Editing The New York Times (section)

===Editorial board===
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|[[Binyamin Appelbaum]]
|Michelle Cottle
|David Firestone
|Nick Fox
|Mara Gay
|[[Jeneen Interlandi]]
|Lauren Kelley
|[[Kathleen Kingsbury]]
|[[Serge Schmemann]]
|[[Brent Staples]]
|[[Farah Stockman]]
|Jyoti Thottam
|Jesse Wegman
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''The New York Times'' editorial board was established in 1896 by [[Adolph Ochs]]. With the opinion department, the editorial board is independent of the newsroom.{{Sfn|Bennet|2020}} Then-editor-in-chief [[Charles Ransom Miller]] served as opinion editor from 1883 until his death in 1922.{{Sfn|The New York Times|1922}} [[Rollo Ogden]] succeeded Miller until his death in 1937.{{Sfn|The New York Times|1937}} From 1937 to 1938, [[John Huston Finley]] served as opinion editor; in a prearranged plan, [[Charles Merz]] succeeded Finley.{{Sfn|The New York Times|1938}} Merz served in the position until his retirement in 1961.{{Sfn|McQuiston|1977}} [[John Bertram Oakes]] served as opinion editor from 1961 to 1976, when then-publisher [[Arthur Ochs Sulzberger]] appointed [[Max Frankel]].{{Sfn|McFadden|2001a}} Frankel served in the position until 1986, when he was appointed as executive editor.{{Sfn|The New York Times|1986}} [[Jack Rosenthal (journalist)|Jack Rosenthal]] was the opinion editor from 1986 to 1993.{{Sfn|Roberts|2017}} [[Howell Raines]] succeeded Rosenthal until 2001, when he was made executive editor.{{Sfn|McFadden|2001b}} [[Gail Collins]] succeeded Raines until her resignation in 2006.{{Sfn|Seelye|2006}} From 2007 to 2016, [[Andrew Rosenthal]] was the opinion editor.{{Sfn|Dunlap|2016b}} [[James Bennet (journalist)|James Bennet]] succeeded Rosenthal until his resignation in 2020.{{Sfn|Tracy|2020}} {{As of|2024|7}}, the editorial board comprises thirteen opinion writers.{{Sfn|The New York Times|2018b}} ''The New York Times''{{'}}s opinion editor is [[Kathleen Kingsbury]]{{Sfn|Tracy|2021}} and the deputy opinion editor is Patrick Healy.{{Sfn|The New York Times|2015b}}

''The New York Times''{{'}}s editorial board was initially opposed to liberal beliefs, opposing [[Women's suffrage in the United States|women's suffrage]] in 1900 and 1914. The editorial board began to espouse progressive beliefs during Oakes' tenure, conflicting with the Ochs-Sulzberger family, of which Oakes was a member as Adolph Ochs's nephew; in 1976, Oakes publicly disagreed with Sulzberger's endorsement of [[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]] over [[Bella Abzug]] in the [[1976 United States Senate election in New York#Democratic primary|1976 Senate Democratic primaries]] in a letter sent from [[Martha's Vineyard]]. Under Rosenthal, the editorial board took positions supporting [[Assault weapons legislation in the United States|assault weapons legislation]] and the [[Legalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States|legalization of marijuana]], but publicly criticized the [[Obama administration]] over its portrayal of terrorism.{{Sfn|Dunlap|2016b}} In presidential elections, ''The New York Times'' has [[List of United States presidential election endorsements made by The New York Times|endorsed]] a total of twelve Republican candidates and thirty-two Democratic candidates, and has endorsed the Democrat in every election since 1960.{{Sfn|Adams|Louttit|Taylor|2016}}{{Sfn|The Editorial Board|2020}}{{Efn|In 1896, the ''Times'' endorsed [[John M. Palmer (politician)|John M. Palmer]], the [[National Democratic Party (United States)|National Democratic Party]] nominee, its only endorsement for a candidate who is not a member of the Republican Party or the Democratic Party.{{Sfn|Adams|Louttit|Taylor|2016}}}} With the exception of [[Wendell Willkie]], Republicans endorsed by the ''Times'' have won the presidency. In 2016, the editorial board issued an anti-endorsement against [[Donald Trump]] for the first time in its history.{{Sfn|Williamson|2016}} In February 2020, the editorial board reduced its presence from several editorials each day to occasional editorials for events deemed particularly significant. Since August 2024, the board no longer endorses candidates in local or congressional races in New York.{{Sfn|Robertson|Fandos|2024}}