Not surprisingly for a territorial newsroom like the Times, Leonhardt's pandemic writing has become an internal sticking point. An editor in London, Claire Moses, adds news from overnight and sends out the newsletter at 6:30 a.m. 'The Morning' team functions like a small newsroom within a newsroom, convening in morning and afternoon news meetings to discuss the daily 'lead' item, where Leonhardt analyzes the biggest news of the day in a few hundred words, often focusing on the coronavirus pandemic. The newsletter's pandemic coverage has been controversial internally

'There was this absolutely massive audience sitting there waiting to be written for,' he told Insider. Leonhardt said that when he first discussed writing the newsletter with Sam Dolnick, a Times assistant managing editor overseeing digital products, and Adam Pasick, who leads newsletter efforts, the decision was easy. On Friday, the Times announced that Amy Fiscus, the paper's national security editor, will move to 'The Morning' to help lead the effort. It will expand from six to eight full-time staffers and launch Saturday and Sunday editions. More than 5 million people on average read 'The Morning' every day, making it the Times most widely-read newsletter and many readers' first daily interaction with the paper's journalism. Renamed 'The Morning,' Leonhardt's newsletter has quickly become an influential - and, on occasion, controversial - product within the Times, similar to how Michael Barbaro's 'The Daily' podcast quickly became a force within the newsroom thanks to its reach. This story is available exclusively to Business InsiderĪnd start reading now. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.

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