The Stories That Aren’t Archived

Before the digital age, many New York Times articles were updated or scrapped between editions, and never saved on microfilm.

Following Immigration Changes Far From Border

A reporter shares the shifts she’s seen unfold since the start of the second Trump term.

A Nail Art Neophyte Sits Down With a Manicurist

I didn’t know a topcoat from a base coat. But writing about an unfamiliar subject made me a better reporter.

Investigating a Sprawling Money Laundering Network

Two reporters spent months learning the intricacies of a sprawling network of scammers.

An Executive Editor Who Was the Last of His Kind

When Max Frankel ascended to The Times’s top spot in 1986, he set out to respect traditions as the paper entered a period of vast transformation.

Answer Their Questions, Come Away With Your Next Book

A quiz that delivers reading recommendations helps bookworms find their next reads.

A Driving Force Behind One Reporter’s Beat

Life has looked a little different for a New York Times journalist covering the U.S. auto industry — and the tech billionaire at its forefront.

Photos of Willem de Kooning, Unseen Until Now

Images from 1965 of the pre-eminent artist were stored in The Times’s archives and only recently revealed.

David Leonhardt Says Good Night to The Morning

Five years after founding The Times’s flagship newsletter, Mr. Leonhardt recently began a new role on Opinion, overseeing the editing and writing of the paper’s editorials.

History Lessons on One-Inch Templates

In the 1920s and ’30s, clerks at The Times collected stamps from overseas mail. The postage tells of a fluid world history.

The Impact of Shrinking Resources in Uganda, Seen Through a Reporter’s Eyes

After the Trump administration cut most U.S. foreign aid, a reporter wanted to understand how it would affect one of Uganda’s most vulnerable communities.

On the Trail of the Los Angeles Fires

We hiked to the origins of the Palisades and Eaton fires to investigate how they started.

A Critic Whose Beat Is, on Occasion, a Laughing Matter

Jason Zinoman started writing about comedy for The New York Times in 2011, when the world of stand-up and improv looked a little different.

When the World’s Fair Came Tumbling Down

The Panama-Pacific International Exposition was held in San Francisco in 1915. After it ended, the fair’s temporary structures had to be razed.

A Reporter With a Wealth of Knowledge on the Wealthy

What do fluctuating egg prices and ultraluxury restaurants have in common? They both fall under one Metro reporter’s beat.

You Asked, We Answered: How The Times Is Reporting on the Trump Administration

Hundreds of readers asked about our coverage of the president. Times editors and reporters responded to some of the most common questions.

Baseball, Beards and 50 Years of Yankees’ Reporting

For the first time in 50 years, a team that takes pride in a clean-cut look will allow players to grow beards.

In the L.A. Fires, a Photographer Finds a Moment of Stillness

A photojournalist was on the ground in Southern California in January to capture the fires’ devastation.

My Red Carpet Quest: A Two-Year Search for Steve

A reporter, after several attempts, managed to pin down the man who makes the celebrated carpet for the Oscars each year.

A Scoop in the Mail

Susanne Craig, an investigative reporter at The Times, was astonished to see that a manila envelope that landed in her mailbox contained pages from Donald Trump’s tax records.

Sick and Skipped Over: How We Investigated the Organ Transplant System

Patients who spend years on waiting lists are not always the first to get organs, a Times investigation found.

Reflecting on 20 Years of Canada Reporting

In a Times newsletter, a journalist based in Ottawa covers the people and events shaping his country.

The Young Voices Shaping ‘New Sonic Futures’

A new project from T magazine highlights a group of female singer-songwriters who are reinventing R&B.

Weegee Pix End Up in Morgue!

Evidence has been uncovered that decades-old street snaps by the famed photographer are still stashed in old files at The Times.

They Never Planned on Buying a Gun. Until They Did.

Some new gun owners, a reporter found, are ready to approach the painful topic of firearms with more curiosity and less confrontation.

When Food Is Only a Portion of the Story

For Kim Severson, a reporter based in Atlanta who writes about food culture for The Times, the way we eat reflects where we are as a society.

Answering Life’s Health Questions, One Week at a Time

Why am I so tired? Can alcohol cause panic attacks? In Ask Well, a column edited by Julia Calderone, The Times tackles readers’ personal health questions.

35 Years Later, a Survivor With Scars Both Seen and Unseen

She escaped death in a devastating aviation accident in 1990. Decades later, as she tried to recover her memories, a reporter struggled to piece together her story, too.

