Bloomberg’s Shankar joins NY Times as senior staff editor
The New York Times has hired Vivek Shankar as a senior staff editor in Seoul. In his new role, he will be working with the news and live operations, assigning, editing and writing. Shankar joins from Bloomberg, where he recently served as an editor in Washington D.C. Before that, he was a deputy team leader. […]
NY Times hires FT’s Solomon for Berlin bureau
Financial Times reporter Erika Solomon has been hired by the New York Times in its Berlin bureau. She started on Monday. Solomon was part of a team at the FT that won a Gerald Loeb Award this past year for its coverage of Wirecard. She has been at the newspaper for eight years. She previously worked at […]
Mullin, Peters to cover media beat for NY Times
New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following on Friday: We’re thrilled to announce that Ben Mullin and Jeremy Peters are joining the media desk, adding reinforcements to this crucial area of coverage. Ben joins us from The Wall Street Journal, where he has covered media since 2017. He started by reporting on digital […]
NY Times hires two new tech reporters
New York Times technology editor Pui-Wing Tam sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: We’re delighted to announce that Nico Grant and Tripp Mickle are joining The New York Times as tech reporters in San Francisco. Nico, who will cover Google and its parent company, Alphabet, joins us from Bloomberg News, where he has reported on Google […]
NY Times taps Andreoni as a writer for the Climate Forward newsletter
Manuela Andreoni has joined The New York Times as a writer for the Climate Forward newsletter. In her new role, she will be working with Somini Sengupta, who hosts the signature New York Times climate newsletter. Andreoni had been a stringer at the Times’ Brazil bureau, covering deforestation in the Amazon. Last year, she became a Times’ fellow […]
NY Times names Bradsher its Beijing bureau chief
Keith Bradsher has been appointed Beijing bureau chief, where he will continue to cover business and economics in China for The New York Times. He will also be responsible for overseeing the bureau. Bradsher has been serving as Shanghai bureau chief/senior writer for Asia economics and business since 2016. Before that, he was Hong Kong […]
NY Times names Rubin senior international correspondent
The New York Times has promoted Alissa Johannsen Rubin to senior international correspondent covering the Middle East, climate and climate change. She previously served as Baghdad bureau chief. Rubin joined The Times in 2007 as a Baghdad correspondent. She has also served as Afghanistan bureau chief and Paris bureau chief. Prior to The Times, Rubin […]
Washington Post appoints Parker-Pope as editor of new Wellness department
The following excerpt announcement was sent out by The Washington Post’s executive editor Sally Buzbee, managing editors Cameron Barr and Steven Ginsberg and managing editor of diversity and inclusion Krissah Thompson: We are happy to announce that Tara Parker-Pope will join The Washington Post as the editor of a new Wellness Department, hiring a staff […]
New York Times taps Silverstein as weekend social strategy editor
The New York Times has hired Jason Silverstein as weekend social strategy editor on the audience team. He joins from CBS News, where he has worked as social media producer, politics producer for social media and most recently as a social media manager. He has also taught journalism and media studies at Brooklyn College and […]
Gebeloff moves to the NY Times’ National desk
Robert Gebeloff, a reporter specializing in data analysis at The New York Times, will be joining the National desk to work on data projects and help document the rapid changes in American demographics. He will also help expand The Times’ enterprise and investigative work. Prior to joining The Times in 2008, Gebeloff was a data […]
