Journalist Emily Bazelon is leaving her post as senior editor at Slate magazine for a new job as a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine.
Capital New York reported the move Tuesday, noting that Bazelon’s hire was the latest addition to the New York Times Magazine after new editor-in-chief Jake Silverstein took the reins in May. She will join a new stable that includes NYT columnist Maureen Dowd.
Word of Bazelon’s gig came on the heels of another Slate departure Tuesday, the site’s longtime political writer Dave Weigel, who is joining the new Bloomberg Politics.
Slate too has seen a recent change in management, with Julia Turner replacing David Plotz as editor-in-chief in July.
Bazelon wrote about law, culture, and women’s issues for Slate, as well as appearing regularly on its weekly political podcast. She has been a contributor to New York Times Magazine since 2007.
Oh noes! Political Gab Fest will never be the same without her. Hope she continues with it. She was a voice of reason next to David, who I often disagree with.
I hope she doesn’t have to share a cubicle with Maureen Dowdy.
There’s a new CEO of the Washington Post company also. Slate is about to see a top to bottom remodel.
Cutting Bazelon and Weigel loose seems more akin to razing, than remodeling.
And Slate’s podcasting ventures (Gabfest and the recently minted WeigelCast), are clearly being abandoned.
Sad.
She is more balanced and less snarky over content than Dahlia Lithwick. Can she just replace Dowd as a columnist too?