| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Jill Abramson |
Journalist |
19-Mar-1954 |
|
New York Times managing editor |
| Renata Adler |
Journalist |
19-Oct-1938 |
|
Gone: The Last Days of the New Yorker |
| Mike Allen |
Journalist |
? |
|
Time reporter |
| Natalie Angier |
Journalist |
16-Feb-1958 |
|
Science reporter |
| Brooks Atkinson |
Critic |
28-Nov-1894 |
14-Jan-1984 |
New York Times drama critic |
| Russell Baker |
Author |
14-Aug-1925 |
|
Growing Up |
| Peter Bart |
Journalist |
24-Jul-1932 |
|
Editor of Variety |
| Lowell Bergman |
Film/TV Producer |
24-Jul-1945 |
|
Former 60 Minutes producer |
| Jayson Blair |
Journalist |
1976 |
|
Prevaricating NYT reporter |
| Roy Blount, Jr. |
Author |
5-Oct-1941 |
|
Humorist |
| David Broder |
Journalist |
11-Sep-1929 |
|
Washington Post reporter |
| David Brooks |
Columnist |
11-Aug-1961 |
|
Shields and Brooks |
| Frank Bruni |
Journalist |
31-Oct-1964 |
|
New York Times food critic |
| Pat Buchanan |
Columnist |
2-Nov-1938 |
|
Right-wing conservative throwback |
| Elisabeth Bumiller |
Journalist |
c. 1955 |
|
New York Times Washington correspondent |
| John Burns |
Journalist |
4-Oct-1944 |
|
New York Times correspondent |
| Janet Burroway |
Novelist |
21-Sep-1936 |
|
The Dancer from the Dance |
| Richard R. Burt |
Diplomat |
3-Feb-1947 |
|
US Ambassador to Germany, 1985-89 |
| Adam Clymer |
Journalist |
27-Apr-1937 |
|
New York Times major-league asshole |
| Daniel H. Cohen |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
NYT VP Advertising, 1995-99 |
| Helene Cooper |
Journalist |
c. 1966 |
|
NY Times editorial board |
| E. J. Dionne |
Journalist |
23-Apr-1952 |
|
The Washington Post |
| Maureen Dowd |
Columnist |
14-Jan-1952 |
|
New York Times columnist |
| Allen Drury |
Novelist |
2-Sep-1918 |
2-Sep-1998 |
Advise and Consent |
| Orvil Dryfoos |
Publisher |
8-Nov-1912 |
26-May-1963 |
Publisher of the New York Times, 1961-63 |
| Barbara Ehrenreich |
Author |
26-Aug-1941 |
|
Nickel and Dimed |
| Kurt Eichenwald |
Journalist |
28-Jun-1961 |
|
Conspiracy of Fools |
| Nora Ephron |
Author |
19-May-1941 |
|
When Harry Met Sally |
| Susan Faludi |
Activist |
18-Apr-1959 |
|
Backlash |
| Thomas Friedman |
Journalist |
20-Jul-1953 |
|
New York Times |
| Bill Geist |
Columnist |
10-May-1945 |
|
60 Minutes II |
| Leslie H. Gelb |
Government |
4-Mar-1937 |
|
President, Council on Foreign Relations, 1993-2003 |
| E. L. Godkin |
Journalist |
2-Oct-1831 |
21-May-1902 |
Co-founder of The Nation |
| James C. Hagerty |
Government |
9-May-1909 |
11-Apr-1981 |
Eisenhower's press secretary |
| David Halberstam |
Journalist |
10-Apr-1934 |
23-Apr-2007 |
The Powers That Be |
| Seymour Hersh |
Journalist |
8-Apr-1937 |
|
Uncovered the My Lai Massacre |
| John Hodgman |
Author |
1971 |
|
The Areas of My Expertise |
| Alexander Lyman Holley |
Engineer |
20-Jul-1832 |
29-Jan-1882 |
Designed steel foundries |
| Charlayne Hunter-Gault |
TV Personality |
27-Feb-1942 |
|
NPR, NewsHour reporter |
| Gwen Ifill |
Journalist |
29-Sep-1955 |
|
Washington Week, Lehrer News Hour |
| Molly Ivins |
Columnist |
30-Aug-1944 |
31-Jan-2007 |
Loudmouthed Texas dame |
| Michiko Kakutani |
Critic |
9-Jan-1955 |
|
Quirky New York Times book critic |
| Bernard Kalb |
Journalist |
4-Feb-1922 |
|
CBS and NBC news correspondent |
| George S. Kaufman |
Playwright |
16-Nov-1889 |
2-Jun-1961 |
You Can't Take It With You |
| Bill Keller |
Journalist |
18-Jun-1949 |
|
Executive Editor, The New York Times, 2003- |
| Walter Kerr |
Critic |
8-Jul-1913 |
9-Oct-1996 |
New York Times drama critic |
| Joyce Kilmer |
Poet |
6-Dec-1886 |
30-Jul-1918 |
Trees |
| Tony Kornheiser |
Journalist |
13-Jul-1948 |
|
Pardon the Interruption |
| Hilton Kramer |
Critic |
25-Mar-1928 |
|
The New Criterion |
| Nicholas D. Kristof |
Journalist |
27-Apr-1959 |
|
New York Times Op-Ed columnist |
| Paul Krugman |
