Talk:Sheryl WuDunn/Archives/2013

Changes for WuDunn

From a note by Larry Ingrassia, New York Times financial editor, in Ahead of the Times, the NYT's intranet newsletter:

Sheryl WuDunn has worked for The Times for many years in many different jobs: as she puts it, “from covering coups abroad to working in circulation and strategic planning, and later television. Most recently, it has been editing in Bizday.”

And now, I am sad to report, after having done just about every job you can do here, Sheryl has decided that what she’d really like to do next is bring her passion to some exciting new challenges — outside The Times, alas.

Her first project will be to co-write another book — with guess who? (that would be Nick Kristof, of course) — about women in the developing world. Sheryl and Nick already have co-authored two books about Asia, and of course she has won several major journalism awards.

The new book is tentatively titled either “It Takes a Woman,” or “Lost Daughters,” and Sheryl says, “I’m looking forward to reporting for the book, maybe even wading through a rice paddy here or there. Those on-the-ground experiences will be particularly special because they will be my last such ones. After that, I will be leaving journalism.”

In the next phase of her career, Sheryl plans to go back into the business world. As many of you know, Sheryl has an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School, among several degrees, and once worked as a lending officer at Bankers Trust.

Sheryl has brought enthusiasm, dedication and good cheer to her job overseeing foreign and domestic correspondents in Bizday. She’s a talented journalist who is fun to work with, and a great colleague and team player who cares very much about The Times.

Sheryl is anxious to start working full-time on the book. She will be with us for several more weeks; we won’t let her out the door until we give her a fond send-off.

Bizday and the rest of The Times will miss her.

Larry Ingrassia
AndreasKQ 12:31, 7 May 2007 (UTC)