NY Observer > Dean Baquet http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/49772/feed Articles from Observer.com en If (When?) Downie Hangs It Up, Who's Replacing Him at the Post? http://www.observer.com/2008/if-when-downie-hangs-it-whos-replacing-him-post

The rumors are running wild in D.C. that sometime later this week, Post editor Leonard Downie will take a buyout and step down. A short-list of candidates is making its way around, and Michael Calderone at Politico sizes it up.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/if-when-downie-hangs-it-whos-replacing-him-post#comments Media Dean Baquet Jon Meacham Leonard Downie Marcus Brauchli Washington Post Wed, 14 May 2008 13:47:21 -0400 John Koblin 69221 at http://www.observer.com Adam Liptak Named New Supreme Court Reporter at The New York Times http://www.observer.com/2008/adam-liptak-named-new-supreme-court-beat-reporter-new-york-times

For the first time in decades, The New York Times has a new Supreme Court reporter.

Adam Liptak, the Times' national legal reporter, is taking over the position Linda Greenhouse—who covered the beat, off and on, for 30 years—vacated in February after taking a $300,000 buyout. Before Mr. Liptak was a reporter, he was a lawyer for the paper. He joined the newsroom in 2002.

Here's the memo from Washington bureau chief Dean Baquet:  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/adam-liptak-named-new-supreme-court-beat-reporter-new-york-times#comments Media Adam Liptak Dean Baquet Linda Greenhouse New York Times Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:12:57 -0400 John Koblin 67420 at http://www.observer.com Off the Record http://www.observer.com/node/37037 L.A. Times May Have Dumped Grazer, But It Could Have Been Rummy    read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/37037#comments Media Brian Grazer Chris Anderson Dean Baquet Hollywood Sun, 01 Apr 2007 20:00:00 -0400 Observer Staff 37037 at http://www.observer.com Off the Record http://www.observer.com/node/37234 L.A. Times May Have Dumped Grazer, But It Could Have Been Rummy    read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/37234#comments Media Brian Grazer Chris Anderson Dean Baquet Hollywood Sun, 01 Apr 2007 20:00:00 -0400 Observer Staff 37234 at http://www.observer.com Dean Baquet: L.A. Times Morale in the Tank http://www.observer.com/node/33012 The New Yorker's Ken Auletta began this morning's all-star media panel, held at the W Hotel in midtown, with a question for McClatchy CEO Gary Pruitt.

Would he have fired Dean Baquet from the Los Angeles Times?

"I doubt it," he responded, "but I have no idea."

Laughter ensued, not simply because of the query, legitimate in light of Baquet's fallout with L.A. Times parent, the Tribune Company. It had more to do with Mr. Baquet, now New York Times D.C. bureau chief, being flanked by the two men.

All three were on stage, for roughly 90 minutes, to discuss the fate of the newspaper industry, the latest gathering of Syracuse University's Newhouse School in New York.

Unsurprisingly, Si was sitting right up front.  read more »

Media machers filled the ballroom for the 8 a.m. breakfast, including the New Yorker's David Remnick, Time Warner chief Dick Parksons, and the Ingrassia brothers, Larry and Paul, representing the N.Y. Times and Wall Street Journal, respectively. There was a gaggle of media reporters, as well as other notables like former New York Mayor (and New York Press columnist!) Ed Koch. ]]> http://www.observer.com/node/33012#comments Media Dean Baquet Gary Pruitt Sam Zell Tribune Company Thu, 29 Mar 2007 07:52:54 -0400 Observer Staff 33012 at http://www.observer.com Baquet to Future: L.A. Exile to Run Times D.C. Bureau http://www.observer.com/node/36664 On Jan.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/36664#comments Media Dean Baquet Jill Abramson Philip Taubman Sun, 04 Feb 2007 19:00:00 -0500 Michael Calderone 36664 at http://www.observer.com Dean Baquet Returns to the Times as D.C. Bureau Chief http://www.observer.com/node/32991 From: Terry Schwadron Date: Jan 30, 2007 Subject: [NYT Newsroom] Message from BILL KELLER

Colleagues:

After guiding The Times through toxic storms and rebuilding our bureau into a dominant force in Washington coverage, Phil Taubman is returning to his first love, the correspondent's life. Phil has chosen a new mission that capitalizes on his deep experience as a foreign correspondent, investigative reporter, military historian and editor.

