List of New York Times employees explained

This is a list of former and current New York Times employees, reporters, and columnists.

Current

Publisher

• A. G. Sulzberger (2018–present)^{[1] [2]}

Masthead

List of masthead employees as of August 2022:^[3] News

• Joseph Kahn, executive editor
• Marc Lacey, managing editor
• Carolyn Ryan, managing editor
• Rebecca Blumenstein, deputy managing editor
• Sam Dolnick, deputy managing editor
• Steve Duenes, deputy managing editor
• Clifford J. Levy, deputy managing editor
• Elisabeth Bumiller, assistant managing editor
• Monica Drake, assistant managing editor
• Matthew Ericson, assistant managing editor^[4]
• Hannah Poferl, assistant managing editor
• Sam Sifton, assistant managing editor
• Karron Skog, assistant managing editor
• Michael Slackman, assistant managing editor

Opinion

• Kathleen Kingsbury, opinion page editor
• Patrick Healy, deputy opinion editor

Business

• Meredith Kopit Levien, chief executive officer
• Diane Brayton, general counsel and secretary
• Roland A. Caputo, chief financial officer^[5]
• Jacqueline Welch, chief human resources officer
• William T. Bardeen, chief strategy officer
• R. Anthony Benten, chief accounting officer, treasurer
• Alexandra Hardiman, chief product officer
• Lisa Ryan Howard, head of advertising
• David Perpich, publisher of The Athletic and Wirecutter
• Dave Rubin, chief marketing and communications officer
• Jason Sobel, chief technology officer
• Hannah Yang, chief growth officer

Department heads

• Jia Lynn Yang, national editor^[6]
• Greg Winter, international managing editor
• Randy Archibold, sports editor
• Ellen Pollock, business editor^[7]
• Nestor Ramos, metro editor^[8]
• David Halbfinger, politics editor^[9]
• Stella Bugbee, Styles editor^[10]
• Sia Michel, deputy culture editor
• Andrew LaVallee, arts and leisure editor^[11]
• Bill McDonald, obituaries editor
• Will Shortz, crossword puzzle editor
• Jake Silverstein, editor, The New York Times Magazine
• Gilbert Cruz, editor, The New York Times Book Review^[12]
• Hanya Yanagihara, editor, ^[13]
• Kevin Quealy, editor The Upshot^[14]

Main hubs of newsroom operations

• New York^[15]
• London
• Seoul

Bureau chiefs

Domestic bureaus

• Richard Fausset, Atlanta
• Ellen Barry, Boston
• Julie Bosman, Chicago
• Jack Healy, Denver
• J. David Goodman, Houston^[16]
• Adam Nagourney, Los Angeles
• Patricia Mazzei, Miami
• Frances Robles, Miami/Caribbean
• Rick Rojas, Nashville
• Campbell Robertson, New Orleans
• Thomas Fuller, San Francisco
• Kirk Johnson, Seattle
• Elisabeth Bumiller, Washington

Foreign bureaus

• Thomas Erdbrink, Amsterdam^[17]
• Sui-Lee Wee, Bangkok^[18]
• Jane Arraf, Baghdad^[19]
• Steven Lee Myers, Beijing
• Anne Barnard, Beirut
• Katrin Bennhold, Berlin^[20]
• Declan Walsh, Cairo
• Nicholas Casey, Madrid^[21]
• Dionne Searcey, Dakar
• Tim Arango, Istanbul
• Patrick Kingsley, Jerusalem^[22]
• John Eligon, Johannesburg
• Rod Nordland, Kabul
• Steven Erlanger, London (chief diplomatic correspondent)
• Mark Landler, London

Foreign bureaus (cont.)

