Nearly 50 journalists spent weeks documenting what New Yorkers were doing after dark when pandemic restrictions were fading, at least for a time. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “New York Times”
How (and Why) the Metro Desk Photographed 115 Service Workers
By Gotham Rex on July 23, 2021
The New Yorkers who kept the city moving were often overlooked. Portraits put their faces in the center of the frame. Source: New York Times
"Too Quiet": A Times Editor on Working in a Dormant Newsroom
By Gotham Rex on July 17, 2021
My colleagues are returning. Slowly. In the meantime, our office remains a ghostly work space. Source: New York Times
How Times Reporters Investigated Amazon Employment Practices
By Gotham Rex on July 4, 2021
A recent Times project that examined how the tech giant manages its workers took months of reporting and hundreds of interviews. Source: New York Times
Richard J. Meislin, Times Editor and Web Journalism Pioneer, Dies at 68
By Gotham Rex on June 25, 2021
He was both a computer whiz and an accomplished newsman when he began prodding colleagues and the newspaper itself to begin adapting to the online world. Source: New York Times
Former Times Columnist George Vecsey Gets Tribute From Son
By Gotham Rex on June 19, 2021
I had to share my father with millions of readers, but they never got to hear the back stories over a Wendy’s hamburger coming home from Shea Stadium in the middle of the night. Source: New York Times
Gail Slatter, Who Helped Make the Times Newsroom Run, Dies at 68
By Gotham Rex on March 26, 2021
For 40 years she was a guide and gatekeeper, working in “the morgue” (the article and photo archive) and on the photo and culture desks. She died of Covid-19. Source: New York Times
New York Times Reporter Writes About Missing the Office
By Gotham Rex on March 13, 2021
Incredibly, we have all worked remotely for a year. But I’m homesick for our office. Source: New York Times
Jack Schwartz, Key Cog at New York Newspapers, Dies at 82
By Gotham Rex on February 19, 2021
His guiding hand shaped countless news stories and careers. He died of Covid-19. Source: New York Times
How a ’70s Photo Foreshadowed a World-Class Figure Skater’s Future
By Gotham Rex on February 5, 2021
Elaine Asanaki found a first career on the ice after outings to Rockefeller Center that honed her early talent. Source: New York Times
74 of Our Favorite Facts for 2020
By Gotham Rex on December 30, 2020
Each day, our editors collect the most interesting, striking or delightful facts to appear in articles throughout the paper. Here are 74 from the past year that were the most revealing. Source: New York Times
New York City in Virtual Walks
By Gotham Rex on December 20, 2020
The Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman spent the past 10 months exploring the city’s communities with architects, writers and historians. Here’s what he learned. Source: New York Times
Betsy Wade, First Woman to Edit News at The Times, Dies at 91
By Gotham Rex on December 3, 2020
In a 45-year Times career, she also became the first woman to lead the Newspaper Guild of New York and fought a sex discrimination case against the paper. Source: New York Times
A Painstaking Portrait of Some of New York’s Darkest Days
By Gotham Rex on December 3, 2020
Few places have been hit by the coronavirus the way a stretch of Queens was last spring. A group of Times journalists built something to help us remember that. Source: New York Times
Jim Dwyer, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist, Dies at 63
By Gotham Rex on October 8, 2020
Working for New York Newsday, The Daily News and The Times, he covered the human stories of New York in dramatic prose and crusaded against injustice. Source: New York Times