THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY We are happy to announce that Joe Ward has been promoted to senior staff editor in Graphics.
The new title formalizes a position that Joe has been carving out since 2020 when he began working to get more graphics-driven stories on social media. He has worked with the Social and Social Visuals teams to create visual posts for platforms like Twitter and Instagram. Most recently he has been helping to transform our longer visual storytelling into some of our most engaging short videos on TikTok.
"Joe is frequently cited as an informal M.V.P. on the Reporter Video, Social and Social Visuals teams, as he is an essential link to the kind of visual storytelling that sets The Times apart on social media," said Mike Schmidt, co-executive producer of the Reporter Video team. "He is quick with a smart graphic, crisp with social copywriting, responsive to breaking news, flexible and collaborative in his communications."
Joe joined The Times as a cartographer in 1983. Later, as a sports graphics editor focused on data visualization, he introduced Times readers to the detailed mechanics of athletic performance, and contributed to in-depth analysis of trends in sports and reported on major events on tight deadlines. He has been to the Olympics 10 times, helping to pioneer new ways of visualizing sporting events, including the use of motion-capture analysis of athletes.
He was a key member of the team that created 2012's "Snow Fall," widely considered an innovative piece of visual storytelling, and he continues to produce signature journalism. He has been integral to our continuing coverage of the latest research on C.T.E. Most recently, he brought together a team of videographers, designers and graphics editors to produce a video-driven story about the families of football players who died before the age of 30 and were later found to have had the brain disease.
Not many people know that prior to his career in journalism Joe was a second baseman on the University of Buffalo's team. He also worked as an associate scout for the Cleveland Indians, as well as a hitting coach for the New Jersey Jackals, an independent minor league baseball team.
We're thankful that Joe ultimately chose to pursue journalism. Please join us in congratulating him!
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