Sam Dolnick

Dolnick was born to novelist Edward Dolnick and Lynn Iphigene Golden, who met at Brandeis University as students.{{Cite web|last=of 2|first=Page 2|title=Reading God's Mind|url=https://www.brandeis.edu/magazine/2012/spring/featured-stories/dolnik.html|access-date=2021-09-05|website=Brandeis Magazine|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2015-08-24|title=Inside the 3-Way Family Contest to Become the Next Publisher of the Times|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/08/new-york-times-heirs.html|access-date=2021-09-05|website=Intelligencer|language=en}} His mother is the daughter of Ruth Sulzberger Holmberg and a granddaughter of The New York Times publisher Arthur Hays Sulzberger and his wife, Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger.{{Cite news|date=1972-12-24|title=Lynn Golden Betrothed To Edward I. Dolnick|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/24/archives/lynn-golden-betrothed-t6-bdward-i-dolnick.html|access-date=2021-09-05|issn=0362-4331}} Through his mother, a director of The New York Times and the Smithsonian Zoo,{{Cite news|last=Staff Reporter|first=a Wall Street Journal|date=1997-01-23|title=New York Times Gets Trustee From the Sulzberger Family|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB853980359294050000|access-date=2021-09-05|issn=0099-9660}} he is a fifth-generation member of the Ochs-Sulzberger family that owns the newspaper.{{Cite web|last=Pompeo|first=Joe|title=Sulzberger scion Sam Dolnick gets a promotion at the Times|url=http://politi.co/1Pz5sRT|access-date=2021-09-05|website=POLITICO Media|language=en}} He has a brother, Ben Dolnick, who is a novelist.[http://nymag.com/news/articles/08/10/20081013_sulzberger.pdf New York Magazine: "Children of the Times - Who’s who in the Ochs-Sulzberger clan"] retrieved September 27, 2015 He is also the nephew of Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a Geisha, and Michael Golden, former publisher of the International Herald Tribune and vice chairman of The New York Times Company.

Dolnick graduated from Georgetown Day School, where he played basketball,{{Cite news|date=2012-12-08|title=Are the Knicks This Good?|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/08/sports/basketball/are-the-knicks-this-good-basketball-die-hards-weigh-in.html|access-date=2021-09-05|issn=0362-4331}} and received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University.{{Cite web|title=Columbia Spectator 13 September 2000 — Columbia Spectator|url=https://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs20000913-01.2.18&srpos=1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-Sam+Dolnick------|access-date=2021-09-05|website=spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu}}{{Cite web|title=The View from Here|url=https://airmail.news/issues/2020-10-17/the-view-from-here|access-date=2021-09-05|website=airmail.news|language=en}} After graduating from Columbia, he interned for Wayne Barrett at The Village Voice in 2002 and worked night shifts at The Staten Island Advance from 2002 to 2004.{{Cite web|title=Sam Dolnick, Author at Village Voice Staging|url=https://vvstaging.villagevoice.com/author/janettzou/|access-date=2021-09-05|website=Village Voice Staging}}{{Cite web|title=NYT Reporter Sam Dolnick Receives 2012 Worth Bingham Prize|url=https://nieman.harvard.edu/news/2013/03/nyt-reporter-sam-dolnick-receives-2012-worth-bingham-prize/|access-date=2021-09-05|website=Nieman Foundation|language=en-US}}

In 2004, Dolnick joined the Associated Press and moved to Delhi in 2007 as a foreign correspondent for AP. Dolnick joined The New York Times in 2009 as a metro reporter.{{Cite web|date=2009-08-21|title=Sam Dolnick, Member of the Sulzberger-Ochs Family, Joining Times Newsroom|url=https://observer.com/2009/08/sam-dolnick-member-of-the-sulzbergerochs-family-joining-times-newsroom/|access-date=2021-09-05|website=Observer|language=en-US}}

Dolnick was promoted to deputy sports editor in 2013.{{Cite web|date=2013-02-19|title=Sam Dolnick and Jay Schreiber Named New Deputy Sports Editors at The New York Times|url=https://observer.com/2013/02/sam-dolnick-and-jay-schreiber-named-new-deputy-sports-editors-at-the-new-york-times/|access-date=2021-09-05|website=Observer|language=en-US}} In addition to covering amateur cage-fighting,{{Cite news|date=2013-09-18|title=Tomato Can Blues|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/tomato-can-blues/index.html|access-date=2021-09-05|issn=0362-4331}} horse racing,{{Cite news|date=2013-08-13|title=The Jockey|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/the-jockey/index.html#/?chapt=introduction|access-date=2021-09-05|issn=0362-4331}} and the Sochi Olympics,{{Cite news|last=Dolnick|first=Sam|date=2014-02-17|title=Biathlon Penalty Loop Is Like the Dunce Cap of the Olympics|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/17/sports/olympics/biathlon-penalty-loop-is-like-the-dunce-cap-of-the-olympics.html|access-date=2021-09-05|issn=0362-4331}} he also profiled the Sinaloa cartel's 90 year-old drug mule, Leo Sharp in 2014 for The New York Times Magazine.{{Cite news|last=Dolnick|first=Sam|date=2014-06-11|title=There's a True Story Behind 'The Mule': The Sinaloa Cartel's 90-Year-Old Drug Mule|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/15/magazine/the-sinaloa-cartels-90-year-old-drug-mule.html|access-date=2021-09-05|issn=0362-4331}} His story later became the inspiration for Clint Eastwood's 2018 film, The Mule.{{Cite news|last=Dolnick|first=Sam|date=2018-12-05|title=The Long Path From My Desk to Clint Eastwood's 'The Mule'|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/05/reader-center/clint-eastwood-movie-drug-mule-sinaloa-cartel.html|access-date=2021-09-09|issn=0362-4331}} In 2014, he left the sports desk to become senior editor of the paper's mobile team.{{Cite web|last=Pompeo|first=Joe|title=Sam Dolnick leaves Sports to tackle mobile for the Times|url=http://politi.co/1PyPUxG|access-date=2021-09-05|website=POLITICO Media|language=en}}