He will be taking on a special reporting assignment in the area of national security; we've decided to be a little secretive about the details for now for competitive reasons. He will be based in California. He will also be promoted to Associate Editor--a title previously worn by one Times journalist, Johnny Apple. It signifies both Phil's stature as a counselor to the masthead and our expectation that he will return to senior management in the future.

When Phil accepted my invitation to leave the Editorial Page masthead three and a half years ago and take over our largest bureau, he can hardly have imagined what a roller coaster ride awaited him. In the years that followed he helped the paper deal with the imprisonment of a reporter, the murder of a revered colleague, the faceoff with a hostile administration (including one tense session with the President), vilification by partisan critics, and the general anxiety of an industry in transition. His tenure also saw a succession of journalistic triumphs that shook the country and brought a shower of awards. Over the past year Phil presided over a period of ambitious rebuilding and still more ambitious journalism. He leaves behind a bureau in which a cadre of world-class bylines has been enriched by excellent new hires. He leaves behind a great editing team. And he leaves behind a bureau that has taken to heart a mandate for incisive, original, hard-hitting coverage.

And the new chief of that high-octane bureau will be Dean Baquet. Back in 2005, when Dean moved into the top job in Los Angeles, I described him as "a world-class investigator, an inspiring editor and a barrel of fun." It was hard to miss the subtext: "And I miss him."

Since then he has demonstrated that, in addition to being all of those things, he is a charismatic leader, an unflinching advocate of the value and values of professional journalism, and a cool character under fire. It's nice to have him back where he belongs, at a paper where he can devote his talents and enthusiasm fully to the practice of journalism, in a bureau that can rise to all of his expectations.

The many of you who worked with Dean before he left us in the year 2000 know what to expect from a bureau under his leadership:tough-minded, aggressive, fearless reporting, original insights, great craftsmanship and the thrill of competition. He reminds you why you got into this business, and why it matters.

Dean will take over March 5, allowing time for transition and for a little celebration of two great journalists. He will be an Assistant Managing Editor, reflecting both the depth of his experience in the upper echelons of our profession and the cross-departmental importance of the bureau.

There are undoubtedly other consequences that will follow from all of this, and I can't begin to say what they are. But here's one: Felicity Barringer, Phil's accomplice in journalism and in just about everything else, will be taking her intrepid and prescient environmental reporting and beat to California -- which happens to be a kind of national laboratory for environmental policy.

Cheers, Bill]]> http://www.observer.com/node/32991#comments Media Bill Keller Dean Baquet Johnny Apple Phil Taubman Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:16:33 -0500 Observer Staff 32991 at http://www.observer.com Media Mensch '06 http://www.observer.com/node/53079 Oh, what a year for newspapers! They’re dying! They’re keeling. They’re ghosts!  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/53079#comments Dean Baquet Los Angeles Times The New York Times Company Tribune Company Sun, 24 Dec 2006 19:00:00 -0500 Observer Staff 53079 at http://www.observer.com Media Mensch ’06 http://www.observer.com/node/36477 Oh, what a year for newspapers! They’re dying! They’re keeling. They’re ghosts!  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/36477#comments Dean Baquet John Carroll Los Angeles Tribune Company Sun, 24 Dec 2006 19:00:00 -0500 Observer Staff 36477 at http://www.observer.com Not Since Nixon—Friedman in China, Sells Tom’s World http://www.observer.com/node/36286 BEIJING—I had just begun haggling for a silk comforter at the Yuexiu Market on Chaoyangmen Str  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/36286#comments Media Beijing Dean Baquet North Jersey Media Group Inc. Thomas Friedman Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:00:00 -0500 Tom Scocca 36286 at http://www.observer.com