Talk to The Times invites readers to submit questions for Times editors, reporters, columnists and executives. If there is a Times staff member you would like to see as a guest in Talk to The Times, please e-mail your suggestion to askthetimes@nytimes.com.
Newsroom
The following newsroom staff members have answered questions in this column:
- Bill Keller, executive editor, answered questions twice.
- Jill Abramson, managing editor, answered questions in November 2006, January 2009 and September 2009.
- John Geddes, managing editor, answered questions twice.
- Jonathan Landman, deputy managing editor, answered questions twice.
- Richard L. Berke, assistant managing editor for news, answered questions twice.
- Susan Edgerley, assistant managing editor
- Glenn Kramon, assistant managing editor for enterprise, answered questions twice.
- Gerald Marzorati, assistant managing editor and editor of The Times Magazine, answered questions twice.
- Michele McNally, assistant managing editor for photography, answered questions twice.
- Craig R. Whitney, assistant managing editor overseeing journalistic standards, answered questions twice.
- Martin Gottlieb, global edition editor, with responsibility for The International Herald Tribune
- Jonathan Abrams, N.B.A. reporter
- Al Baker, police bureau chief
- Dan Barry, "This Land" columnist
- Jan Benzel, Weekend Arts section editor
- Walt Bogdanich, assistant editor on the Investigative desk
- Jane Bornemeier, editor of New York Times Radio
- Frank Bruni, restaurant critic
- David Carr, culture reporter and business columnist
- Bill Carter and Jacques Steinberg, television reporters
- Sewell Chan, bureau chief of the City Room blog
- Laura Chang, science editor
- Susan Chira, foreign editor
- James G. Cobb, automobiles editor
- Philip B. Corbett, deputy news editor
- Suzanne Daley, national editor, answered questions twice.
- Ann Derry, editorial director of video and television
- Steve Duenes, graphics director
- Stuart Emmrich, travel editor
- Henry Fountain, science reporter
- David Gallagher, deputy Technology editor
- Trip Gabriel, Styles editor
- Bill Goss, real estate editor
- Penelope Green, Home section reporter
- Linda Greenhouse, former Supreme Court reporter
- Amy Harmon, national correspondent covering the impact of science and technology on American life
- John Harwood, chief Washington correspondent of CNBC and a political writer for The New York Times
- John Haskins, Escapes editor
- Bruce Headlam, media and marketing editor
- Cathy Horyn, fashion critic
- Larry Ingrassia, business editor, answered questions twice.
- Wendell Jamieson, deputy metropolitan editor for the Web
- Tom Jolly, sports editor, answered questions in August 2006, February 2008 and December 2008.
- David Leonhardt, economics and business columnist
- Adam Liptak, national legal reporter
- Lorne Manly, entertainment editor
- Bill McDonald, obituaries editor
- Kevin McKenna, technology editor
- Lawrie Mifflin, editor overseeing television and video
- Alison Mitchell, education editor
- Heather Moore, community editor
- Dennis Overbye, science reporter covering cosmic affairs
- Merrill Perlman, former director of copy desks, answered questions twice.
- Robin Pogrebin, culture reporter
- Matthew Purdy, investigations editor
- Steven Reddicliffe, television editor
- Jim Roberts, digital news editor
- Katy Roberts, Week in Review editor
- Constance Rosenblum, editor of the City section
- Jodi Rudoren, deputy metropolitan editor for regional news
- Jim Schachter, editor for digital initiatives
- Joe Sexton, metropolitan editor, answered questions twice.
- Will Shortz, crossword editor
- Sam Sifton, culture editor, answered questions twice.
- Dave Smith, deputy editor of Week in Review
- Fiona Spruill, editor of the Web newsroom
- Jacques Steinberg, education reporter and blogger
- Richard W. Stevenson, political editor
- Sheryl Gay Stolberg, White House correspondent
- David Stout, domestic correspondent for the Continuous News Desk
- Barbara Strauch, deputy science editor
- Charles Strum, associate managing editor
- Sam Tanenhaus, Book Review editor
- Philip Taubman, Washington bureau chief
- Anthony Tommasini, chief classical music critic
- Khoi Vinh, NYTimes.com design director
- Bruce Weber, obituary writer
- Pete Wells, dining editor
- Paul Winfield, news editor
- Tom Zeller, an editor and writer who covers alternative energy and green business and edits the Green Inc. blog
Special Topics
The following special topics have been addressed by Times editors and reporters:
- The War Logs articles
- Anonymous sources
- College Football 2008
- College Football 2009
- The McCain article
- Interactive News Collaborative, Gabriel Dance, Andrew DeVigal, Steve Duenes, Matthew Ericson and Aron Pilhofer
- Iran
- The Olympics 2008
- One in 8 Million
Opinion
The following Times editors and columnists from the editorial department have answered questions in Talk to The Times:
- Andrew Rosenthal, editorial page editor, answered questions twice.
- Charles M. Blow, visual Op-Ed columnist
- Nicholas D. Kristof, Op-Ed columnist
Business
The following Times executives from departments outside the newsroom and editorial departments have also answered questions in Talk to The Times:
- Paul Smurl, vice president for paid products at NYTimes.com
- Scott Heekin-Canedy, president and general manager
- Martin A. Nisenholtz, senior vice president, digital operations
- Marc Frons, chief technology officer, digital operations
- Steph Jespersen, director of advertising acceptability
- Vivian Schiller, former senior vice president and general manager, NYTimes.com
