Linda Greenhouse

For the first time in decades, The New York Times has a new Supreme Court reporter.

Adam Liptak, the Times' national legal reporter, is taking over the position Linda Greenhouse—who covered the beat, off and on, for 30 years—vacated in February after taking a $300,000 buyout. Before Mr. Liptak was a reporter, he was a lawyer for the paper. He joined the newsroom in 2002.

Here's the memo from Washington bureau chief Dean Baquet:  read more »

Over the next few months, Linda Greenhouse will get $300,000 check from the Times and then she'll be a "Journalist-in-Residence" at Yale Law. Romenesko with the memo.

It’s deadline day for buyouts at The Times!

And joining Pulitzer winner Linda Greenhouse on the payout line, is Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter David Cay Johnston, who has submitted an application to volunteer for a buyout (Media Mob needs to qualify because technically the paper has the final say and will be reviewing applications for the next 45 days).  read more »

Linda Greenhouse, the Pulitzer-winning diviner of the inner workings of the Supreme Court and one of the great New York Times institutions, has asked to leave the paper under a voluntary buyout program.

"For 30 years, my internal clock has been set to the Supreme Court's calendar, but the buyout got my attention and it's a really good deal," she said in an interview with Media Mob last night.

The Times announced on Valentine's Day that 100 newsroom staffers would lose their job, and they'd begin the painful process by offering
buyouts. The first deadline to volunteer for a buyout is on March 5 and Ms. Greenhouse has applied.  read more »