Talk:Kathleen Kingsbury

Biographical Inaccuracy

Hi User: Mako001.

My name is Charlie Stadtlander, I work in the New York Times Communications department and am writing to suggest one edit to this entry. The introductory description of Ms. Kingsbury lists her as a conservative journalist and editor. While The Times does employ several contributing writers who represent various parts of the political spectrum, Ms. Kingsbury does not advance either a conservative or liberal viewpoint in her role as Opinion Editor for The New York Times. I'd ask that the word 'conservative' be struck from this entry.

CharlieStadtlander (talk) 17:15, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

@CharlieStadtlander: I will take a look at it in a few hours. Mako001 (C)  (T)  🇺🇦 23:24, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! User: Mako001

Suggested improvements for review

Hello! I am submitting a series of edit requests to improve this article on behalf of The New York Times Company, as part of my work at Beutler Ink. (I have disclosed my COI appropriately at the top of this page and on my profile page.) In order to make requests easiest to review, I'm separating them out in subsections below.

Recognition for "Service Not Included"

Currently, the article says, "In 2015, Kingsbury won a Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing for a series of articles exposing the unfair working conditions facing restaurant workers, including the negative financial effects of the American tipping system, the prevalence of wage theft, and the real human cost of cheap menu items."

I think it is worth noting that this series, "Service Not Included", was also recognized by the Scripps Howard Foundation and the American Society of News Editors. Therefore, I propose adding the following sentence:

• Kingsbury's "Service Not Included" series about labor conditions in Boston restaurants earned her the Walker Stone Award for Editorial Writing from the Scripps Howard Foundation in 2014, as well as the Burl Osborne Award for Editorial Leadership from the American Society of News Editors in 2015.

References

If editors agree that these achievements are worth noting, I'd ask to you update the article on my behalf as I prefer not to direct edit because of my COI. Thanks! Inkian Jason (talk) 22:35, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Pulitzer: 2018 finalist

I'd like to suggest another addition to the paragraph mentioned above (re: Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing). Since Kathleen Kingsbury was also a finalist in the same category in 2018, I propose adding the following sentence:

• In 2018, she was a finalist in the same category for her work on an editorial series about domestic violence and gun ownership.

References

If editors agree this is worth noting, I'd ask to you update the article on my behalf because of my COI.

Thanks! Inkian Jason (talk) 22:35, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Text correction

I'd like to submit another request on behalf of The New York Times Company, this time seeking to clarify her roles.

Currently, the article says, "On June 7, 2020, she was named 'as acting Editorial Page Editor through the November election' at The New York Times, replacing James Bennet. In January 2021, she was named Opinion Editor by Publisher A.G. Sulzberger."

The text is ambiguous and could be interpreted by some readers as a job change, when actually there was just a title change for the same position. Additionally, the current text repeats the name of the publication (The New York Times) unnecessarily, since the name of the paper is already mentioned in the paragraph. Therefore, I propose removing this text and replacing with the following:

• In June 2020, she was named acting editorial page editor, replacing James Bennet. In January 2021, her title was changed to opinion editor by publisher A. G. Sulzberger.

My goal for this request is to clarify the existing text and avoid possible confusion.

Thanks for your consideration, Inkian Jason (talk) 22:35, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Correction re: roles at The Boston Globe

I'd like to submit another request for this article, this time seeking to clarify the subject's roles at The Boston Globe.

Currently, the article says: "In 2013 Kingsbury joined the editorial board of The Boston Globe." She also served as managing editor and frequent contributor to the Globe's Sunday supplement section, Ideas."

References

Per the two sources already used as inline citations (Adweek and Pulitzer), Kathleen Kingsbury held the roles of deputy managing editor and deputy editorial page editor. (Adweek says, "In 2015, when she was deputy managing editor of the editorial page, she won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing", and Pulitzer says, "Kathleen Kingsbury is the deputy editorial page editor at the Boston Globe. In this role, she also edits the Sunday opinion pages.")

Therefore, I suggesting replacing the aforementioned article text with the following:

• In 2013, Kingsbury joined the editorial board of The Boston Globe, later becoming deputy managing editor and deputy editorial page editor.

I am seeking assistance from an editor to update this article appropriately on my behalf.

Thanks again, Inkian Jason (talk) 23:46, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Proposed addition re: op-ed changes

Continuing my series of requests, which I'm submitting on behalf of The New York Times Company as part of my work at Beutler Ink, I'd like to propose another addition to this Wikipedia article. More specifically, I'd like to suggest an update about changes implemented by Kathleen Kingsbury at The New York Times:

• At the 50th anniversary of the op-ed page in 2021, Kingsbury led the print and digital redesign of the section including a change to the term guest essay.

References

My goal with this request is to help expand the entry with relevant claims about her work at The New York Times and other outlets. I will let other editors decide if this detail about the op-ed change is worth mentioning. I would also ask editors to consider splitting the Biography section into Early life and education and Career sections, for consistency with similar biographies. I prefer not to edit articles directly, given my COI, and ask others reviewing the COI edit request queue to update the article appropriately on my behalf. Thanks! Inkian Jason (talk) 00:08, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Bret Stephens column

I'd like to submit another request for this biography, this time seeking to expand existing text by adding the subject's rebuttal. My goal for this request is to make the article more neutral by presenting all perspectives appropriately.

Currently, the article says: "In February 2021, Kingsbury refused to run a column by Bret Stephens in which he criticized the Times's dismissal of Donald G. McNeil Jr. Stephens' comments were later published by the New York Post.

References

Per The Guardian, which is already used as an inline citation, I propose adding mention of Kathleen Kingsbury's rebuttal. I propose adding the following text after the Bret Stephens sentence and before the New York Post sentence:

• Kingsbury told CNN, "We kill columns all the time for various reasons. The bar is especially high for columns that could reflect badly on colleagues. And we decided that this column didn’t reach that bar."

I ask editors to review and update the article appropriately.

Thanks again! Inkian Jason (talk) 00:22, 17 September 2024 (UTC)