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The New York Times: International desk’s new managing editor
The flood of news is without precedent. Over the past three years, Adrienne Carter has led our London newsroom through three wars — in Ukraine, Gaza and now Iran — while building it into an ever more vital cornerstone of everything The New York Times does. Today, we are thrilled to recognize her leadership by announcing she is becoming an international managing editor.
The New York Times appoints new Brazil bureau chief and correspondent
Posted Wednesday, July 22, 2026 11:20 am International correspondents appeared in more than 120 videos published by The Times last year, putting our reporting from around the world in front of vast new audiences. But there’s more work to do in this medium, and we’re excited to announce an important part of our strategy to embrace it: a hybrid text-and-video bureau in Brazil, anchored by two top-notch journalists who will help us explore how video can be a basic part of how we cover the world.
Siobhán O’Grady joins Kyiv bureau at The New York Times
Posted Wednesday, May 20, 2026 10:33 am When the first Russian tanks rolled across the Ukrainian border in 2022, Siobhán O’Grady was in Kyiv to witness the beginnings of what would become the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II.
The New York Times appoints new editor in International
Maya Chung Joins the Seoul Newsroom Keeping pace with the Asia report requires an editor who can move from a high-level cultural piece to a breaking news alert without missing a beat. Maya Chung, who is joining International as a senior staff editor in our Seoul hub, brings just that kind of versatility. Maya comes to us from The Atlantic, where she spent years sharpening the work of some of the most demanding critics and thinkers in the books industry.
The New York Times' new Iran correspondent - Editor and Publisher
Posted Wednesday, March 4, 2026 11:46 am The Middle East has undergone seismic change over the past two years, and at every turn, our journalists have risen to the occasion. As the region enters another critical chapter, we are strengthening our ranks with a big hire: Yeganeh Torbati, whose work at The Washington Post we have long admired, is our new Iran correspondent.
The New York Times appoints Asia hub’s new global news editor - Editor and Publisher
Posted Monday, February 2, 2026 9:01 pm Please join us in congratulating Farah Fleurima, the new global news editor for the Asia hub in Seoul. After a huge news year in which she was a crucial backup day editor, she’s already bringing innovation and order to the role. She’ll help lead the International report during daylight hours in Asia, working with bureaus around the world, the London and New York hubs, as well as the breaking news team in Seoul.
New role for Amy Fiscus at The New York Times - Editor and Publisher
Posted Tuesday, January 20, 2026 10:24 am London is a complex hub, playing a central role in the newsroom’s 24-7 operation and leading coverage for a vast swath of the world. It is expanding in size, scope and ambition. The International desk is core to the hub’s evolution. And we are pleased to announce that Amy Fiscus, a natural leader with a proven record of delivering high-impact journalism, will be our next deputy editor in London.
The New York Times appoints new Paris bureau chief - Editor and Publisher
In his decades-long career, Mark Landler has reported for The Times from 70 countries and led bureaus in London, Hong Kong and Frankfurt. Now, we are thrilled to announce Mark will be our new Paris bureau chief, one of the oldest and most prestigious international posts at The Times. It is a fitting role for Mark, who has covered it all. Presidents and prime ministers. Royals and rakes. Campaigns and conflicts. Geopolitical grudges and golf courses.
New role for Roger Cohen at The New York Times - Editor and Publisher
As a bureau chief, columnist and editor, Roger Cohen has been an authoritative voice of The New York Times for over 35 years, establishing himself as an essential chronicler of global affairs. Befitting this experience, we are pleased to announce that he will take on a new global role based in Paris as international writer-at-large for both the International desk and the Magazine.
The New York Times: Staff news for Mexico City - Editor and Publisher
We’re excited to announce that Paulina Villegas has joined the International desk as a reporter in the Mexico City bureau. Paulina has established herself as a powerful chronicler of Latin America’s drug wars, taking readers from secret drug labs to crime scenes of shootouts, from hidden smuggler dens to bustling police stations.