• Nicholas Casey, Madrid
• Maria Abi-Habib, Mexico City^[23]
• Anton Troianovski, Moscow
• Mujib Mashal, New Delhi^[24]
• Ian Austen, Ottawa
• Roger Cohen, Paris^[25]
• Jack Nicas, Rio de Janeiro^[26]
• Jason Horowitz, Rome
• Keith Bradsher, Shanghai
• Damien Cave, Sydney
• Motoko Rich, Tokyo
• Catherine Porter, Toronto
• Andrew Kramer, Ukraine^[27]
• Somini Sengupta, United Nations
• Andrew Higgins, Warsaw
• Choe Sang-Hun, Seoul^[28]

Op-ed columnists

Opinion columnists as of February 2024:^[29]

• Charles M. Blow
• Jamelle Bouie
• David Brooks
• Gail Collins
• Ross Douthat
• Maureen Dowd
• David French^[30]
• Thomas Friedman
• Michelle Goldberg
• Ezra Klein
• Nicholas Kristof
• Paul Krugman
• Carlos Lozada
• Tressie McMillan Cottom
• Pamela Paul
• Lydia Polgreen
• Bret Stephens^[31]
• Zeynep Tufekci

Other personnel

• Amir Hamja, photojournalist
• Eric Asimov, chief wine critic
• Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent
• Jo Becker, investigative reporter
• Tracy Bennett, Wordle editor^[32]
• Walt Bogdanich, investigative reporter
• Ben Brantley, theater critic^[33]
• Ben Casselman, economics reporter
• Susanne Craig, Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalists.
• Manohla Dargis, film critic
• Jesse Green, theater critic
• Jim Dwyer, "About New York" columnist
• Thomas Feyer, letters editor
• Michael R. Gordon, chief military correspondent, winner of George Polk Award

• Maggie Haberman, White House reporter

• Stephen Holden, film critic

• Lara Jakes, diplomatic correspondent
• George Johnson, science reporter
• Dwight Garner, book critic
• Michiko Kakutani, book reviewer
• Christine Kay, enterprise consultant^[34]
• Florence Finch Kelly, book reviewer
• Kate Kelly Washington bureau correspondent
• Michael Kimmelman, architecture critic
• John Leland, popular culture, national
• David Leonhardt, senior writer
• Mark Mazzetti, National security correspondent
• Katrina Miller, science reporter
• Dennis Overbye, former deputy science editor, currently a science reporter
• Philip P. Pan, Asia editor
• Jon Pareles, pop music critic
• Bill Pennington, columnist and sports reporter
• James Risen, national security correspondent
• Brian M. Rosenthal, investigative reporter
• Michael Rothfeld, investigative reporter
• David E. Sanger, Washington correspondent
• Charlie Savage, legal affairs correspondent
• A. O. Scott, critic at large
• Robert B. Semple Jr., associate editor, Times editorial page, Pulitzer Prize winner
• Scott Shane, national security correspondent
• Andrew Ross Sorkin, chief mergers & acquisitions correspondent
• Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Washington correspondent, covering health policy
• Neil Strauss, freelance music writer
• Marc Tracy, journalist on the Culture desk
• Anthony Tommasini, chief music critic
• David C. Unger, foreign affairs editorial writer
• Pete Wells, restaurant critic
• Chris Wiggins, chief data scientist
• Damon Winter, Pulitzer Prize-winning staff photographer
• Sheryl WuDunn, industry and international business editor and Pulitzer Prize winner

• Rory Smith, chief soccer correspondent

Former

Publishers

• George Jones (1851-1891)
• George F. Spinney (1893-1896)
• Adolph Ochs (1896-1935)
• Arthur Hays Sulzberger (1935-1961)
• Orvil Dryfoos (1961-1963)
• Arthur Ochs "Punch" Sulzberger (1963-1992)
• Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. (1992-2017)

Editors in chief

• Henry Jarvis Raymond (1851-1869)
• Charles Ransom Miller (1883-1922)

Executive editors

(position created in 1964 superseding managing editor as top news official)

