New York Times taps Goldman as international weekend editor

The New York Times has promoted Russell Goldman to the post of international weekend editor. Goldman has been with The Times for over 7 years, serving as a staff editor, senior staff editor on the international desk, and most recently as senior story editor. Before joining The Times, he was at ABC News, where he […]

NY Times announces Headway team

The following excerpt announcement was sent out by The New York Times: Vera Titunik rejoined The Times in July as Headway’s deputy editor. She will play a leading role in planning, assigning and developing stories that accord with Headway’s mission. She spent more than a dozen years at The Times, first as a story editor […]

NY Times hires WSJ’s Farrell to cover big money and private capital

The New York Times has hired Wall Street Journal reporter Maureen Farrell to cover big money and private capital. She has been covering initial public offerings and capital markets at The Journal. She previously covered Wall Street, banking and M&A for the MoneyBeat blog. Prior to joining the Wall Street Journal in 2013, she worked as a […]

NY Times taps Mills as senior editor

The New York Times has promoted Alexa Mills to the post of senior editor. Previously, she was a writing coach for The New York Times Fellowship. In her new role, Mills will help oversee the new Editing Residency, as well as continue to work on other career-related projects with the team. She has also served […]

NY Times names two new education reporters

The New York Times has announced that Jacey Fortin and Sarah Mervosh will be joining the national desk as education reporters. Fortin will cover K-12 and higher education. She has been with The Times for over 4 years. At one point before becoming a journalist, she worked as an English teacher at a community college […]

Buckley joins NY Times climate desk

Cara Buckley is joining the New York Times climate desk from the culture desk, where she wrote about diversity. Her new role begins Sept. 20. Buckley has been with the Times for over 15 years, having joined in 2006 as a metro reporter. Prior to joining the Times, she was a staff writer at The […]

Fiscus joins NY Times Morning team

Amy Fiscus, national security editor at The New York Times, has joined its Morning team as a deputy, overseeing the launch of The Times’ new weekend editions in coming months and helping lead the entire Morning operation. Previously, Fiscus was Washington bureau editor at the Los Angeles Times. She also worked as an East region […]

NY Times taps Shimabukuro as weekend editor

The following excerpt announcement was sent out by The New York Times national editor Jia Lynn Yang: I’m so excited to share that Mark Shimabukuro is National’s new weekend editor, charged with running our report on Saturdays and Sundays and giving The Times’s sizable weekend audience a wonderful mix of the best of National. Mark […]

NY Times adds three to new standards team

The following excerpt announcement was sent out: Paul Volpe, a gifted editor with extensive experience covering big stories and working at the nexus of journalism and technology, will lead the newsroom cohort. He returns to The Times from Politico, where he was executive editor and senior editor for emerging products. Before Politico, Paul spent six […]

NY Times welcomes three to SEO team

The following excerpt announcement was sent out by The New York Times deputy audience director Claudio Cabrera: We’re excited to announce that Jenna Fowler will be joining the newsroom SEO team as California SEO editor. Jenna, who joins us from The San Francisco Chronicle, will focus on better understanding and growing our California audience through […]