NY Times appoints Matiash as senior editor of digital transition strategy

Chelsea Matiash, who joined The New York Times Newsroom and Development team in 2018 is now formally part of the leadership team after being promoted to senior editor of digital transition strategy. In this role, Matiash will continue to move work forward by leading a pod of editors with a focus on visuals, and she […]

NY Times taps Lerer as national political correspondent

The New York Times has promoted Lisa Lerer to the post of national political correspondent after a successful two-and-a-half-year run as lead writer and host of the On Politics newsletter. The newsletter grew under Lerer’s leadership with a strong open rate, since she joined The Times in 2018. While many competitors focused on morning newsletters, […]

NY Times promotes two on the Styles team

The New York Times has promoted Tracy Ma to the post of assistant editor on the Styles team. Previously, she held the post of visual editor. Ma is also an adjunct professor at Parsons School of Design – The New School. She has also worked at Google Creative Labs and was a creative director at […]

WSJ’s Martinez leaving for NY Times

The Wall Street Journal senior editor Andres Martinez is leaving the news organization to join the New York Times. He will start March 15 as a senior editor/correspondent on the Live team. Martinez has been at The Journal for the past year overseeing its internship program. He previously was at Bloomberg as part of its news training […]

Chow named editor of NY Times’ “The Daily”

The New York Times has appointed Lisa Chow, a veteran audio journalist who has produced, hosted and edited high-impact podcasts for years as editor of “The Daily,” which has four million listeners who turn to it every weekday to understand and engage with the most important issues of the moment. In her new role, Chow […]

NY Times taps Patel as director, U.G.C. and community

The New York Times has promoted Sona Patel to the post of director, User Generated Content and community. Previously, she was senior social strategy and U.G.C. editor. As per The Times, in her new role: Sona will continue working on transforming our newsroom into one that more strongly, strategically and consistently develops long-term and lasting […]

NY Times hires Morgan as reporter

Emmanuel Morgan will be joining The New York Times as a reporter, initially working as a general assignment reporter before moving on to cover the N.F.L. His new role begins next month. Morgan joins The Times from the Los Angeles Times where he is working as a reporter covering sports. He was also a reporting […]

Wu joins NY Times as a senior product designer

Chen Wu has joined the Storylines team as a senior product designer focused on live coverage at The New York Times. Wu comes from NBC News, where she was a product UX designer working on internal editorial tools, websites and broadcast boards. Before that, she was a digital content producer/web designer at Advertising Age. She […]

NY Times taps Crowley for state department team

Michael Crowley has joined The New York Times state department team and will be working on the diplomatic beat with Lara Jakes, who has been expertly covering the department for the past year and a half. Crowley joined The Times in 2019 as a White House correspondent. Before that, he was a White House and […]

Dry named Sunday biz editor at NY Times

New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: I’m thrilled to announce that Rachel Dry will be our new Sunday Business editor. Rachel joins us after a stint as deputy politics editor. She was primarily responsible for editing enterprise during one of the most chaotic elections in history. She rode the […]