Finding Devoted Sports Fans in the Coldest Place on Earth

An innocent question from a friend inspired one reporter to seek out sports buffs in a remote and chilly place: Antarctica.

Reporter Gone Wild

We all need an occasional chance to focus on the untamed, and remind ourselves that we are a part of it. That might go double for journalists.

Weight Loss, Love and Opening Up About It All

For an article about how weight-loss drugs affect marriage and intimacy, one health reporter worked with couples to “hold up a mirror to readers.”

An Original Warhol, Carved From Potatoes

Illustrations by the artist, commissioned for The Times in 1962, were sculpted on spuds before being stamped onto paper.

That’s My Old Ball Coach

A Times writer was browsing the gray columns of newsprint when a photograph transported him to the green infield grass of childhood.

The Marks of a Good Lunch

Beginning in 1924, prominent guests of the publisher autographed leather-bound books during their visits to The Times’s headquarters.

Attention, Letter Writers: Have You Connected With Other Times Readers?

With a letter to the editor, readers can share their thoughts on articles. They can also build community with other readers. Have you developed friendships with others who have had their letters published?

Ask Us Anything About Our Reporting on the Trump Administration

Times journalists will answer your questions about our coverage.

The Tangled Tale of The Times’s URL

The Times wanted to go online in 1996 with nytimes.com. But the domain was already owned — by a Times reporter.

The Gavel Is Fake. The Advice Is Real.

Judge John Hodgman, who is not a judge, resolves small disputes with a touch of humor in his New York Times Magazine column.

Covering an Mpox Outbreak in Congo: Mile After Mile of Muck

A reporter made a long journey, much of it spent fighting through mud on a motorbike, to reach the epicenter of a viral outbreak in Africa.

A Flag From Four Years Ago

At President Biden’s inauguration in 2021, nearly 200,000 American flags filled the National Mall. Visitors were invited to take them.

From a Bustling Kitchen to a Bustling Newsroom

Eleanore Park, an editor for New York Times Cooking and Food, uses skills she learned working in San Francisco restaurants.

In Taser Logs, a Practice That Long Went Unnoticed Is Revealed

An investigation found excessive Taser use in Mississippi to be widespread after reporters examined thousands of activations from department logs, many of which had never before been reviewed.

A Frankenstein Filing Error: It’s Alive!

Mistakenly placed in Boris Karloff’s clippings folder, a photo of the actor Glenn Strange has since been published in error. Twice.

A Fashion Reporter Considers the Ways Trends Trickle Down

Jacob Gallagher, who covers men’s style for The Times, writes about teddy bear jeans, papal robes and all the fashion moments in between.

For Him, the Beer in Your Hand Is the End of the Story

Joshua M. Bernstein was writing about bars and nightlife when the craft brew wave started to rise.

In Canada, Covering the Trudeau News With an ‘Orchestra’

Times reporters in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal anticipated that Justin Trudeau would step down as prime minister. Still, covering the news required teamwork, fast thinking and confident execution.

62 Fascinating Facts of 2024

Each day, Times Insider editors scour the newspaper for the most interesting facts to appear in articles. This year, tidbits about grudge-holding crows, the first-ever first kiss and George Washington’s dentures enlightened, informed and entertained us.

As Confetti Rained on Times Square, Y2K Bug Was a No-Show

Planes didn’t fall from the sky on Jan. 1, 2000. A technology reporter who wrote a front-page article early that morning reflects on a crisis that never was.

Jumping Out of a Plane, With Skydiving Seniors

To report on the Wuest Ways group, which has been hosting skydives since 1987, a reporter had to strap on a parachute and take the 12,500-foot leap.

Going to a Real-Life Version of Gabriel García Márquez’s Macondo

On a trip to Colombia to see the Netflix production of “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” a reporter was struck by memories of real places.

A Photo of Nancy Pelosi, Rediscovered Decades Later

In 1963, the politician Thomas D’Alesandro Jr. submitted a photo to appear with The New York Times’s announcement of his daughter’s engagement.

You Better Watch Out (for Clichés)

Do you hear what we hear? It’s The Times’s annual reminder to avoid overused holiday phrases.

Dateline: Yonder Star

As Christmas nears, New York Times journalists send dispatches from places like Santa Claus, Ind., and North Pole, N.Y.

Times Company v. Sullivan: The Case That Helped Make Modern Libel Law

L.B. Sullivan sued The New York Times over a civil rights fund-raising advertisement. The Supreme Court ruled against him in 1964.

