#WASHINGTON HEIGHTS THE LAST BASTION MANHATTAN PROFESSIONAL#
One subject after the other is worked off the list in a professional manner, every department head gets the word, introducing their story for the following day. The Washington office is linked in via phone, Elisabeth Burmiller, bureau chief in the capital, shares her latest research about Trump. Some participants have laptops in front of them, but the majority scribbles their notes into pads. Indirect light illuminates the windowless room. 45 journalists, heads of department, photo and story editors and reporters sit on light-green office chairs arranged around a brown conference table, an outsized square in the middle of the room. The atmosphere during the editorial conference is casual and composed. The glass palace on 8th Avenue houses the world’s largest newspaper editing team, almost 1250 strong. Whenever Trump hurls an attack at the New York Times, print sales soar and online readership skyrockets. Trump had already started attacking the media house during his electoral campaign, predicting that the paper will be bankrupt within three years. According to Trump, the Times is an “enemy of the people”. At his inaugural speech, Donald Trump he will “fight fake news” – an announcement directed at the New York Times. With his coverage of White House politics, Baquet made an enemy in the president. It uncovered the influence of Russia on the presidential elections and broke the story of Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assaults of dozens of actresses.įake News. The New York Time is frequently ahead of the pack with its stories and reports.
And he did it all without sacrificing the quality of journalism. The Pulitzer-Prize winner transformed the media battleship from a traditional print format into a digital powerhouse. Under Baquet’s leadership, the New York Times ascended to the rank of the world’s most important newspaper. Positions at the Chicago Tribune, New York Times and Los Angeles Times followed.ĭigital Powerhouse. Baquet has worked as journalist for four decades, starting with a stint at Times-Picayune, a New Orleans based daily newspaper. “Dean not only embodies the best of journalism, but he inspires it in those around him,” said Bruce Brown, executive director of the Reporters Committee. Just recently, Baquet has received the “Freedom of Press Award”. Baquet has held his position for the last four years, but it was the inauguration of Donald Trump as US president that made Baquet a beacon of hope, a living symbol of free, independent journalism. Some of the topics about to be shaped into news stories are yet to break when America’s most important daily newspaper leaves print the following morning. In the New York Times editorial conference, Editor in Chief Dean Baquet and his team discuss big issues the whole world talks about.
And since Trump’s world revolves around scale and appearances, this must sting.Ī beacon of hope. This imbues the 52 story New York Times Tower with symbolism: the building is higher than Trump Tower on 5th Avenue by as much as 117 meters. In fact, the opposite is true: after the US election, the New York Times’ online readership has climbed to unprecedented heights, and the paper closed tens of thousands of new subscriptions both for its digital as well as print editions. Trump calls the Times ‘failing’, claiming the newspaper is losing its readership in droves due to the fake news it circulates about him. It houses the world’s most prestigious daily newspaper, which has been locked in a private battle with the sitting President of the United States, Donald Trump, ever since the latter took office. The New York Times tower in Midtown Manhattan on 8th Avenue, designed by Renzo Piano, is the fifth-highest building in New York. For many Americans, The New York Times is the last bastion of truth. Opinions are shaped in these halls every day. Since Donald Trump declared war on the New York Times, circulation, subscriptions and online readership have increased massively.
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