The New York Times: International’s next bureau chief for Iran and Iraq - Editor and Publisher
Posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 11:26 am We are excited to announce that Erika Solomon will be our next bureau chief for Iran and Iraq. This is a complex and critical new beat, covering two important countries experiencing major change, both with dynamic populations and rich histories. Iran faces challenges at home and abroad after suffering devastating setbacks since the Oct. 7 attacks, including the 12-day war with Israel three months ago.
The New York Times: International’s new Continental Europe editor - Editor and Publisher
As the Jerusalem bureau chief, Patrick Kingsley has guided us through a pivotal time in the Middle East, with patient leadership, journalistic drive, and seemingly endless energy. Now, we are thrilled to announce a significant new chapter for Patrick, who later this year will take on the role of Continental Europe Editor.
The New York Times: International’s new security correspondent - Editor and Publisher
Posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 2:00 pm Adam Goldman is bringing his sourcing skills and deep experience on security issues to London. Read on for more in this note by Phil Pan, Adrienne Carter and Amy Fiscus. We are excited to announce that Adam Goldman is joining the International desk as a security correspondent, bringing his bottomless appetite for making sources and generous sense of collaboration to our report.
The New York Times hires new correspondent to cover China - Editor and Publisher
Posted Monday, July 21, 2025 10:23 am We are very excited to announce that Lily Kuo, most recently the China bureau chief of The Washington Post, is joining The New York Times as our newest China correspondent, bringing her sharp instincts, creativity and resourcefulness to our coverage of the country and the global reverberations of its rise. From her base in Taipei at The Post, Lily led a team covering China from the outside, a challenge that calls for ingenuity.
The New York Times: Javier C. Hernández is Tokyo’s next bureau chief - Editor and Publisher
Posted Thursday, July 17, 2025 11:08 am To profile the famously elusive Argentine-Swiss pianist Martha Argerich, Javier C. Hernández shadowed her while she was on tour in Switzerland and hung around backstage, going to great lengths in hoping to speak with her. His persistence paid off with an intimate, up-close portrayal of one of the most important artists of her generation.
The New York Times: Annie Correal moves to Mexico City bureau - Editor and Publisher
As the machinery of the U.S. government moved into gear against migrants this year, Annie Correal raced all over Latin America to cover it by land, air and sea. She traveled along the deserted U.S.-Mexico border to document the state of play first hand. She reported on El Salvador’s notorious prison system and the deal between the country’s hardline leader and President Trump.
The New York Times appoints new editors in Seoul - Editor and Publisher
Posted Wednesday, July 2, 2025 1:55 pm We’re thrilled to announce two additions to our Asia news hub in Seoul: Joyce Lau, who will be joining The New York Times as a senior staff editor, and Lars Dolder, who will take on the role of Asia weekend editor following a great stint in New York as an editing resident. Joyce Lau comes to us from The Washington Post, where she was most recently a breaking news editor in Seoul.
The New York Times announces new role for Ephrat Livni on International desk - Editor and Publisher
The demands of the 24-hour news cycle have changed the way we staff our newsroom and challenged traditional notions of geographic coverage. Today, our journalists in Seoul cover shootings in California and reporters in London contribute to live briefings about elections in Africa. A year ago, at the height of the war in Gaza, we needed a reporter with experience covering complicated, fast-breaking news, a facility in new story forms and a commitment to journalistic independence.
The New York Times: Jack Nicas is Mexico City’s next bureau chief - Editor and Publisher
Posted Friday, June 6, 2025 10:41 am We’re thrilled to announce that Jack Nicas, our intrepid Brazil bureau chief for the past three and a half years, will be taking on a new role, as bureau chief in Mexico City.
The New York Times appoints new global intelligence correspondent - Editor and Publisher
Posted Thursday, April 10, 2025 10:32 am It was around dinnertime one evening in February 2022 when Michael Schwirtz sent a message to a group of reporters and editors that jolted the newsroom. Vladimir Putin had given the order. Russia would invade Ukraine early the following morning, beginning with airstrikes on key Ukrainian cities. Michael’s tip proved accurate down to the hour. It was the kind of scoop that came to define Michael’s reporting during the war in Ukraine.