What Broadway Gets Right and Wrong About Journalism

A Culture writer takes stock of recent stage productions that depict newsrooms and reporters.

Holiday Hints From a Gift-Guide Maker

Mari Uyehara helps develop the dozens of guides published by Wirecutter. She likes gifts you can’t buy in more than one place.

Walt Disney, Painted Out of the Photo

A photo found in The New York Times’s clippings library held a secret: One famous figure had been cropped out in order to spotlight another.

An Article on Hysterectomies Asks What Might Have Been Lost

Rachel E. Gross, a health reporter, was used to asking tough questions, but here her reporting presented a new challenge: Some patients didn’t know which organs had been removed from their bodies.

Meeting (and Ignoring) Former Chimp Stars

Retired performing chimpanzees are living in zoos and sanctuaries across the country, where they are trying to relearn how to be apes.

How Will Donald Trump’s Comeback Look on the Wall?

Portraits of the presidents hang outside the boardroom at The New York Times Building.

Scrubbing Up for a Peek at the Resuscitated Notre-Dame Cathedral

Michael Kimmelman, the architecture critic for The New York Times, visited the Paris landmark last summer amid the restoration.

The Glorious, Behind-the-Scenes Mess That Is Cookie Week

A weeklong celebration of cookies takes months of planning and baking, not to mention various photo and video shoots.

With ‘Sunset Boulevard,’ One Look Wasn’t Enough

A bare-bones revival of the Broadway musical grew on me with subsequent viewings, and the additional details I noticed bolstered my reporting.

Behind the Scenes With Our Thanksgiving Day Parade Reporter

Sarah Maslin Nir has covered the annual event in New York City through freezing temperatures, gusting winds and always crowded sidewalks.

More Than a Dozen Drafts From Dallas on One November Day

An article budget from Nov. 22, 1963, shows the scramble to explain President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.

Reading, With Extra Cheese: Remembering Pizza Hut’s ‘Book It!’

Reporting on the 40th anniversary of the popular pizza literacy program sent one writer on a mozzarella-scented memory trail.

In New York, Reporting on Four Fires in Four Days

Anything is on the table for a general assignment reporter in New York. Still, a series of brush fires in the city and a big blaze upstate were far from expected.

Underground, in the Mud, At Sea: A Reporter Goes Far to Cover Energy

Electricity has become our most critical resource. Oil is still coveted. The drive for energy has taken one Times reporter all over the map.

Picking Up My Rifle Once More as I Cover Guns in America

A reporter and former infantryman in Afghanistan had let his AR-15, used for target shooting, collect dust. Then he began writing about gun culture.

At COP29, Climate ‘Optimism Has Been Dampened’

Brad Plumer is reporting from Azerbaijan, where the annual U.N. climate summit got underway this week.

Jim Hendricks? Oh, Jimi Hendrix.

A misspelled name meant photos of one of the musician’s most memorable performances, at Woodstock, were hiding in plain sight for three decades.

Newsletter as Dinner Party: Serving Up Science and Health Advice

Jancee Dunn dispenses tips, tricks and advice on how to build a sounder mind and body in The Times’s Well newsletter.

Unions on Strike and a Newspaper on Pause

The New York Times and the unions representing its workers have had a handful of labor disputes, including one that left the city without The Times for 114 days.

A Spectator to a Team Celebrating Pride

In 2019, a gay couple bought an English rugby team, and the community immediately embraced them. Rory Smith witnessed the unexpected camaraderie.

Photographing the Newsroom on Election Night

Simbarashe Cha and Sara Krulwich, two New York Times photographers, documented Tuesday evening in the newsroom.

Election Night at The Times, Through the Decades

The first presidential election The Times covered was in 1852. Things have changed a lot since the days of typewriters and motographs — see how, in archival images from decades past.

What a Trump Rally Showed Me That Videos Never Could

At Donald J. Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, a Times reporter saw a more complete picture of the people who fuel his political movement.

Photographing Every President Since Reagan

Doug Mills reflects on nearly 40 years of taking photos of presidents.

Sprinting to Election Day, in Spanish

A team of editors and translators help communicate election coverage to Spanish-speaking readers, which comes with its own set of unique challenges.

How the Home Page Comes Together on Election Night

“It’s about being prepared, but also being able to pivot,” said Justin O’Neill, one of the editors who programs the home page at night.