Columnist |
28-Feb-1953 |
|
New York Times columnist/economist |
| Jennifer 8. Lee |
Journalist |
15-Mar-1976 |
|
New York Times reporter |
| Anthony Lewis |
Author |
27-Mar-1927 |
|
Gideon's Trumpet |
| Eric Lichtblau |
Journalist |
c. 1965 |
|
NY Times reporter |
| A. J. Liebling |
Journalist |
18-Oct-1904 |
28-Dec-1963 |
The New Yorker |
| John Markoff |
Journalist |
24-Oct-1949 |
|
New York Times computer guy |
| Janet Maslin |
Critic |
1948 |
|
New York Times film critic |
| Brander Matthews |
Critic |
21-Feb-1852 |
31-Mar-1929 |
The Study of American Literature |
| William Meredith |
Poet |
9-Jan-1919 |
30-May-2007 |
Partial Accounts |
| Judith Miller |
Journalist |
2-Jan-1948 |
|
Credulous NY Times WMD maven |
| Elvis Mitchell |
Critic |
1958 |
|
Mumbling ex-New York Times film critic |
| Adam Nagourney |
Journalist |
c. 1955 |
|
New York Times |
| Victor Navasky |
Publisher |
5-Jul-1932 |
|
Publisher of The Nation |
| Nicholas Negroponte |
Educator |
1943 |
|
MIT Media Lab founder |
| John M. O'Brien |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CFO, New York Times Company, 1998-2001 |
| Adolph Ochs |
Publisher |
12-Mar-1858 |
08-Apr-1935 |
Publisher of The New York Times, 1896-1936 |
| Norman Pearlstine |
Journalist |
4-Oct-1942 |
|
Former Time Inc. Editor in Chief |
| Walter Pincus |
Journalist |
24-Dec-1932 |
|
Washington Post reporter with CIA ties |
| Hugh B. Price |
Activist |
1941 |
|
President of the Urban League, 1994-2003 |
| Anna Quindlen |
Columnist |
8-Jul-1953 |
|
NYT columnist turned novelist |
| Howell Raines |
Journalist |
5-Feb-1943 |
|
Executive editor, NYT, resigned |
| Ruth Reichl |
Critic |
16-Jan-1948 |
|
Editor-in-Chief, Gourmet magazine |
| Andrew Revkin |
Journalist |
? |
|
New York Times science reporter |
| Frank Rich |
Columnist |
2-Jun-1949 |
|
New York Times |
| James Risen |
Journalist |
c. 1955 |
|
NY Times national security reporter |
| Janet L. Robinson |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
CEO of New York Times Company |
| Abe Rosenthal |
Journalist |
2-May-1922 |
10-May-2006 |
NY Times executive editor 1977-86 |
| Ilene Rosenzweig |
Columnist |
? |
|
Swell designer |
| William Safire |
Columnist |
17-Dec-1929 |
|
NYT columnist and language maven |
| Sydney Schanberg |
Journalist |
17-Jan-1934 |
|
The Death and Life of Dith Pran |
| Daniel Schorr |
Journalist |
31-Aug-1916 |
|
Veteran journalist, Nixon enemy |
| Vin Scully |
Baseball |
29-Nov-1927 |
|
Voice of the Dodgers |
| Neil Sheehan |
Journalist |
27-Oct-1936 |
|
A Bright Shining Lie |
| Barbara Slavin |
Journalist |
1951 |
|
Sr. Diplomatic Reporter, USA Today |
| Carl Spielvogel |
Business |
c. 1930 |
|
Advertising executive, Bates Worldwide |
| Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. |
Publisher |
22-Sep-1951 |
|
Publisher of the New York Times |
| Arthur Hays Sulzberger |
Publisher |
12-Sep-1891 |
11-Dec-1968 |
Publisher of the New York Times, 1935-61 |
| Punch Sulzberger |
Publisher |
5-Feb-1926 |
|
Publisher of the New York Times, 1963-91 |
| Ron Suskind |
Journalist |
1959 |
|
The Price of Loyalty |
| Gay Talese |
Author |
7-Feb-1932 |
|
Honor Thy Father |
| Sam Tanenhaus |
Author |
? |
|
Editor, New York Times Book Review |
| Hunter S. Thompson |
Journalist |
18-Jul-1937 |
20-Feb-2005 |
Gonzo journalist and author |
| Lester Thurow |
Economist |
7-May-1938 |
|
Sloan School of Management |
| Carl Van Vechten |
Novelist |
17-Jun-1880 |
21-Dec-1964 |
Patron of the Harlem Renaissance |
| Sander Vanocur |
Journalist |
8-Jan-1928 |
|
ABC and NBC correspondent |
| Weegee |
Photographer |
12-Jun-1899 |
26-Dec-1968 |
Crime photographer |
| Roger Wilkins |
Educator |
1932 |
|
Author, blackademic |
| Alexander Woollcott |
Critic |
18-Jan-1887 |
23-Jan-1943 |
The Man Who Came to Dinner |
| Stark Young |
Critic |
11-Oct-1881 |
6-Jan-1963 |
So Red the Rose |
