Mike Schmidt

Jan 14, 2025 | editorandpublisher.com | Solana Pyne |Mona Lalwani |Mike Schmidt

We are excited to welcome Melanie Bencosme, Christina Thornell and Laura Bult as video journalists on Reporter Video, a team that produces compelling vertical video featuring New York Times reporters. These videos offer a visual experience of the biggest news stories and capture the newsroom’s expertise around the world. Our newest hires will help us continue to grow and innovate, helping us work with reporters across more stories and subject areas.

Jan 7, 2025 | editorandpublisher.com | Solana Pyne |Mona Lalwani |Mike Schmidt

We are excited to welcome Valentina Caval and John Pappas as senior producers on Reporter Video, a team of video journalists who produce compelling vertical video featuring New York Times reporters. These videos offer a visual experience of the biggest news stories and capture the newsroom’s expertise around the world.. As senior producers, John and Valentina will collaborate with newsroom desks, identify critical stories and guide video production to expand our coverage and formats.

Jul 19, 2024 | paloaltoonline.com | Mike Schmidt

He let out the kind of cough everyone hates. The one that sounds worse than it is, clawing its way out of your throat. The one that causes people in the room to unconsciously shift a few steps away, although sometimes people do it on purpose to let you know they heard you. The one that I hated too. “Once upon a time, a long long time ago, there was a king. He wanted to discover and compress all the world’s knowledge into one book.” I hadn’t heard a “once upon a time” story in a while.

Jul 19, 2024 | paloaltoonline.com | Mike Schmidt

Little Evie clutches tight at her stuffed bunny, hiding under the covers. Eyes wide open, she scans her dark bedroom, watchful of the shadows that look more and more like monsters with each closer look. Enormous spiders with sharp fangs and spindly legs. Masked men in black robes, warping and twisting from floor to ceiling. Even more monsters lurk under her bed. Big, hairy beasts with red eyes and sharp claws. Slimy creatures with long tongues and thousands of eyes.

Jul 19, 2024 | paloaltoonline.com | Mike Schmidt

Coloma is famous for its gold rush, when a miner found gold they would deposit their gold at a bank. You can imagine how much gold may have been in a bank. Millions and millions of gold nuggets! Well one day under the cover of darkness, the wanted bandit Sam Francisco snuck into the bank and stole all the gold. When morning came, the bank employees realized someone had stolen all their gold! They immediately called the sheriff of town.