NY Times hires McCabe to cover tech policy

New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock and technology editor Pui-Wing Tam sent out the following announcement on Monday:

We’re delighted to welcome David McCabe to The New York Times as a tech policy reporter in Washington.

In this role, David will join Cecilia Kang to cover an increasingly newsy beat: the activity in Washington around checking the power of the world’s biggest tech companies. From antitrust to privacy to hate speech and misinformation, lawmakers and regulators have trained their sights on tech — and the companies are trying to influence the discussions. How it unfolds will have consequences for how we all live and interact with tech.

David was most recently at Axios, where he covered tech policy and early on spotted the growing backlash against the tech companies, including conversations on the left about the reach of Amazon. That led him to examine how the tech giants were working to influence the debate and how policymakers were steering the agenda. Along the way, he had scoops, such as the behind-the-scenes details of how the White House was trying to calm the trade fears of tech companies.

Before Axios, David worked at The Hill, where he covered tech policy and breaking news. He was also a politics intern at The Huffington Post and has interned in radio.

David starts at The Times next month. Please join us in welcoming him.