NY Times announces global moves for two staff members

Norimitsu Onishi and Catherine Porter, correspondents at The New York Times, will be moving. Onishi will be heading to Canada for his next assignment. Recently, he was a Paris correspondent. Previously, he served as bureau chief in Johannesburg, Jakarta, Tokyo and Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He was part of a team that won the Pulitzer Prize […]

WSJ’s Reiss joins the NY Times as photo editor

The following was sent out from The New York Times deputy picture editor Beth Flynn and director of photography Meaghan Looram: We are delighted to welcome Stephen Reiss back to The New York Times photo department. He will be working with the National and Investigations desks. Stephen was most recently a photo editor at The […]

NY Times seeks a banking reporter

The New York Times is looking for a highly motivated and energetic reporter to join its finance team. The ideal candidate would be deeply sourced on Wall Street, or demonstrate a proven ability to build sources on a beat; eager to dominate coverage of the most important, challenging and pressing issues in financial services; embrace […]

NY Times hires Rennison to cover markets and trading

New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following on Thursday: We’re delighted to announce that Joe Rennison will be joining The Times to cover financial markets and trading, a beat that ranges from chronicling the vagaries of the stock market to explaining the often-inscrutable trading decisions of Wall Street insiders. Joe comes […]

NY Times names Ramos metro editor

Nestor Ramos, who joined The New York Times during the pandemic and led his teams remotely, has been appointed metro editor. Prior to the Times, he was a columnist at The Boston Globe, and ran a weekly newspaper in South Dakota. He then served as editor of local news at The Argus Leader in Sioux […]

NY Times taps Desai as senior social editor, standalone

The New York Times has named Reyna Desai as senior social editor for standalone subscription products, where she will lead efforts to support Cooking, Games, Wirecutter and more off-platform content. Recently, she was senior staff editor of social strategy. Desai also served as staff editor for Culture, Op-Ed staff editor, copy editor/web producer and community […]

NY Times’ Scheffler takes on expanded role

The New York Times has added the title of editor for visual investigations to Mark Scheffler’s current role of deputy editor for video. As per the Times: “Mark will continue overseeing the visual investigations team, and he will now manage an expansion of visual investigations as a major coverage type, with responsibility for editorial direction […]

NY Times taps Pyne as video director

The New York Times has promoted Solana Pyne to video director. As per the announcement, she will “oversee the quality of news video on Times platforms and will be responsible for the success of the desk’s efforts, from news and visual investigations to field work and multimedia.” She will manage the department and work closely […]

O’Connor joins Washington Post as nutrition and health columnist

The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post’s wellness department editor Tara Parker-Pope: We are excited to announce that Anahad O’Connor will be joining the newsroom as a nutrition and health columnist for our expanded Wellness desk. Anahad comes to The Post from the New York Times, where he primarily reported on health […]

Torres swaps CNN for the NY Times

The New York Times’ newsroom development and support team has tapped Henry Torres, an editor at CNN en Español, as a senior editor. He starts July 11. At CNN, he edited copy for shows, packages, graphics and more. Torres brings more than 20 years of digital and broadcast journalism to the newsroom. Previously, he worked […]