Tariro Mzezewa is joining National to cover the South for The New York Times.
Mzezewa starts her new role in August and will be based in Atlanta.
Previously, she was a travel reporter at The Times. She has also held the posts of editorial assistant and staff editor, Opinion.
Before that, she was a markets reporter at Thomson Reuters.
Her work has also appeared in MSN, Business Insider, The Independent, Chicago Tribune, The Globe and Mail, Seattle Times, National Post, Yahoo, Mint, Fox Business, The Age, Boston Globe and more.
Mzezewa is a graduate of Columbia University – Graduate School of Journalism.