I was a media reporter at The New York Times between July 2007 and November 2013. At the end of every year, I compiled a list of the NYT stories that were most memorable to me:
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013
- NYT Magazine cover story: Waking Up on the Wrong Side of a Ratings War
- At NBC, a Struggle to Revive the Morning Magic
- Call to a CNN Host Hints at a Shifting ‘Today’
- Robin Roberts Returns to ‘Good Morning America’
- In Ratings War, ‘G.M.A.’ Beats ‘Today’ for Full Season
- Rising TV Fees Mean All Viewers Pay to Keep Sports Fans Happy
- Campaign Ad Cash Lures Buyers to Swing-State TV Stations
- Race to End for ‘Breaking Bad’ Fans Who Got Behind
- New Way to Deliver a Drama: All 13 Episodes in One Sitting
- Release of 13 Episodes Redefines Spoiler Alert
- Don’t Touch That Remote: TV Pilots Turn to Net, Not Networks
- The Streaming Premiere of “House of Cards”
- He Has Millions and a New Job at Yahoo. Soon, He’ll Be 18.
- From Texas Statehouse to YouTube, a Filibuster Is a Hit
- Winfrey’s Channel Is Set to Break Through
- As DVRs Shift TV Habits, Ratings Calculations Follow
- Tool Kit: Devices Lead the Way to a Smarter TV
- Pushing the Right Buttons: Apple’s Move Into TV Relies on Cooperation With Industry Leaders
- Al Jazeera Said To Be Acquiring Current TV
- Gore Went To Bat For Al Jazeera, And Himself
- Al Jazeera America Shifts Focus to U.S. News
- Al Jazeera America Promises a More Sober Look at the News
- ‘NewsHour’ Appoints First Female Anchor Team
- Disappointing Fall for ‘Rock Center,’ a News Program With Big Ambitions
- The Documentary ‘Citizen Koch’ Regains Money
- Goodbyes and Grief in Real Time
- Gatekeepers of Cable TV Try to Stop Intel
- Intel and Sony Ambitions for Internet TV Services Meet Skepticism
- Cablevision Sues Viacom in Battle Over Bundling of Channels
- Bananas, Anyone? The Bluths Are Back
- Internet Kills the Video Store
- Disney and Dish Wrangle Not Over Broadcast Fees, but the Future of TV
- ABC to Live-Stream Its Shows via App
- YouTube Is Said to Plan a Subscription Option
- Two Classics of the Soaps Are Heading to the Web
- Broadcasters Circle Wagons Against Aereo, a TV Streaming Upstart
- After 21 Years, NPR Is Ending ‘Talk of the Nation’
- A Pulitzer Prize, but Without a Newsroom to Put It In
- CNN President Tries to Repeat Success in Morning News
- For CNN, Cruise Ship Coverage by ‘Air, Land and Sea’
- Fox News Anchor Megyn Kelly Renews Contract
- At Fox News, Less Attention Paid to Gun Debate Than Elsewhere
- News Media and Social Media Become Part of a Real-Time Manhunt Drama
- How Syria Media Advisers Decided Who Would Speak to President Assad
- Nickelodeon Resists Critics of Food Ads
- Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight Blog Is to Join ESPN Staff
2012:
- NBC Prepares to Replace Ann Curry on ‘Today’
- One week later: A Low-Key Transition for ‘Today’ Hosts
- In Florida Shooting Case, a Circuitous Route to National Attention
- Once Film-Focused, Netflix Transitions to TV Shows
- Reporter’s Death Puts Focus on Difficulties of Covering a Secretive Syria
