News. Baker worked freelance and reported for Newsweek, wrote for Jezebel and was part of the editorial staff at the San Francisco Chronicle and SFGATE. She has won the Overseas […]
Washington Post hires Ovide as help desk strategy editor
Washington Post business editor Lori Montgomery, technology editor Christina Passariello and personal technology editor Yun-Hee Kim sent out the following on Monday: We are thrilled to announce that Shira Ovide will join The Washington Post as Help Desk strategy editor, a new role aimed at expanding our groundbreaking work to help people make sense of […]
NY Times announces election data analytics team
The following excerpt was sent out from The New York Times‘ assistant managing editor for data journalism Matt Ericson: To lead the team this election cycle, the Business desk has let us borrow William Davis through November. Will joined The Times in 2015 on the News Platforms team, working with the Scoop and news products teams […]
NY Times announces new roles for Abi-Habib and Kitroeff in Mexico City
The New York Times has appointed Maria Abi-Habib investigative correspondent and Natalie Kitroeff Mexico City bureau chief. Abi-Habib will focus on Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America. Recently, Abi-Habib served as Mexico City bureau chief and before that as a roaming South Asia correspondent. She was at The Wall Street Journal for more than seven […]
Kurmanaev to join New York Times’ Russian team in Berlin
Anatoly Kurmanaev will join The New York Times‘ Russian team in Berlin. Previously, Kurmanaev was a Latin America correspondent. Previously, he served as a Venezuela reporter, a post he also held at The Wall Street Journal. He was an economy and government reporter at Bloomberg and an energy reporter at Interfax. He was a financial services […]
NY Times politics podcast ‘The Run-Up’ is back
“The Run-Up,” which first launched in August 2016, is back to help listeners keep track of the 2022 midterm elections. Host and New York Times political reporter Astead Herndon said: “This is a different type of political podcast — for what is a different type of midterm elections. I’m really excited for listeners to hear […]
NY Times taps Jakes to serve on the International team
Lara Jakes will join The New York Times‘ Ukraine team to cover weapons. Previously, Jakes was a reporter and editor in the Washington bureau. She also served as a news and foreign policy editor, as well as a deputy managing editor and managing editor at Foreign Policy. Jakes worked at The Associated Press for more […]
NY Times announces Corps members
The New York Times has announced its set of Corps members and their Times advisers as follows: Faaya Adem, University of Minnesota, paired with John Eligon, bureau chief in Johannesburg Destini Ambus, Auburn University, paired with Kathleen Kingsbury, Opinion editor Erick A. Cabrera, California State University, Los Angeles, paired with Sona Patel, program and editorial director for The […]