The following excerpt announcement comes from New York Times Metro editor Jim Dao, Survey editor, subway Kirsten Dennis And deputy subway editor/politics Dean Zhang:
Nicole Hong There has been a shift from covering courts and criminal justice to writing articles on economics, including a focus on small businesses and technology companies. Before joining The Times, Nicole was a legal reporter for The Wall Street Journal, and her team won the 2019 Pulitzer National Reporting Award.
Mihir Zaviri Has moved from a general-task reporter to reporting on housing beats. Prior to joining The Times in 2018, Mihir worked for the Houston Chronicle.
James Barron For most of the past four years, one of the most famous and popular signatures on Metro will be the new author of the “New York Today” newsletter. James has anchored the pandemic review column for most of the past year, which is the core function of the virus tracking page in printed paper, so that A-4 is called the “Barron page” by some people.
After reporting on Albany for 8 years, I served as director for 5 years, Jesse McKinley Will be Metro’s traveling reporter in the northern state, covering the economy, politics and culture of our huge state, from the northern suburbs of New York City to the Adirondack Mountains to Buffalo. Jesse is well suited for this task, having served as a reporter for the Culture Department and as the bureau chief of the San Francisco State Department.
Michael La Fogia, A reporter from the investigation team will join Metro in August as the investigation editor. Prior to joining The Times in 2017, Michael was responsible for overseeing the 10-person investigation department of the Tampa Bay Times. As a reporter there, he shared two Pulitzer Prizes.
last but not least, Nick VandosCongressional reporters in Washington will join Metro after Labor Day as a state reporter to help fill in the big shoes left behind David Goodman, He went to the National Service Desk in Texas.