- Olbermann in a Clash at New Job
- Three months later: Current TV Dismisses Keith Olbermann
- News Analysis: 2 Channels, and Anchor Who Set Liberal Tone
- An Online TV Site Grows Up
- News Analysis: From Flash to Fizzle
- At CNN, Decline in U.S. Ratings Worries the Ranks
- A Struggling CNN Worldwide Is Said to Be Drawn to Jeffrey Zucker
- Chronicling the Pounds, Their Risks and Causes
- No Place for Heated Opinions
- The Anti-Fox Gains Ground
- Print News Media Go Live With Video Programming
- You Can Change the Channel, But the Local News Is Identical
- Paying By Levels Of Data You Use
- Gay on TV: It’s All in the Family
- Rogue, Rube or G.O.P. Star: Portraying Palin
- Big Three Newscasts Are Changing the State of Play
- Youths Are Watching, But Less Often on TV
- Seacrest Assembles TV Empire
- Microsoft And NBC Complete Web Divorce
- ’60 Minutes’ Is Younger, as Are Viewers
- Few TV Shows Survive A Ruthless Proving Ground
- In Speaking for TLC, The Least Said Is Best
- The Film Archivist of Legendary Football Preps for Game Day
- Vying to Capture Oprah’s Mantle
- A Faded Dominance After ‘Oprah’
- Fox Show Will Start Worldwide
- Showtime Jumps to Capitalize on Emmy Glory for ‘Homeland’
- C-Span Founder to Step Down as Chief Executive
- Denied Nickelodeon, DirecTV’s Youngest Clients Find Substitutes
- Revelation Signals a Shift In Views of Homosexuality
- Nielsen Chastises Oprah Over a Twitter Plea
- Debate? Football? Why Not Both?
2011:
- When A Penny Saved Is A TV Show
- Afghanistan Low on News Agenda
- History Channel’s Swift Rise Attracts Ads and Envy
- Paying a ‘Sports Tax,’ Even if You Don’t Watch
- For Chase, a TV Show to Promote Its Charity
- To Keep Seacrest, Comcast May Set Its Crown Jewel at His Feet
- Camps Are Cleared, but ’99 Percent’ Still Occupies the Lexicon
- For Occupying Protesters, Deadlines and Decisions
- Plan to Revive Two ABC Soap Operas Collapses
- Occupy Wall Street Puts the Coverage in the Spotlight
- U.C. Davis to Investigate Use of Pepper Spray at Protest
- Reporters Say Police Denied Access to Protest Site
- Charlie Rose and Gayle King in CBS ‘Early’ Plan
- Had This Been an Actual Emergency… Oops!
- Political Ad Spending Spurs Local TV Mergers
- Marriage May End; Wedding Went On
- Cable Is Holding Web TV at Bay, Earnings Show
- Clear Channel Cuts D.J.’s Across the Country
- Twitter and TV Get Close to Help Each Other Grow
- TV Struggles to Bring War Zones to Americans
- How Netflix Lost 800,000 Members, and Good Will
- A Grass-Roots Newscast Gives a Voice to Struggles
- Republican Debates Are a Hot Ticket on TV
- A News Story Is Growing With ‘Occupy’ Protests
- Victory Lap for Fox and Hannity
- Twitter’s ‘Amazing Race’ Assist
- Hot Seat for Sheen Promises the Warmth of the Limelight
- With Early Success, Wall Street Journal Presses Deeper Into Live Video
- Media Strive to Cover 9/11 Without Seeming to Exploit a Tragedy
- Documentary Is Skeptical About Domestic Efforts on Terrorism
- A Warning for Some, Entertainment for Others
- East Coast Battens Down for Arrival of Hurricane Irene
- A Jenny Jones Moment for Reality TV?
