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Ben Smith Named New York Times Media Columnist Ben Smith of BuzzFeed Named New York Times Media Columnist
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Ben Smith, the editor in chief of BuzzFeed, will be The New York Times’s next media columnist.Ben Smith, the editor in chief of BuzzFeed, will be The New York Times’s next media columnist.
Mr. Smith will leave the digital news outlet he helped shape to replace Jim Rutenberg, who recently became a writer at large at The Times, splitting duties between the politics desk and The Times Magazine. Before Mr. Rutenberg, the columnist position was held for years by David Carr, the prolific media columnist who died in 2015.Mr. Smith will leave the digital news outlet he helped shape to replace Jim Rutenberg, who recently became a writer at large at The Times, splitting duties between the politics desk and The Times Magazine. Before Mr. Rutenberg, the columnist position was held for years by David Carr, the prolific media columnist who died in 2015.
In an announcement on Tuesday, the Times editors Dean Baquet, Joe Kahn and Ellen Pollock called Mr. Smith “a relentless innovator who helped change the shape of modern journalism.” He is expected to start on March 2.In an announcement on Tuesday, the Times editors Dean Baquet, Joe Kahn and Ellen Pollock called Mr. Smith “a relentless innovator who helped change the shape of modern journalism.” He is expected to start on March 2.
“Ben not only understands the seismic changes remaking media, he has lived them — and in some cases, led them,” the announcement said.“Ben not only understands the seismic changes remaking media, he has lived them — and in some cases, led them,” the announcement said.
Mr. Smith joined BuzzFeed in 2012, helping to build an organization that many came to associate with click bait and so-called “listicles” even as it sought to find its place alongside mainstream media outlets as a purveyor of hard-hitting, in-depth journalism. Mr. Smith joined BuzzFeed in 2012, helping to build an organization that many came to associate with click bait and so-called listicles even as it sought to find its place alongside mainstream media outlets as a purveyor of hard-hitting, in-depth journalism.
“I’ve been here for eight years and (as I’m sure many of you have picked up) am eager for a spell of writing and reporting and thinking,” Mr. Smith said in a note sent to BuzzFeed staff on Tuesday. “I’ve taken a job doing that.”“I’ve been here for eight years and (as I’m sure many of you have picked up) am eager for a spell of writing and reporting and thinking,” Mr. Smith said in a note sent to BuzzFeed staff on Tuesday. “I’ve taken a job doing that.”
BuzzFeed News was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in international reporting in 2018 for its work investigating operatives with apparent ties to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia engaging in targeted killings in England and the United States. In 2017, Chris Hamby, a reporter at BuzzFeed News, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in international reporting for an article about how multinational corporations undermined environmental laws. BuzzFeed News was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in international reporting in 2018 for its work investigating operatives with apparent ties to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia engaging in targeted killings in England and the United States. In 2017, Chris Hamby, a reporter at BuzzFeed News, was a finalist for the Pulitzer in international reporting for an article about how multinational corporations undermined environmental laws.