• Turner Catledge (1964–1968)
• James Reston (1968–1969)
• position vacant (1969–1976)
• A. M. Rosenthal (1977–1986)
• Max Frankel (1986–1994)
• Joseph Lelyveld (1994–2001) and briefly in 2003
• Howell Raines (2001–2003)
• Bill Keller (2003–2011)
• Jill Abramson (2011–2014)
• Dean Baquet (2014–2022)
• Joseph Kahn (2022–)

Managing editors

• George F. Spinney (1889-1893)

• Carr Van Anda (1904-1932)
• Edwin Leland James (1932-1951)
• Turner Catledge (1952-1964)
• Clifton Daniel (1964-1969)
• A. M. Rosenthal (1969-1977)
• Seymour Topping (1977-1986)
• Arthur Gelb (1986-1989)
• Joseph Lelyveld (1990-1994)
• Gene Roberts (1994-1997)
• Bill Keller (1997-2001)
• Gerald M. Boyd (2001-2003)

title subsequently held by multiple people simultaneously

Editorial page editors

Titled Editor-in-Chief or Editor until retirement of Merz but never had authority over news pages.^[35]

• Rollo Ogden (1922-1937)
• John Huston Finley (1937-1938)
• Charles Merz (1938-1961)^[36]
• John Bertram Oakes (1961-1976)
• Max Frankel (1977-1986)
• Jack Rosenthal (journalist) (1986-1993)
• Howell Raines (1993-2001)
• Gail Collins (2001-2006)
• Andrew Rosenthal (2007-2016)
• James Bennet (2016-2020)

Chief theater critics

• Brooks Atkinson (1922-1942;1946-1960)^[37]
• Clive Barnes, dance and theater critic (1965-1977)^[38]
• Walter Kerr (1966-1967; 1979-1980)^[39]
• Richard Eder (1977-1979)^[40]
• Frank Rich (1980-1993)^[41]
• David Richards (1993-1994)^[42]
• Vincent Canby (1994-1996)^[43]
• Ben Brantley (1996-2017; 2017-2020 as co-chief)^[44]
• Jesse Green, (2017-2020 as co-chief; 2020-present)^[45]

Chief restaurant critics

• Craig Claiborne, food editor who established "star" rating system (1957-1971)^[46]
• Raymond Sokolov (1971-1974)
• John L. Hess (1973-1974)
• John Canaday (1974-1976)
• Mimi Sheraton, first full-time restaurant critic (1976-1983)
• Marian Burros, interim critic (1983-1984)
• Bryan Miller (1984-1993)
• Ruth Reichl (1993-1999)^[47]
• William Grimes (1999-2003)^[48]
• Frank Bruni (2004-2009)^[49]
• Sam Sifton (2009-2011)^[50]
• Pete Wells (2011-2024)^[51]

Public editors

The public editor position was established in 2003 in response to the Jayson Blair scandal. In late May 2017, The New York Times announced that it was eliminating the post. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. announced: "The public editor position, created in the aftermath of a grave journalistic scandal, played a crucial part in rebuilding our readers’ trusts by acting as our in-house watchdog. We welcomed that criticism, even when it stung. But today, our followers on social media and our readers across the internet have come together to collectively serve as a modern watchdog, more vigilant and forceful than one person could ever be."^[52]

• Daniel Okrent (2003–2005)
• Byron Calame (2005–2007)
• Clark Hoyt (2007–2010)
• Arthur S. Brisbane (2010–2012)
• Margaret Sullivan (2012–2016)
• Elizabeth Spayd (2016–2017)

