New York Times reporters urged to 'meaningfully reduce' their time on Twitter

Brett T. | 5:31 PM on April 07, 2022

This should be good. New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet is reported to have issued a Twitter “reset,” urging reporters to “meaningfully reduce” their time on Twitter. Maybe this will inspire Pulitzer Prize winner Nikole Hannah-Jones to finally write an article for the paper with her newfound free time. Reporters were also reminded that tweets and subtweets undermining colleagues were not allowed.

New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet has issued a Twitter "reset" for the newsroom, urging reporters to "meaningfully reduce" their twitter time and reminding them that tweets and subtweets attacking or undermining their colleagues are not allowed https://t.co/kM0OldIVxS

— Steven Perlberg (@perlberg) April 7, 2022

Good luck with that. https://t.co/jpore35EmK

— Noam Blum (@neontaster) April 7, 2022

This memo feels like a subtweet.

— Napp Nazworth (@NappNazworth) April 7, 2022

The irony that this order is basically a subtweet of NHJ

— siicamore the 🤡 (@siicamore) April 7, 2022

They're just going to ignore this. Who's going to fire Hannah Jones?

— Cerberus (@Cerberus0fHades) April 7, 2022

So their response to the mess their reporters have made with tweets is to stop other reporters from criticizing them? Wow.

— only one way forward (@peggyinidaho) April 7, 2022

Good. The algorithmic echo chamber has affected reporters as much as anyone. It’s how we ended up with The Narrative York Times, in place of journalism.

— Brix Jørgensen (@brixjorgn) April 7, 2022

I’m old enough to remember when @nytimes announced they don’t need a public editor *because Twitter would provide accountability.*

— Chris Robertson (@DesignClimate) April 7, 2022