The New York Times is setting up shop down under, announcing US-import and one-time Rolling Stone writer Damien Cave as the Australia Bureau Chief.
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Cave and Williams
The news comes in an internal memo from International Editor Michael Slackman, Deputy International Editor Jodi Rudoren and Asia Editor Phil Pan, which reads in part:
Australia is the next frontier for The Times’ global expansion, and we’ve found the perfect pair of pioneers to tackle it: Damien Cave, one of our most entrepreneurial and forward-thinking journalists, and Jacqueline Williams, an Oz native who has spent the last 18 months winning wide admiration in our investigative unit.
They will join Michelle Innis, who has been a regular contributor to the international report for three years.