Marc Tracy, The New York Times
Published: 06 Feb 2021 02:35 PM BdST
Updated: 06 Feb 2021 02:35 PM BdST The New York Times building, on 8th Avenue in Manhattan, Feb 8, 2020. Jeenah Moon/The New York Times
Two journalists responsible for some of The New York Times’ most high-profile work of the last three years have left the paper after their past behaviour was criticised inside and outside the paper. );
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In two memos Friday afternoon, Dean Baquet, the paper’s executive editor, and Joe Kahn, the managing editor, informed the staff of the departures of Donald G McNeil Jr, a science correspondent who reported on the coronavirus pandemic, and Andy Mills, an audio journalist who helped create “The Daily” and was a producer and co-host of “Caliphate,” a 2018 podcast that was found to have serious flaws after an internal investigation.
New York Times audio producer Andy Mills announced his resignation on Friday
He was one of the high-profile names who worked on the Caliphate podcast
The Times was forced to retract much of the story on which the popular podcast was based after being tricked by an ISIS wannabe
Yet Mills said he is resigning due to the claims of workplace harassment that resurfaced following Caliphate s embarrassing errors
He admitted to past mistakes while working at WNYC but said they have been added to with gross exaggerations and baseless claims I have been transformed into a symbol of larger societal evils, Mills wrote
Donald G. McNeil Jr., The New York Times science reporter whose fame grew during the COVID-19 pandemic, is stepping down following allegations that he used
Donald McNeil resigned amid internal backlash for his reported use of a racial slur in 2019.
Andy Mills resigned from the company in part due to his role as producer of the Caliphate podcast.
Two staffers of The New York Times resigned Friday for their role in two distinct scandals at the company, both of which had drawn intense scrutiny on social media and from within the company itself.
Donald McNeil, a science reporter who recently covered coronavirus but had been employed with the times for more than four decades, resigned from the company after reports of inappropriate behavior that centered around his use of a racial slur during a New York Times-sponsored trip with students to Peru in 2019.
NEW YORK — Donald G. McNeil Jr., The New York Times science reporter whose fame grew during the covid-19 pandemic, is stepping down following allegations that he used the N-word during a company-sponsored student trip to Peru in 2019. “We do not tolerate racist language regardless of intent,” Executive Editor