In 2015, Dolnick was promoted to associate editor.{{Cite web|date=2015-07-23|title=A Note About Sam Dolnick|url=https://www.nytco.com/press/a-note-about-sam-dolnick/|access-date=2021-09-05|website=The New York Times Company|language=en-US}} As associate editor, he was responsible for launching numerous digital and mobile initiatives at the Times,{{Cite web|last=Johnson|first=Eric|date=2016-09-20|title=Full transcript: New York Times editors Sam Dolnick and Clifford Levy on Recode Media|url=https://www.vox.com/2016/9/20/12982198/sam-dolnick-clifford-levy-new-york-times-recode-media-podcast-transcript|access-date=2021-09-05|website=Vox|language=en}} including NYT Audio, NYT VR,{{Cite news|last=Silverstein|first=Jake|date=2015-11-05|title=The Displaced: Introduction|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/08/magazine/the-displaced-introduction.html|access-date=2021-09-05|issn=0362-4331}} The Daily podcast, The Daily 360, and the TV documentary series The Weekly, where he also serves as an executive producer. Dolnick was one of three cousins in the Ochs-Sulzberger family who had been candidates to become deputy publisher of the Times and successor to Arthur Sulzberger Jr. A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher's son, was named to the role in October 2016.{{Cite news|last=Hufford|first=Lukas I. Alpert and Austen|date=2016-10-19|title=New York Times Sets Up A.G. Sulzberger to Succeed Father as Publisher|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-times-sets-up-a-g-sulzberger-to-succeed-father-as-publisher-1476879751|access-date=2021-09-05|issn=0099-9660}}

In 2017, Dolnick was elevated to masthead as an assistant editor.{{Cite news|last=Ember|first=Sydney|date=2017-04-03|title=New York Times Elevates Sam Dolnick to Masthead|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/03/business/new-york-times-sam-dolnick-masthead.html|access-date=2021-09-05|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web|date=2017-04-03|title=Sam Dolnick Promoted to Assistant Editor|url=https://www.nytco.com/press/sam-dolnick-promoted-to-assistant-editor/|access-date=2021-09-05|website=The New York Times Company|language=en-US}} In that role, he oversees the Times' audiovisual work.{{Cite web|title=#2 - Sam Dolnick, Assistant Managing Editor, New York Times|url=http://www.insideradio.com/top_podcasters2020/2---sam-dolnick-assistant-managing-editor-new-york-times/article_9cd4b222-d692-11ea-bea1-af8acbab6a17.html|access-date=2021-09-05|website=Insideradio.com|date=5 August 2020 |language=en}}

In 2018, he profiled a man named Erik Hagerman who, upon learning that Donald Trump has become president, decided to cut off from all news media and live in self-imposed isolation.{{Cite news|last=Dolnick|first=Sam|date=2018-03-10|title=The Man Who Knew Too Little|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/style/the-man-who-knew-too-little.html|access-date=2021-09-05|issn=0362-4331}}

In 2019, Dolnick was elected a member of the Pulitzer Center board.{{Cite web|title=Sam Dolnick Elected to the Pulitzer Center Board|url=https://pulitzercenter.org/blog/sam-dolnick-elected-pulitzer-center-board|access-date=2021-09-05|website=Pulitzer Center|language=en}}

In 2022 he was promoted to deputy managing editor.[https://nytco.com/press/introducing-our-senior-masthead-team New York Times Company press release, "Introducing Our Senior Masthead Team" April 20,2022][https://nytimes.com/interactive/2023/admin/the-new-york-times-masthead.html "The New York Times Masthead" 2023 version]

Dolnick was the recipient the 2012 Worth Bingham Prize for investigative reporting into New Jersey's privatized halfway houses. He also won a George Polk Award in 2013 for the same work.{{Cite web|title=Mother Jones reporter wins Polk for Romney story|url=https://apnews.com/article/002b096b5a1d42fe87ded756597e89a8|access-date=2021-09-05|website=AP NEWS|date=18 February 2013 |language=en}}{{Cite news|last=Dolnick|first=Sam|date=2012-06-16|title=As Escapees Stream Out, a Penal Business Thrives|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/17/nyregion/in-new-jersey-halfway-houses-escapees-stream-out-as-a-penal-business-thrives.html|access-date=2021-09-05|issn=0362-4331}}

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