Bensinger departs BuzzFeed News for the NY Times
Ken Bensinger has joined The New York Times to cover a new beat – right-wing media as part of the democracy team on the Politics desk. Bensinger joined from BuzzFeed News, where he was an investigative reporter and shared a National Magazine Award. Previously, he reported on the auto industry at the Los Angeles Times, […]
Washington Post hires Paybarah as a politics breaking news reporter on the National desk
Azi Paybarah has joined The Washington Post as a reporter on the National politics breaking news team. Recently, Paybarah was a reporter on the Politics desk at The New York Times, which he joined in 2018. There, he was part of the team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2021 for coverage of the coronavirus […]
Orr to join the NY Times Opinion in new role
Christopher Orr will join The New York Times Opinion in a new role as its signature voices editor. Orr begins in September. A part of the announcement reads: “As signature voices editor, Chris will be foremost a sounding board and ideas partner with the columnists, newsletter writers and their editors and editorial assistants. As he […]
NY Times appoints Bloom as editor of Live
Julie Bloom, deputy editor on The New York Times National desk, has been named editor on the Live desk. An excerpt from the announcement reads: “Her mission will be to build on the successes of Live over the last two years and, by working with leaders across the newsroom and in Product, to help better […]
Che joins NY Times as Asia tech reporter
The New York Times has hired Chang Che as an Asia technology reporter to focus on the corporate, social and political side of technology in China. Che joined from SupChina, a China-focused news publication, where he was a business and technology editor. His freelance work appeared in The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, […]
NY Times hires Bang as video journalist for NYT Cooking
Jonathan Bang has joined The New York Times as a video journalist for NYT Cooking. An excerpt from the announcement reads: “Jonathan will create videos that bring cooking to life across the spectrum of what we publish: service journalism, entertainment and visual storytelling.” Recently, Bang was a creative producer at Bon Appetit, Conde Nast. He […]
NY Times taps Shpigel to serve as reporter/editor on the Live desk
Ben Shpigel, sports reporter at The New York Times will join the Live desk as a reporter and editor. Over the last 17 years, Shpigel has covered various sports for the Times, including football, baseball and basketball. Prior to that, he worked at the Dallas Morning News. You can congratulate Shpigel by sending him a […]
NY Times adds Huang and Chang to newsroom strategy team
The following excerpt was sent out from The New York Times’ associate managing editor for strategy and finance Jon Galinsky: I’m thrilled to announce that Carol Huang, a brilliant strategist who has led a range of high-impact work at The Times in recent years, will become deputy for newsroom strategy. And I’m very pleased to […]
Lozada to join the NY Times as Opinion columnist
Carlos Lozada will join The New York Times as an Opinion columnist. Lozada starts on September 1. Lozada has been serving as nonfiction book critic at The Washington Post since 2015. Before that, he served as Sunday Outlook editor, national security editor and economics editor. He was managing editor at Foreign Policy. He was an […]
Washington Post taps Reynolds to cover exercise science
The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post’s wellness editor Tara Parker-Pope: I’m delighted to announce that Gretchen Reynolds will be joining The Washington Post as a columnist covering exercise science for our expanded wellness desk. Gretchen comes to The Post after 16 years writing for the New York Times, where she redefined […]