- Market Ills Give CNBC a Bounce
- New York Cable Channel to Carry Al Jazeera English
- Sharpton’s Push for Comcast Raises Issues About Possible MSNBC Job
- The Good Ol’ Days of 20 Years Ago
- Murdoch Scandal Stirs U.S. Debate on Big Media
- Amber Waves, From Spacious Skies
- Hulu, Billed as Tomorrow’s TV, Looks Boxed In
- Netflix Raises Price of DVD and Online Movies Package by 60%
- A Demonstration of Science Seemingly Made for TV
- The Murdoch Style, Under Pressure
- Networks Want Slices of a New Pie
- This Just In: How Your Flooded House Is Faring
- Upending Anonymity, These Days the Web Unmasks Everyone
- HLN’s Casey Anthony Coverage Puts TV Back in the Courtroom
- Instant Ratings: Just Add Cash
- Familiar TV Anchors Move On, Hoping to Profit on Their Own
- New TV Hit ‘The Voice’ Hums Along Online, Too
- Moving Online, Beck Will Charge Viewers a Fee
- In Tornado’s Aftermath, One Family Salvages What It Can
- In TV Crew’s Hunt for Twisters, More Than They Bargained For
- Talk Show Ends, and Oprah Moves On
- 2 Networks Pin Their Hopes on One Comedian
- Before Obama’s Address, Asking Social Media for Answers
- Social Networking Sites Get Jump on President’s Message
- CBS Reporter Recounts a ‘Merciless’ Assault
- In Trying to Debunk a Theory, the News Media Extended Its Life
- Rare Footage Indeed: Tornadoes, in Real Time
- Network News Royalty, For A Day
- New Time Warp for ‘Doctor Who’
- Audience Up, ‘American Idol’ Defies TV Gravity
- Dues Paid, a ’60 Minutes’ Reporter Is in Line for CBS’s Anchor Job
- The ‘Countdown Clocks’ Became Part of the Story
- Vieira Is Said to Consider Leaving ‘Today’
- Beck and Fox End Relationship Grown Cold
- For Glenn Beck, Plenty of Places to Take His Chalkboard After Fox
- Rush of Events Gives Foreign News a Top Priority
- Netflix Has Deal to Run New Series, ‘House of Cards’
- Fox News Takes Two Potential Candidates Off Air
- Journalists Tiptoe Inside Forbidding Libya
- TV Industry Taps Social Media to Keep Viewers’ Attention
- New Jersey TV Station Is Accused of Failing Its Audience
- Cellphone Cameras Become World’s Eyes and Ears on Protests Across the Middle East
- Al Jazeera, Televising the Revolution
- Low-Power FM Radio to Gain Space on the Dial
- Spotlight From Glenn Beck Brings a CUNY Professor Threats
- ‘The Game’ Is a Winner, Helped by BET Loyalists
- A TV-Internet Marriage Awaits Blessings of All Parties
2010:
- Shaping a Network with Oprah’s View
- In ‘Daily Show’ Role on 9/11 Bill, Echoes of Murrow
- Afghan War Just a Slice of U.S. Coverage
- Oprah’s Network Is Her Highest Hurdle
- Olbermann of MSNBC Suspended Over Donations
- A Gold Mine in Attack Ads on Local TV
- At Rally, Thousands — Billions? — Respond
- Candidates Running Against, and With, Cable News
- ‘It Gets Better’ Offers Hope and Help to Gay Youth
- Guarded Pals in a Critical TV Rivalry
- Comcast Spends Big in Pressing for Merger
- Show’s Title, in Symbols, Defies DVRs
- A Sitcom Orbits Mars and Venus
- TV News for Early Risers (or Late-to-Bedders)
- A ‘Modern Family’ Celebration at the Emmys
- The Sofa Wars: In the Living Room, Hooked on Pay TV
- Tall Tales, Truth and My Twitter Diet
- With New Stars, Reality Shows See Costs Rise
- CNN Nears Deal to Fill King’s Slot
- Study of Waterboarding Coverage Prompts a Debate in the Press
- In Nevada, Running for Senate And Running From Cameras
- ‘Deadliest Catch’ Documents Death of Its Star
- Live, From Deep in the Gulf
- In New Era of TV, Rival Hosts Are Drowning Out Larry King
- BP Account on Twitter? Just a Joke; K thx bye
- Cowell’s Exit Complicates ‘Idol’ Outlook