Other former personnel

• Anita Daniel, feature writer on various topics, notably travel
• Matt Bai, news analyst and "Political Times" columnist
• Jayson Blair, reporter (1999–2003); resigned over plagiarism and fabrications^[53]
• Raymond Bonner, civil war reporter in El Salvador; resigned in protest
• Don Hogan Charles, photographer^[54]
• Adam Clymer, former correspondent in Washington, D.C.
• William G. Connolly, co-author of The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage
• Bill Cunningham, fashion photographer
• Kurt Eichenwald, business reporter
• Janet Elder, deputy managing editor (died 2017)
• Vanessa Friedman, fashion critic
• Linda Greenhouse, U.S. Supreme Court correspondent, Pulitzer Prize winner
• Trish Hall, masthead editor overseeing six feature sections (2010–2011), op-ed editor (2011–2015), and senior editor (2015–2017)
• Bernard Holland, music critic (1981–1994), chief music critic (1995–2008)
• Cathy Horyn, fashion critic (1998–2014)
• Sarah Jeong, Editorial Board^[55]
• Walter Kerr, Sunday drama critic
• Anna Kisselgoff, dance critic from 1968, chief dance critic (1977-2005)
• Arthur Krock, Pulitzer Prize winning correspondent and columnist
• Trymaine Lee, Harlem beat reporter (2006–2011)
• Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, book reviewer
• Eric Lichtblau, legal affairs reporter
• Hugo Lindgren, editor, The New York Times Magazine (2010–2013)
• Robert Lipsyte, sports journalist^{[56] [57]}
• Herbert Matthews, reporter, known for interviewing Fidel Castro in his Sierra Maestra hideout^[58]
• Roscoe McGowen, sports journalist^[59]
• Judith Miller, reporter, jailed for refusing to reveal sources
• Gretchen Morgenson, business reporter and winner of Pulitzer Prize
• Stuart E. Nassauer, senior copy editor (1949-1986); editor of Kennedy assassination news and other historical events^[60]
• Jane Nickerson, first food editor (1942-1957)
• Rajiv Pant, chief technology officer (2011-2015)^[61]
• Patricia Peterson, fashion editor (1957-1977)^[62]
• Dith Pran, photojournalist during Cambodian war
• Saskia de Rothschild, former reporter for the International New York Times
• Harrison Salisbury, Pulitzer Prize and George Polk Award winner
• William E. Sauro, staff photographer. Won George Polk Award 1965.
• Sydney Schanberg, Pulitzer Prize and George Polk Award winner; resigned in protest.
• Harry Schwartz, former editorial board writer
• Cathy Scott, former correspondent in Las Vegas, Nevada
• Allan M. Siegal, co-author of The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage
• Louis Silverstein, design director
• Alison Smale, former Berlin bureau chief^[63]
• Craig S. Smith, former Shanghai bureau chief and founder of The New York Times Chinese website^[64]
• Hedrick Smith, correspondent and bureau chief
• Barbara Strauch, editor (2000–2015)
• Walter Sullivan, science editor
• John Swinton, chief editorialist (1860–1869)
• Fred D. Thompson, former vice president for advertising
• Robin Toner, first women national political correspondent
• Don Van Natta Jr., Pulitzer Prize winning investigative correspondent
• Ivan Veit, former executive vice president
• Betsy Wade, copy editor (1956–2001)^[65]
• Bari Weiss, op-ed staff editor (2017–2020)
• Alden Whitman, chief obituary writer (1964-1976)
• Carey Winfrey, local and foreign correspondent
• Peter Kihss, Pulitzer Prize nominee and renowned journalist (1952-1982)

