Jim Rutenberg,

Jim Rutenberg is a writer at large for The New York Times and The New York Times Magazine. He reports for various sections at the paper but tends to write about the intersection between media and politics. His pieces run in both the newspaper and the Sunday magazine, often involving investigative work, media analysis, and political reporting. Rutenberg has a passion for bringing to light and explaining forces shaping American political life from behind the scenes. He is especially interested in how information moves through the culture; how it affects voting decisions; views of America; and how it has become ammunition in a broader fight to shape perceptions of reality. Rutenberg joined The Times in early 2000 after working for several New York City papers, including serving as editor of The Manhattan Spirit, correspondent at The New York Post and The New York Daily News, and the television columnist at The New York Observer. He has held several jobs at The Times, starting as a beat reporter covering the television industry before becoming the campaign media reporter during the 2004 and 2008 elections. Rutenberg was also City Hall Bureau chief during Michael R. Bloomberg's mayoralty, a White House correspondent during George W. Bush's second term, and a national political correspondent covering the 2012 presidential campaign. Before his current role as the paper's media columnist, he was part of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for exposing sexual harassment and abuse across industries in 2018. Rutenberg is currently writing a book about the 50-year, ideological battle to control what we now call the national newsfeed. As a longtime member of The Times staff, he is committed to the paper's mission of journalistic independence and adheres to its extensive ethics policy. He does not belong to a political party or any group that takes positions on issues he may cover and does not donate money to political campaigns or causes. Rutenberg chooses not to vote but respects the professionality of his colleagues in journalism who do vote.