The New York Times appoints new global news editor in London - Editor and Publisher
We are excited to announce that Matt Surman will be our next global news editor in London. In his new role, he will work closely with the New York and Seoul hubs to help shape our daily agenda and tailor the report for our digital audience. He will also work closely with regional editors to tackle news with more story formats and visual efforts, while helping to oversee coverage on our biggest storylines.
Jyoti Thottam joins International at The New York Times - Editor and Publisher
We are happy to announce that Jyoti Thottam, a senior editor in Opinion, is joining the newsroom as an editor on the International desk in New York. We expect Jyoti to help drive and lift news and enterprise from around the world, bringing her talents and experience to bear on our push to produce more explanatory and ideas journalism in particular.
The New York Times: International’s new security editor - Editor and Publisher
We are thrilled to announce that Amy Fiscus is returning to The Times as our new international security editor, based in London. In this new role, Amy will oversee a team of senior correspondents who focus on global intelligence, defense and diplomacy, working closely with bureau chiefs and regional editors to cover storylines that cross borders.
The New York Times: Expanding portfolio for Diego Ribadeneira - Editor and Publisher
Posted Thursday, March 6, 2025 11:11 am We are thrilled to officially announce that Diego Ribadeneira is growing his editing portfolio to include coverage of Canada, an area ripe for big stories, especially in a year with a critical national election and a possible trade war with the United States. Diego, who is based in New York, continues to oversee our excellent coverage of South America and other parts of the region, and has already jumped in to edit our Canada team.
The New York Times appoints new Africa editor - Editor and Publisher
Posted Monday, February 10, 2025 10:03 am We have exciting news about Lauretta Charlton — she is taking on a big role as our new Africa editor, leading a seasoned team of reporters covering a large and growing portion of the world’s population. “Lauretta is a talented editor with a great passion for international news, and for bringing the world to our readers in all of its complexity and texture,” said Alison Mitchell, International news director.
The New York Times announces new role for Laurie Goodstein - Editor and Publisher
We are thrilled to announce a new role for Laurie Goodstein, a deputy editor on International who will now spearhead stories about people, places and ideas. Laurie loves intimate stories about regular people doing surprising things. She will work with reporters and editors across the desk to deliver unexpected, insightful and irresistible stories that draw us in, leaving us amazed, smarter and always wanting more.
The New York Times announces promotion for Lauren Leatherby on International - Editor and Publisher
Posted Tuesday, February 4, 2025 10:03 am During an extraordinary few years for international news, Lauren Leatherby’s visual reporting has stood out. She has helped to document the threat of genocide in Darfur and charted how a vast demographic shift is reshaping the world.
The New York Times announces staff news from London newsroom - Editor and Publisher
We are excited to announce three big moves for the International desk and the London newsroom: Suzanne Spector as a deputy editor, Jaime Swanson as weekend editor and Jeff Boda as a global news editor. Suzanne moves to London from New York, where she’s worked with International since 2017 and has proved to be a versatile hand. She has edited Canada coverage, led our initial push to turn journals into dispatches and spent a memorable year during Covid as day editor.
The New York Times appoints new bureau chiefs for Madrid and Rome - Editor and Publisher
Posted Friday, December 6, 2024 10:38 am They are storytellers and wordsmiths. They have been at the forefront of experimenting with new formats and have offered new insights on longstanding issues. They have expanded the International playbook with their coverage of culture, food, sports, books and society.
The New York Times: Samuel Granados joins International as visual correspondent - Editor and Publisher
Posted Friday, November 22, 2024 9:25 am We’re very happy to announce that Samuel Granados is joining the International desk as a visual correspondent based in Spain. Sam will report and create graphics and multimedia stories that bring readers to critical global stories and help them understand the world. Sam has long been a creative force in graphics and multimedia journalism as an editor, reporter and illustrator, producing memorable work on migration routes in Europe, the Oct.