- When the President Travels, It’s Cheaper for Reporters to Stay Home
- For a Show’s Mother, the Wait Was Labor
- First Came the Tweets, and Then the Sitcom
- One ‘Law & Order’ Gets a Death Sentence, as Another Joins the Force
- Apple Allows a Cartoon App, and a Glimpse of Free Speech
- Jon Stewart’s Punching Bag, Fox News
- In Bear Times, a Bull Market for Sitcoms
- Web Luddite No More: Conan O’Brien Hits Internet
- Iraq Video Brings Notice to a Web Site, WikiLeaks
- At Snopes, a Quest to Debunk Misinformation Online
- Successes (and Some Growing Pains) at Hulu
- For ‘24,’ Terror Fight (And Series) Nears End
- Betting ‘The Situation’ Will Not Get Lost In Translation
- The Calm Men Who Bring You Exotic Animals
- Effort to Widen U.S. Internet Access Sets Up Battle
- Network News at a Crossroads
- Water-Cooler Effect: Internet Can Be TV’s Friend
- TV Analysts Who May Be Political Contenders
- DeGeneres A Rising Star In Daytime
- Liberal Radio, Even Without Air America
- In Leno vs. O’Brien, Fans Show Allegiance Online
- The Pilot Navigates Fame
- Next Up on Cable TV, Higher Bill for Consumers
- Television Begins a Push Into the 3rd Dimension
2009:
- From Guantánamo to Desk at Al Jazeera
- Winfrey Bets on Her Future With Cable
- Goodbye Baghdad, Hello Kabul
- Doubts Came Early in Balloon Incident
- Fox’s Volley With Obama Intensifying
- A Reality Show From an Unreal World
- Doubts Fade and Couric Is Energized
- TORNADO CHASE: Following the Trail of the Coiling Skies
- Voices From Above Silence a Cable TV Feud
- LIVEBLOG: ArtsBeat: Michael Jackson, 50, Is Dead
- LIVEBLOG: Walter Cronkite, Iconic Anchorman, Dies at 92 (tweet)
- Web Pries Lid of Iranian Censorship
- Reality Check for Real Estate Shows
- Psst! Your Handlers Are Showing, Levi
- How ’07 ABC Interview Tilted a Torture Debate
- J-Schools Play Catchup
- Gotcha TV: Crews Stalk Bill O’Reilly’s Targets
- Fox News’s Mad, Apocalyptic, Tearful Rising Star
- Forget Britney; Media Outrage Hits Big Spenders
- Digital Pirates Winning Battle With Studios
- In 2009, Layoffs Is the Business to Be In
- LIVEBLOG: Watching the Inauguration
2008:
- Noontime Web Video Revitalizes Lunch at Desk
- Even as the Candidates Make Nice, the TV Crew Hopes for a Fight
- Serving Up Television Without the TV Set
- ‘Goosebumps’ Rises From the Literary Grave
- In the Age of TiVo and Web Video, What Is Prime Time?
- The Facebooker Who Friended Obama
- Needing a Star, CNBC Made One
- Griping Online? Comcast Hears and Talks Back
- Tape Delay by NBC Faces End Run by Online Fans
- MSNBC Takes Incendiary Hosts From Anchor Seat
- Bad Today, Gone Tomorrow
- YouTube Videos Pull In Real Money
- TV News Winds Down Operations on Iraq War
2007:
- My very first story: Old Game Show Network Reinvents Itself With Interactivity
- ‘To Catch a Predator’ Is Falling Prey to Advertisers’ Sensibilities
- College Daily’s Vulgarity Is Now Free-Speech Issue
- A New Ratings System Stirs Up the Fall TV Season
- ABC Reshapes the Evening News for the Web
- Celebrities Off Guard? ‘TMZ’ Is a Hit
- The Colbert Nation Quickly Colonizes Facebook
- Current TV: An Advocate for TV That Viewers Create
- A Folksy Guy, in Recovery, Is About to Land Millions
- At Time Warner, Successor to Parsons Emerges
- Writers Strike: For TV Executives, It’s Time to Juggle
- How The Strike Affects Your Favorite Shows
- ABC News and Facebook in Joint Effort to Bring Viewers Closer to Political Coverage
- Nikki Finke’s Web Site Is Scrutinized for Writers’ Strike News
- A Familiar Editor for Gawker
- Slips of the Tongue: Obama/Osama
- Can NBC Do for ‘Quarterlife’ What YouTube Could Not?