NY Times taps Peltier as West Africa correspondent

The New York Times has promoted Elian Peltier to the post of West Africa correspondent. He will be based in Dakar. Previously, he was a breaking news reporter. Peltier has also worked as a reporter at The Times, and was a freelance reporter, Paris bureau. He was also a VR journalist at TARGO in France […]

NY Times Opinion taps Paul as columnist

Pamela Paul will be joining The New York Times Opinion as a columnist. Paul is the editor of The Times Book Review, the author and editor of eight books and the host of the Book Review’s popular weekly podcast. She begins in April. She was an arts correspondent for The Economist and joined the Times […]

NY Times promotes Walker to correspondent

Mark Walker, The New York Times FOIA coordinator in the bureau, has been promoted to the post of correspondent in Washington, working with the bureau’s investigative team on a wide range of topics. Walker was also part of a team at The Times that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2021 for public service for reporting […]

Trunsky joins New York Times Opinion as editorial assistant

The New York Times Opinion has tapped Andrew Trunsky as an editorial assistant to Maureen Dowd at The Times. He has been working as a political reporter at The Daily Caller Foundation, covering Congress and elections. He was also a summer associate at Citi in Washington. Trunsky graduated from Williams College with a bachelor’s degree […]

Barclay to lead climate coverage for NY Times Opinion

The New York Times has hired Eliza Barclay to lead climate coverage for Times Opinion. She has recently been working as a senior editor for science, health and climate at Vox.com. Before that, she was a reporter/editor, food, health and science at NPR. She has also contributed to The Washington Post, The New York Times, The […]

NY Times taps Cohn as chief political analyst for The Upshot

Nate Cohn has rejoined The Upshot at The New York Times as chief political analyst. An excerpt from The Times’ announcement reads: “He’ll also produce a steady course of ambitious journalism that helps readers understand local and national politics by dissecting trends and offering clarifying historical context. “In this new role, he’ll remain part of […]

New role for NY Times’ Homans

  The following excerpt announcement was sent out by The New York Times Magazine editor-in-chief Jake Silverstein and political editor David Halbfinger: We are pleased to announce that Charles Homans, who has been an editor at the Magazine since 2014, is becoming a full-time writer, for both Politics and the Magazine. Starting today, Charlie, who […]

New York Times hires Dreier as investigative reporter

Hannah Dreier will be joining The New York Times as an investigative reporter. She begins Apr. 4. Dreier was previously a national reporter for The Washington Post. Before that, she was a reporter covering immigration at ProPublica. She has also worked as a politics reporter, covered the U.S. gambling industry and served a Venezuela correspondent […]

NY Times taps WSJ’s Yuan as editor

The New York Times has hired Elizabeth Yuan as a senior staff editor on the flexible editing desk. Yuan joins from The Wall Street Journal, where she has worked for 9 years, recently as a publishing editor. Before that, she was an interactive news writer for WSJ.com. She has also worked at CNN for 14 […]

Axios names Stockwell executive editor for local news

Axios has tapped Jamie Stockwell as executive editor for local news overseeing Axios’ plan to expand its coverage to 25 local cities by the summer, and 50 by the end of 2023. Stockwell joins from The New York Times, where she was deputy national editor and also oversaw Race/Related, as the acting editor. She was […]