The New York Times announces a promotion for Russell Goldman on International - Editor and Publisher
Over the past decade, the International desk has often turned to Russell Goldman at critical moments. In Hong Kong, he pioneered our approach to live coverage as Covid spread around the world. As weekend editor, he helped direct our report through the first months of the war in Ukraine. And as a regional Middle East editor, he was one of the leaders of our coverage of the Oct. 7 attacks and the war in Gaza. In other words, he is one of the desk’s most versatile editors and experienced leaders.
Kim Barker joins International desk at The New York Times - Editor and Publisher
Posted Tuesday, October 29, 2024 10:08 am Kim, a tenacious reporter of estimable skills, will be based in London. She has helped show how police traffic stops turn deadly and described the seedy underbelly of a “zombie McDonald’s.” She revived a cold case about a homicide in Laramie, Wyo. for Serial’s first show hosted by a Times reporter, and took on New York City’s broken system for protecting tenants and affordable apartments.
The New York Times: Adam Pasick joins International - Editor and Publisher
Our correspondents around the world have always done much more than report the news — they also explain it. With misinformation in the air and the media in constant upheaval, that aspect of our mission is perhaps more important, and daunting, than ever. And we have tackled it like no one else, by bringing to bear expertise that comes only from on-the-ground reporting and speaking directly to readers across formats, in text and graphics, audio and video.
The New York Times establishes Vietnam bureau - Editor and Publisher
Vietnam has long played an important role in world affairs, and The New York Times has covered this Southeast Asian nation at many critical moments, from the dawn of French colonial rule to the ruptures of the Vietnam War. With the end of that war in 1975 also came the closing of The Times’s bureau in Vietnam. But a new chapter will begin next month: We are thrilled to announce that we are re-establishing a bureau in Vietnam, and that Damien Cave will take on the exciting mission of leading it.
The New York Times announces new role for Kaly Soto - Editor and Publisher
We are thrilled to announce that Kaly Soto has returned to the United States to become our global news editor for evenings in New York. She will be part of a team of new leaders on the International desk dedicated to constantly improving our digital report, making it more urgent, accessible and authoritative, around the clock and around the world.
The New York Times: Caroline Houck is joining International - Editor and Publisher
Posted Tuesday, August 20, 2024 10:32 am We are pleased to announce that Caroline Houck will join the International desk as a senior staff editor, helping to make our biggest stories more accessible to more people around the world. Caroline will fortify our weekend crew in New York, which has juggled breaking news over countless Saturdays and Sundays. She will also help build out our push for more explanatory journalism, tackling a key goal for the newsroom.
The New York Times hires new reporter in Gulf Bureau - Editor and Publisher
We are excited to announce that a new reporter, Ismaeel Naar, is joining the Gulf bureau, helping us expand our coverage of a region that has grown exponentially in wealth and power over the past two decades. Ismaeel, a Bahraini journalist who has reported from a dozen countries across the Middle East, will be based in Dubai, giving us a crucial foothold in the United Arab Emirates.
A new assignment for Alissa Rubin at The New York Times - Editor and Publisher
We are excited to announce a new assignment for Alissa Rubin as senior Middle East correspondent. Since October, as a veteran reporter of America’s “forever wars,” Alissa has brought invaluable expertise and understanding of the region’s power dynamics to our coverage of the Israel-Hamas war. And even before October, Alissa had been reporting on Iran’s various regional proxies across the Middle East and Iraq’s efforts to navigate a tricky path between Iran and the United States.
The New York Times: Matina Stevis-Gridneff is our new Canada bureau chief - Editor and Publisher
Posted Monday, June 17, 2024 10:15 am She broke the news that the European Union had agreed to ban Russian oil. She got the global exclusive on how the European Union struck a deal with Pfizer for billions of Covid-19 vaccines. She revealed how the Greek authorities stood by and watched as a disabled migrant ship sank, leading to the deaths of more than 600 people in a maritime disaster that shocked Europe.
