One goal of the new News Desk has been to merge the weekend and weekday operations into one seamless, dynamic digital report. We also want to be as hard-charging on the weekend as we are during the week.
With Randy Archibold leading the way, we have together made significant progress. Now, we are happy to announce that Jorge Arangure will be partnering with Randy to help accelerate that weekend transformation.
Please congratulate Jorge, who after a successful run on Standards will be joining the News Desk as a senior editor. He will help us oversee coverage, communicate priorities and vet and assess stories for publication and promotion. He will partner with Randy on weekends to meet the needs of a seven-day news cycle thrown into hyperdrive by the new administration in Washington.
On Standards some of his biggest successes were things that you never saw; the troubled story that did not publish, a line that never made it into a story, and a headline that was tweaked before it caused any problems.
“We try not to deal in cliches on Standards, but our loss is definitely the rest of the newsroom’s gain,’’ Susan Wessling said. “Jorge is a thoughtful and sharp editor, he can speak his mind and be supportive at the same time, and he’s quick with a quip. We’ll miss him, but we know he won’t be far.”
Jorge joined The Times in 2018 as an editor on Metro. During his three years, he helped lead some of the biggest stories on the desk, including the El Chapo trial and the coronavirus coverage at the height of the pandemic.
“As soon as I began working with Jorge, I quickly became a big fan of his sharp eye and ability to spot ways of improving stories,” said Cliff Levy, who was Metro editor then. “He would often point out important issues that others had missed, but always with a collaborative spirit.”
Before joining The Times, Jorge was the editor in chief of Vice Media’s sports vertical. He spent his writing and reporting career covering sports at places such as ESPN and The Washington Post.
He is a proud San Diegan, despite (or because of?) living in New York City for 17 years. And he retains a deep interest in sports and pop culture.
“I spend a lot of my time away from The Times thinking about some of the sports teams that torture me every day: the Padres, Tottenham Hotspur and the U.S.C. Trojans. I am also a big fan of prestige TV.”
Please join us in welcoming Jorge to the News Desk.
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