Notes and References

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2. News: A.G. Sulzberger, 37, to Take Over as New York Times Publisher. Sydney. Ember. The New York Times. December 14, 2017.
3. News: The Masthead of the New York Times. 2020-08-08. The New York Times. 2022-08-24. en-US. 0362-4331.
4. Web site: Matt Ericson Named Assistant Managing Editor. January 30, 2018. The New York Times Company.
5. Web site: The New York Times Company - News & Events - Press Releases. investors.nytco.com.
6. News: Jia Lynn Yang Named National Editor . 24 August 2022 . The New York Times Company . 10 February 2021.
7. News: New York Times Names Former Businessweek Editor to Head Business Section. Ember. Sydney. 2017-04-18. The New York Times. 2017-08-26. en-US. 0362-4331.
8. News: Nestor Ramos Named Metro Editor . 24 August 2022 . The New York Times Company . 30 June 2022.
9. News: David Halbfinger Named Politics Editor; Manny Fernandez Named Deputy Politics Editor . 24 August 2022 . The New York Times Company . 26 July 2021.
10. Robertson, Katie (2021-06-09). "New York Times Names Stella Bugbee as Styles Editor". Nytimes.com
11. News: A New Role for Andrew LaVallee . 24 August 2022 . The New York Times Company . 23 November 2021.
12. News: Gilbert Cruz Is Our Next Books Editor . 24 August 2022 . The New York Times Company . 28 July 2022.
13. News: T Magazine's New Editor: From Glossies to Global Vision. Symonds. Alexandria. 2017-08-21. The New York Times. 2017-08-26. en-US. 0362-4331.
14. News: Ericson . Matt . Kevin Quealy is the next editor of The Upshot . 10 June 2022 . The New York Times . 9 June 2022.
15. News: January 20, 2021 . Three News Hubs, 24-Hour Coverage: The Times's Global Relay . The New York Times.
16. Web site: J. David Goodman - The New York Times . 2024-08-14 . www.nytimes.com . en.
17. Web site: Our Very First Northern Europe Bureau Chief . nytco . 6 November 2020 . The New York Times Company . 18 November 2021.
18. Web site: Sui-Lee Wee Named Southeast Asia Bureau Chief . nytco . 25 October 2021 . The New York Times Company . 25 October 2021.
19. Web site: Our Next Baghdad Bureau Chief . nytco . 5 November 2020 . The New York Times Company . 18 November 2021.
20. Web site: Katrin Bennhold. The New York Times. 2022-11-11.
21. Web site: Our New Madrid Bureau Chief . nytco . 1 December 2020 . The New York Times Company . 18 November 2021.
22. Web site: Our Next Jerusalem Bureau Chief . nytco . 29 October 2020 . The New York Times Company . 18 November 2021.
23. Web site: Next Steps for Mexico City Bureau . nytco . 19 October 2020 . The New York Times Company . 18 November 2021.
24. Web site: Mujib Mashal Promoted to South Asia Bureau Chief . nytco . 14 October 2021 . The New York Times Company . 26 October 2021.
25. Web site: Our Next Paris Bureau Chief . nytco . 15 October 2020 . The New York Times Company . 18 November 2021.
26. Web site: New Bureau Chief in Brazil . nytco . 27 December 2021 . The New York Times Company . 27 December 2021.
27. News: Andrew Kramer Named Ukraine Bureau Chief . 5 November 2023 . The New York Times . 22 July 2022.
28. https://www.nytimes.com/by/choe-sang-hun Choe Sang-Hun
29. News: Opinion Columnists . 2024-02-11 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
30. Web site: Mastrangelo . Dominick . Conservative writer David French joining New York Times . The Hill . 2023-01-03 . en-US . 2023-01-04.
31. News: Introducing Our New Columnist. Bennet. James. 2017-04-28. The New York Times. 2017-08-26. en-US. 0362-4331.
32. Web site: Klein . Charlotte . 2023-12-19 . Inside The New York Times' Big Bet on Games . 2023-12-31 . . en-US.
33. Web site: The New York Times Names Jesse Green Co-Chief Theater Critic The New York Times Company. nytco.com . 22 March 2017. en-US. 2017-03-23.
34. News: O'Shea. Chris. NY Times Makes Changes to Investigations Team. 2 August 2015. Fishbowl NY. 14 April 2015. O'Shea NYTimes Makes Changes.
