Emma Goldberg joins company | The New York Times Company

We are pleased to announce that Emma Goldberg’s future of work at The Times will take place at the Business desk as our new future of work reporter. She will write news and companies about how employees approach work and its role in their lives, and will collaborate extensively with business colleagues.

This is Emma’s first reporting job at The Times, which may come as a surprise to readers who have seen her byline in Politics, Business, National, Metro, Science, Styles, Obituaries and The Upshot. She has mated chronically unemployed doctors, young women run to the office, An atheist chaplain and barry, the Central Park owl and the grieving birdwatchers he left behind.

Alan Burdick, who worked with Emma in Science, said there are “really not enough capital letters to express my enthusiasm for Emma’s talent, work ethic and overall kindness.” (No one dares an emoji rating.)

Emma’s talents have also been recognized outside the newsroom: she is the winner of the Newswomen’s Club of New York’s Best New Journalist Award, the New York Press Club’s Nellie Bly Award, and the Sidney Hillman Foundation’s Sidney Award. In June, she published her first book, “Life on the Line,” about doctors who completed their medical training during the pandemic.

Emma takes up employment as an editorial assistant after two years.

In a story she once wrote about using exclamation marks, Emma quoted a flow chart: who claimed the punctuation is only appropriate for an emergency: “Hey! I’m on fire.”

We also think it’s appropriate in this case: Hey! We are delighted to welcome Emma on board.

Ellen, Rich and Rachel