How a NY Times reporter wrote about young career breaks

Isabella Kwai of The New York Times writes about her reporting on a story that documented how young people were taking career breaks. Kwai writes, “So I perked up when the term “micro-retirement” — essentially a career timeout — came across my social media feeds a few months ago. Anecdotally, I had also heard stories of people, […]

NY Times names Corkery its finance editor

New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following: We’d like to officially welcome Michael Corkery back to Business after his successful, two-year stint in National. Michael has rejoined as our finance editor and is already making an impressive transition from reporting to editing. In his first weeks on the job he has handled an […]

Death threat on the NY Times biz news desk

Lachland Cartwright of Breaker reports on an argument between New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock and one of her reporters. Cartwright reports, “On April 22, under the headline ‘As Harvard Is Hailed a Hero, Some Donors Still Want It to Strike a Deal’ journalists Rob Copeland, Maureen Farrell and Michael S. Schmidt reported on which of the school’s well-known donors wanted to fight […]

NYT’s Solomon takes on expanded role

Deborah Solomon has an expanded job at the New York Times leading a combined U.S. economy team that spans New York and Washington, instead of just the DC policy side of the economics team. Solomon joined the Times in 2017 as economics editor. From 2000 to 2015, she was at The Wall Street Journal, where […]

NY Times seeks economy editor

The New York Times is seeking an editor to help run our coverage of the American economy and the impact of policy changes on workers and businesses. This editor needs to be able to juggle news and enterprise in many different forms. You will organize coverage of major data releases like the monthly jobs report, […]

Mickle to take on Google/Alphabet beat at NY Times

New York Times technology reporter Tripp Mickle is taking on the Google and Alphabet beat at the paper in the wake of the departure of Nico Grant. He will continue to cover Apple until a replacement for that beat is found. Mickle joined the Times three years ago after eight years of writing about Apple, Google, bourbon […]

NY Times seeks a manufacturing reporter

The New York Times is seeking a reporter to cover American manufacturing. You will jump on news and write about companies ranging from large corporations to small manufacturers. The beat is wide ranging, and may include coverage of challenges related to tariffs, supply chain snafus, automation, energy, technology and AI, competition, politics and policy and […]

NY Times seeks a reporter to cover Apple

The New York Times is looking for a creative and collaborative journalist to cover Apple – the tech giant that is a nation-state unto its own and that is synonymous with smartphones and other consumer electronics, tech services and apps – as the company faces increasing challenges to its power and questions about its future […]

Tabuchi of NY Times wins NPF award for energy and environment reporting

Hiroko Tabuchi

  Hiroko Tabuchi from the New York Times has won the 2024 Thomas L. Stokes Award for Best Energy and Environment Writing from the National Press Foundation. Tabuchi wrote a series for the Times about “forever chemicals,” and the negative effects they may have on farms, children and the nation as a whole, which Tabuchi reveals the EPA knew about. “It was […]

NY Times seeks a retail reporter

The New York Times is seeking a reporter to cover American consumers and the retail businesses that serve them. You will jump on news and profile companies ranging from big box retailers and department stores to startups that aim to change the way people shop online. The beat is wide ranging, and may include coverage […]

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