A Note From Our New Publisher

A Note From Our New Publisher
Our report is stronger than ever, thanks to investments in new forms of journalism like interactive graphics, podcasting
and digital video and even greater spending in areas like investigative, international and beat reporting.
By A. G. SULZBERGER JAN. 1, 2018
IN 1896 my great-great-grandfather left his hometown, Chattanooga, and traveled north to purchase a small, fading newspaper in New York.
People trying to understand these changes and their implications found themselves confused by polarized politics
and by a partisan press more focused on advancing its own interests than on informing the public.
Against this backdrop Adolph Ochs saw the need for a different kind of newspaper,
and he committed to the then-radical idea that still animates it today.
Our society is again being reshaped by political, technological and environmental forces that demand deep scrutiny and careful explanation.