David Halbfinger

Politics Editor at The New York Times

Politics editor for The New York Times, via Jerusalem, NYC, Hollywood, Atlanta. he/him/his. aka (at) halbfinger (at) threads (dot) net

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Teddy Schleifer returns to The New York Times - Editor and Publisher

May 23, 2024 | editorandpublisher.com | David Halbfinger

I’m delighted to announce one more exciting homecoming: Teddy Schleifer, who was a David Rosenbaum reporting fellow in the Washington bureau a decade ago, and then made a name for himself reporting on the intersection of tech and politics, will be returning to The Times as a correspondent on the Politics desk. Teddy rejoins us from Puck, where he carved out a niche writing about billionaires and their influence in the overlapping worlds of politics, philanthropy and technology.
Shawn McCreesh rejoins The New York Times - Editor and Publisher

May 13, 2024 | editorandpublisher.com | David Halbfinger

This note was sent by David Halbfinger to the Politics desk, where Shawn will be joining as a feature writer:Politics is a serious business, and you have been a seriously unbeatable team in covering this extraordinary campaign in every conceivable way.
The New York Times announces new editor on Politics - Editor and Publisher

Apr 1, 2024 | editorandpublisher.com | David Halbfinger

I’m delighted to announce that Miguel Gonzalez, a gifted and experienced editor who spent 25 years at The Wall Street Journal, most recently overseeing its Politics and Policy newsletter, is joining The Times as day editor for the Politics desk. Miguel is a natural for this new role, in which he will divide his time, handling breaking news stories and anchoring our live-news platforms in the morning and then editing Jess Bidgood’s evening On Politics newsletter.
The New York Times: A new voice for On Politics - Editor and Publisher

Mar 19, 2024 | editorandpublisher.com | David Halbfinger |Elisabeth Bumiller |Adam Pasick

Under its first two authors, Lisa Lerer and Blake Hounshell, the On Politics newsletter was a trusted guide to the hurlyburly of national politics and a deeply reported source of explanatory political journalism. Our long search for a new managing correspondent to take on the franchise and make it her own required finding someone who could reimagine, reinvent and reinvigorate the newsletter for its vast audience of devoted readers.
Mike Peed is joining Politics at The New York Times - Editor and Publisher

Nov 30, 2023 | editorandpublisher.com | David Halbfinger

I’m delighted to announce that Mike Peed, a stalwart of the Flex desk who has also lent a steady hand filling in as the night editor for the National and Business desks, is joining Politics as a senior staff editor. He’ll be working a swing shift, editing breaking news and all manner of stories by day while also minding the store on Friday and Saturday nights. Mike is no stranger to political coverage.
The New York Times announces promotion for Chris Cameron - Editor and Publisher

Oct 27, 2023 | editorandpublisher.com | David Halbfinger

I’m delighted to announce that Chris Cameron, an enterprising go-getter in the Washington bureau who has been seizing every opportunity to demonstrate his reporting and writing chops, is being promoted to reporter and will join the Politics desk to cover breaking news. Chris has been with The Times since 2019 as a news assistant, during which he’s shown enormous initiative. He’s pitched in on almost every beat in the bureau and for National, International and Politics.
Michael Gold joins the Politics desk at The New York Times - Editor and Publisher

Sep 6, 2023 | editorandpublisher.com | David Halbfinger

I am thrilled to announce that Michael Gold, a lavishly talented story spotter, reporter and writer who has been a rising star on the Metro desk since 2018, has joined the Politics desk as a campaign correspondent. It goes without saying that for much of the past year, Michael has, with Grace Ashford, utterly owned the George Santos saga — a story that they broke and then dominated, delivering scoop after scoop laden with the kind of delicious details you couldn’t possibly make up.
The New York Times: Politics welcomes Liz Johnstone - Editor and Publisher

Jul 24, 2023 | editorandpublisher.com | David Halbfinger

David Halbfinger | The New York Times I’m thrilled to announce that Liz Johnstone, a terrific driver of political news who rocketed to leadership at NBC News Digital, will be bringing her talents, energy and intellect — and a wealth of experience that is directly applicable to our work — to The Times.
Monday, June 21, 2021

Jun 20, 2021 | albertmohler.com | Jason Horowitz |David Halbfinger |David Sanger |Farnaz Fassihi
Benjamin Netanyahu, ‘King of Israel,’ exits a stage he dominated

Jun 13, 2021 | indianexpress.com | David Halbfinger