35. News: 2007-2016 - The Rosenthal Era in the Editorial Department. David W.. Dunlap. The New York Times. 18 March 2016.
36. https://www.nytimes.com/1977/09/01/archive/charles-merz-a-former-times-editor-is-dead-at-84.html
37. News: Shepard . Richard F. . 1984-01-15 . BROOKS ATKINSON, 89, DEAD; KEY VOICE IN DRAMA 31 YEARS . 2024-02-11 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
38. News: Grimes . William . 2008-11-19 . Clive Barnes, Who Raised Stakes in Dance and Theater Criticism, Dies at 81 . 2024-02-11 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
39. News: 1979-07-03 . Kerr Named Chief Theater Critic . 2024-02-11 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
40. News: 1977-03-12 . Eder Named Times Drama Critic . 2024-02-11 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
41. News: Rich . Frank . 1994-02-13 . After 13 years of drama and farce. . . EXIT THE CRITIC. . . humming the music and settling the scores. . 2024-02-11 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
42. News: 2024-01-06 . CRITICS TAKE NEW ROLES IN N.Y. TIMES SHUFFLE . 2024-02-11 . Washington Post . en-US . 0190-8286.
43. News: Maslin . Janet . 2000-10-16 . Vincent Canby, Prolific Film and Theater Critic for The Times, Is Dead at 76 . 2024-02-11 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
44. Web site: 2020-09-10 . Ben Brantley, Take a Bow . 2024-02-11 . The New York Times Company . en-US.
45. News: Bahr . Sarah . 2023-10-13 . Tagging Along With The New York Times's Chief Theater Critic . 2024-02-11 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
46. Web site: Kludt . Amanda . 2011-09-16 . A Timeline of All New York Times Restaurant Critics . 2024-02-11 . Eater NY . en.
47. News: 1993-06-11 . Restaurant Critic Is Named . 2024-02-11 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
48. Web site: Jen Chung . Published: November 18, 2003
    Modified: March 6, 2008 . 2003-11-18 . Times Food Critic William Grimes Steps Down . Gothamist . en . 2024-02-12.
49. Web site: Biography: Frank Bruni - New York Times . 2024-02-11 . archive.nytimes.com.
50. Web site: Times . The New York . 2009-08-05 . Sam Sifton Is Named Restaurant Critic for The Times . 2024-02-11 . Diner’s Journal Blog . en.
51. Web site: Pete Wells - The New York Times . 2024-02-11 . www.nytimes.com . en.
52. News: The New York Times offers newsroom buyouts, eliminates public editor post . 2017-06-04 . USA TODAY . en.
53. https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/11/national/11PAPE.html?ex=1217563200&en=b83fbfe282d28587&ei=5070 "Times Reporter Who Resigned Leaves Long Trail of Deception"
54. • Web site: The Harlem of Don Hogan Charles . James . Estrin . James Estrin . February 15, 2016 . The New York Times . December 25, 2017 .
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58. News: Alter. Jonathan. 2006-04-23. Taking Sides. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-09-02. 0362-4331.
59. News: Roscoe M'Gowen, Newsman, Is Dead – Times Sportswriter for 30 Years Until '59, Was 80 . The New York Times . November 6, 1966 . 88 . April 26, 2024.
60. Web site: Stuar Nassauer Obituary (2019) New York Times . .
61. Web site: New York Times CTO Rajiv Pant Joins Digital Media Startup Some Spider. Alpert. Lukas I.. 2015-05-07. Blogs.wsj.com. en-US. 2018-06-08.
62. Web site: Gösta Peterson, Barrier-Breaking Fashion Photographer, Dies at 94 . Roberts. Sam. 2017-08-02. www.nytimes.com. en-US. 2023-10-07.
63. News: United Nations Appoints Alison Smale of The New York Times to Top Post for Public Information. Sengupta. Somini. 2017-08-09. 2022-11-11.
64. News: 2002-11-03. Ask A Reporter: Craig Smith. The New York Times. 2021-09-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20021103045851/http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/ask_reporters/smith.html. 2002-11-03.
65. News: McFadden. Robert D.. 2020-12-04. Betsy Wade, First Woman to Edit News at The Times, Dies at 91. en-US. The New York Times. 2020-12-04. 0362-4331.