where s baker and schmidt and haberman and peter and davis? they are identified on the inside of the paper, which must mean they re not in witness protection. so why can t we see their names out front? the times editor was forced to explain indecision in a piece that was all about things like stream lining the reader experienc experience. politico asked the question, does the new york times hate its reporters? inside the media writer jack shafer wrote the obvious, the times has never had more star reporters on staff than it has today. given that their starlight helps direct our reading, it makes no sense to hide their names in flurries of white space. one journalist at the cross town newarker magazine wondered on twitter this week, were any that you recollect time reporter s moms consulted on this byline