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The feature was introduced on March 8, 2018, for International Women's Day, when the Times published fifteen obituaries of such "overlooked" women, and has since become a weekly feature in the paper. The project was created by Amisha Padnani, the digital editor of the obituaries desk, [1] and Jessica Bennett, the paper's gender editor. In its ...
May W. Newburger (January 22, 1920 – August 30, 2012) was an American activist and politician who served as a member of the New York State Assembly from 1979 to 1986. Early life and education [ edit ]
William McDonald is an American journalist and editor for The New York Times and is the current obituaries editor.. McDonald, a former editor at Newsday on Long Island, joined the New York Times in 1988 and has held numerous positions at the paper. [1]
On April 20, 1982, he was elected to the New York State Senate (7th D.), to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John D. Caemmerer. [2] He was re-elected several times, and remained in the State Senate until his death in 1997, sitting in the 184th, 185th, 186th, 187th, 188th, 189th, 190th, 191st and 192nd New York State Legislatures. He was ...
After a lifetime of secrecy, a decorated veteran came out as gay in his obituary. Col. Edward Thomas Ryan, who is said to have lived most of his life in Rennselaer, New York, was a brother, uncle ...
The New York Times celebrated fifty thousand issues on March 14, 1995, an observance that should have occurred on July 26, 1996. [267] The New York Times has reduced the physical size of its print edition while retaining its broadsheet format. The New-York Daily Times debuted at 18 inches (460 mm) across.
Breslin was a columnist for the New York Herald Tribune, [13] the Daily News, the New York Journal American, Newsday, The Daily Beast, the National Police Gazette and other venues. [ 14 ] When the Sunday supplement of the Tribune was reworked into New York magazine by editor Clay Felker in 1962, Breslin appeared in the new edition, which became ...
Sam Roberts (born June 20, 1947) is an American journalist who has written for The New York Times since 1983, serving as Urban Affairs Correspondent from 2005 to 2015. He now serves as an obituaries writer. [1] He is also host of a weekly television news talk show The New York Times Close Up on CUNY TV.