The New York Times: Lynsey Chutel moves to London - Editor and Publisher
We are thrilled to announce that Lynsey Chutel will be joining the London newsroom as a general assignment reporter for the International desk. As a reporter-researcher in the Johannesburg bureau, Lynsey brought deft news judgment and strong reporting skills to some of the biggest stories in her patch, while bringing to life people and places across the region.
The New York Times: International expands its Middle East team - Editor and Publisher
Our coverage of the Israel-Hamas war and its ramifications around the region has been urgent, insightful and distinctive. We have relied on an outstanding team of correspondents in the region and drawn on a deep bench of talent across the newsroom as well as the editing and leadership of Marjorie Olster and others. Now we are investing even more in these efforts. We’re very happy to announce that we’ve added three top-notch, experienced journalists to the team.
The New York Times appoints new news editor in London - Editor and Publisher
Cassandra Vinograd has joined the International desk as a news editor in London. As she has shown in nearly two years working as a freelancer with Live, she is a multitalented player. She edits. She writes. She is deft at news, in all its many forms. “She has all the skills you’d want in an editor, including an almost uncanny ability to spot news,” said Shashank Bengali, senior editor for Live in London.
The New York Times: Laura Kim joins International - Editor and Publisher
The size and ambition of the International desk is greater than it has ever been, with over 200 people around the world, a 24-7 operation and a global audience of millions. But to ensure our journalistic success, the desk needs to keep evolving — adapting how we work to the new challenges we face and building more structure and support for a growing team. To that end, we are excited to announce that Laura Kim is joining International as our deputy for strategy and operations.
The New York Times: Bo Hee Kim joins International as director of audience, strategy and operations - Editor and Publisher
Every day on the International desk, hundreds of people work together across time zones, often under great pressure and sometimes in dangerous places. We break news, go live, deliver distinctive enterprise, explore ideas, reveal wrongdoing and explain to millions of people what’s happening and why it matters. But the challenge goes beyond the reporting and editing.
The New York Times: International adds global sports team - Editor and Publisher
Posted Thursday, September 28, 2023 2:54 pm We have long admired them from afar. Now we no longer need to: Andrew Das, Jeré Longman, Tariq Panja, Rory Smith and James Wagner are joining the International desk. Their mission will be to report on sports — as well as the people, businesses and ideas that animate them — and what they reveal about societies around the world. Rory and Tariq are our new global sports correspondents, and will be based in the United Kingdom.
The New York Times announces promotions for Andy Parsons and Gillian Wong - Editor and Publisher
They are two of the most accomplished beat editors you’ll find at The Times, pioneers who moved from Hong Kong and helped establish the Seoul newsroom. Now, Andy Parsons and Gillian Wong have been promoted to be deputy Asia editors, taking on added responsibility across the range of everything we cover. Adrienne Carter, who as Asia editor managed the move to Seoul and a lot more besides, describes both as crucial partners.
The New York Times names a new correspondent in Mexico City - Editor and Publisher
Phil Pan, Greg Winter, Lauren Katzenberg, and Diego Ribadeneira | The New York Times As the Mexico City bureau continues to pursue ambitious stories and expansive coverage of the region, we’re thrilled to announce that Simon Romero will be joining the team as a correspondent. Working alongside Natalie Kitroeff and Maria Abi-Habib, Simon will tackle the region’s most crucial issues, including migration, climate change, rising violence and Mexico’s 2024 presidential election.
The New York Times appoints U.K. editor - Editor and Publisher
Phil Pan, Adrienne Carter and Kim Fararo | The New York Times Britain has a rich journalistic tradition, with a deeply engaged and competitive media landscape that produces a wealth of important reporting. It is also home to one of our biggest audiences outside the United States, and to our largest international newsroom, which has more than doubled in size in the past five years.
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