NY Times taps Khan to serve as an investigative reporter
Azmat Khan, a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, will join the staff full-time as an investigative reporter for the magazine and the newsroom. Previously, Khan has reported for BuzzFeed News, New America, Al Jazeera and PBS FRONTLINE. She is a Patti Cadby Birch Assistant Professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, […]
Cho joins Washington Post as breaking news reporter and editor
The Washington Post has hired Kelly Kasulis Cho as a breaking news reporter and editor for its Seoul hub. Cho has been working as a staff editor at the New York Times in Seoul, where she works on the homepage, newsletters and push alerts. She starts Sept. 19. Previously, she served as managing editor/reporter of independent […]
Morris joins health and wellness team at Washington Post
The following excerpt announcement was sent out from The Washington Post’s wellness editor Tara Parker-Pope: I am delighted to announce that Amanda Morris, a trailblazing reporter on the disability beat, is joining The Washington Post’s expanding personal health and wellness team. In this role, Amanda will write on issues related to disability and chronic illness, […]
NY Times hires Baumgaertner on the health desk
Emily Baumgaertner will join The New York Times’ health desk as a roving national health correspondent. Baumgaertner begins on September 6. Previously, Baumgaertner worked at the Times from March 2017 to February 2019 as a news assistant in its Washington bureau. Recently, she was at the Los Angeles Times, where she covered the pandemic and […]
NY Times names Benedikt editorial director
The New York Times has tapped Allison Benedikt to serve as a senior editor for Times Opinion. As per the Times: “Allison will serve as a senior editor in the department, helping to direct coverage across the report, both on a day-to-day and strategic level. Her first priority will be working closely with Patrick and me […]
Entous joins the NY Times as an investigative reporter
The New York Times has hired Adam Entous as an investigative reporter. Entous has covered national security, foreign policy and the intelligence agencies for more than a decade. He joined the Times from The New Yorker, where he was a staff writer for four years. Before that, Entous worked at the Washington Post, Wall Street […]
NY Times national political correspondent Burns departs
Alexander Burns, a national political correspondent who covered elections and political power across the U.S. for The New York Times, has left. Burns’ tweet reads: “This wasn’t an easy choice but I know it is the right one for me and my family. I’ll let you know about my plans for the future once I’ve […]
San Francisco Chronicle appoints Avila graphics reporter
The San Francisco Chronicle has hired Yuri Avila as a graphics reporter. Avila joined from The New York Times, where she was a news assistant in the graphics department. She reported for Animal Politico in Mexico City and worked at BuzzFeed News as a news reporter. Avila said: “Ever since I moved to the Bay […]
Pennington to retire from The New York Times
The following excerpt announcement was sent out from The New York Times sports editor Randy Archibold: Bill Pennington, who over a quarter century has covered baseball, football, golf, skiing, the Olympics and lots of other stuff in between, will be retiring from The Times in early September. Bill has been one of our best, most […]
Goodnough to join the NY Times National desk as editor
Abby Goodnough will join The New York Times National desk to oversee regional coverage in the South, Florida, the Mid-Atlantic and New England. She starts Sept. 13. Last spring, Goodnough was named domestic policy editor to drive coverage of the pandemic response, homeland security and education. Previously, she worked on the National desk as Miami […]