Your questions about The Times’s election coverage: Endorsing presidential candidates

Our journalists answer questions from readers.

How Election Coverage Extends Beyond Politics

Nearly every team at The Times has some hand in election coverage. Journalists from the Styles, Culture, Business and National desks shared how they’re tackling the moment.

Print edition deadlines

Picking stories for the app

Your questions about The Times’s election coverage: Choosing the top story

Our journalists answer questions from readers.

Covering congressional races

Your questions about The Times’s election coverage: Polling and 2016

Our journalists answer questions from readers.

Your questions about The Times’s election coverage: When do we call races?

Our journalists answer questions from readers.

Accuracy of polls

Why we poll

Internal disputes

Data and Election Analytics

Checking reporters’ biases

Fact-checking the candidates

Your questions about The Times’s election coverage: False claims about election integrity

Our journalists answer questions from readers.

Covering the candidates

Your questions about The Times’s election coverage: Choosing which reporters cover which candidates

Our journalists answer questions from readers.

Your questions about The Times’s election coverage: ‘Sane-washing’

Our journalists answer questions from readers

In the Race for Congress, a Reporter Starts ‘With a Blank Notebook’

Catie Edmondson, who has been covering Capitol Hill for The New York Times since 2018, tries to glean patterns that will determine control of the House.

The Newspaper That Almost Was

Reporters and editors at The New York Times had diligently prepared for one outcome of the 2016 presidential race. Then the election results poured in.

Twenty Election Cycles and Counting

Carl Hulse has covered congressional campaigns for four decades. Much has changed, but one thing remains constant: Journalists must be ready for the unexpected.

From Swing States to Drive-Throughs: On the Campaign Trail with Trump

Since 2023, the political correspondent Michael Gold has followed the former president’s campaign, which has proved to be anything but predictable.

What’s It Like to Tail the Vice President?

Nicholas Nehamas is one of two Times reporters following Kamala Harris on the campaign trail — a job that comes with certain challenges for his health and diet.

The Person Leading The Times’s Politics Team

That the election cycle has been turbulent may be the understatement of the century. And David Halbfinger is overseeing coverage of every twist and turn through Election Day and its aftermath.

A Requiem for a Fictitious Congressman

Godfrey G. Gloom, who was frequently featured in The Times’s pages, met a colorful end in 1936.

Hard News and Honky-Tonks: How to Cover the American South

As a reporter responsible for region news in the South, Emily Cochrane covers hurricanes, trials, country music and more.

Plastic Waste and Toxic Sludge: A Sweep of a Messy Beat

The Climate reporter Hiroko Tabuchi is interested in all the things we take for granted about our environment.

Stroke by Wobbly Stroke, Learning to Accept Imperfection

During a recent assignment, a reporter learned the basics of calligraphy — and with it, how to practice self-compassion.

Politicians Can Bend the Truth. Here’s How We Bend It Back.

When candidates take to a lectern, we are there to fact-check their claims and bring you the truth.

A Shared Lived Experience Fueled an Investigation on Hair Relaxers

To report on the dangers of hair straightening products, one writer recalled her childhood — and that of other Black women.

On the Hunt, a Real Estate Reporter Strikes Gold

A man’s bizarre scheme to take over a hotel had the makings of an only-in-New-York story.

A History of ‘Record’ in the Newspaper of Record

The word saw, ahem, record usage in The New York Times in 2008.

How It Looks to Come of Age

The Where We Are series gives readers an inside look at the communities and coming-of-age traditions young people are creating today.

The Ad in the First Amendment

New York Times v. Sullivan established a standard for defamation lawsuits. But the case was not about Times journalism.

What Makes a Times Article Go Viral?

Facebook posts, shares, emails and page views: We may already know how an article spreads online, but we’re still learning why it lights up the internet.

‘This Is the Last Stop’: Shooting Britain’s Struggle Against Covid

After receiving access to hospitals, nursing homes and burial sites, I saw up close the nation’s agony, and grit.

Double Takes Amid the Devastation: Reporting on a Hurricane’s Surreal Aftermath

As our journalists navigate roads damaged by Hurricane Michael, Sheri Fink recalls indelible images from her coverage of Hurricane Florence: traveling by boat on a highway, watching floodwaters swallow roofs, ferrying survivors whose lives were forever altered.

When Seeking Answers Causes Unintended Pain

In reporting a story about suicide and drug overdoses, a reporter’s thankless tasks include calling parents shocked by the sudden interest.