September 26, 2018 – There is about to be a new journalism institution in town, as reported by the New York Times, with New York Magazine as a proud partner providing tech, editorial, design, and distribution support. The digital organization will be called The City (@TheCityNY), and its mandate will be to fill the gap created by the closing and shrinking of other local-news bureaus by publishing strong, hard-hitting journalism about New York City, specifically: transportation, housing and real estate, climate change, healthcare, immigrant New Yorkers, and criminal justice — as well as the politics of City Hall and Albany. It will be edited by Jere Hester, an esteemed alumnus of the Daily News who has run newsrooms both there and at CUNY journalism school. He will be building a staff of around 15 reporters and editors. Its executive director will be Kai Falkenberg, who comes from the New York City Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment.
October 1, 2018
