New York Times
Former Los Angeles Times editor
Dean Baquet is returning to the New York Times as chief of its Washington bureau and an assistant managing editor, effective March 5.
Philip Taubman, who has been Washington bureau chief since mid-2003, is to become an investigative reporter covering national security issues. Asked if there were any trepidation on his part in hiring someone who had defied management before, Times executive editor
Bill Keller said: "On my part? Are you kidding? Standing up to Tribune only adds to his luster." || Read the Times'
memo and
release.
