Katie Van Syckle
The New York Times
New York, NY, United States
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The Fiddle Leaf Fig Is Dead. What’s the New Popular Plant?
Meet the man working to put the next big “It” plant on every windowsill in North America. → Read More
The Weddings Section Asks What It Means to Be Committed in 2022
The Times Weddings editor Charanna Alexander discusses the decision to move away from the traditional Times wedding announcement and her plans for the section. → Read More
In Climate Coverage, Reporting the Grim Facts, but Also the Fight
A Times journalist distills the recent U.N. report and talks about how he treats a beat that can get more than a little gloomy. → Read More
J. Kenji López-Alt Cooks With a Dash of Science
For the Times food columnist J. Kenji López-Alt, the kitchen is also a lab, where an understanding of a few basics at the molecular level can make a difference in your next dish. → Read More
Return to Form: Fashion Journalists on Going Back to the Runway
After attending shows in person for the first time in more than a year, two industry watchers reflect on the spectacle and the art. → Read More
Artist's Illustrations Help Explain Climate Change to Kids
To help explain to children the urgency of a warmer planet, a visual journalist created artwork with a playful approach. → Read More
Reporter Apoorva Mandavilli Makes Science of Covid Clearer
Behind some of The Times’s vital journalism on the coronavirus is a reporter who speaks seven languages, holds a master’s degree in biochemistry and, OK, has a weakness for “Bridgerton.” → Read More
The Obstacles to Reporting on Black Representation in Fashion
Times journalists asked leading companies about the racial makeup of their work forces. The responses, or the lack of them, were revealing. Here, the reporters discuss what they found. → Read More
Covering the Royal Family: Reporter Discusses the Challenges
The Times’s London bureau chief talks about the challenges of reporting on Buckingham Palace and the fallout of Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Harry and Meghan. → Read More
Five Years, Thousands of Insults: Tracking Trump’s Invective
From 2015 until earlier this month, a team of Times journalists kept a list of every one of the former president’s put-downs on Twitter. It wasn’t exactly an uplifting task. → Read More
A Scoop About the Pentagon Papers, 50 Years Later
A former Times reporter obtained the answer to a major question involving Neil Sheehan’s source, then had to keep it secret until last week. → Read More
‘Women Will Not Be Forced to Be Alone When They Are Giving Birth’
In response to some private hospitals’ decision to bar partners, New York will order all hospitals to allow partners in delivery rooms, despite the coronavirus risk. → Read More
Legal Savvy. Few Lunch Breaks. How Reporters Cover a Trial.
Court reporting is a cornerstone of Times journalism. Three experienced hands explain how they approach the work. → Read More
Gunman Storms N.Y.P.D. Precinct After Firing at Police Van, Wounding 2
The police commissioner called the Bronx rampage an “assassination attempt,” and a backlash grew over anti-police protests. → Read More
Suicide at Hudson Yards Vessel: Teenager Jumps Over Railing
The death on Saturday night stunned onlookers who were visiting the 150-foot-high steel structure. → Read More
Our Correspondent Discusses “The Jungle Prince of Delhi”
For Ellen Barry, it was supposed to be a short-term project. But a family of deposed aristocrats living in isolation proved intriguing. → Read More
Our Wine Critic Reviews Climate Change’s Impact on an Industry
Eric Asimov says we have to rethink every element of wine, from where we farm it to how we buy it. → Read More
The Journalists Who Read All of President Trump’s Tweets. Twice.
For a special report, The Times sorted more than 11,000 Twitter posts to understand a new form of executive power. → Read More
A Photographer’s ‘Surreal’ Access to ISIS Prisons
Ivor Prickett reported from two Kurdish-run facilities in Syria. “In those situations, it’s about making yourself very obvious,” he said. → Read More
An N.B.A. Reporter Takes Questions as a New Season Begins
Sopan Deb came to basketball from Culture and Politics coverage. “I’ve obsessively followed the sport since I was a kid,” he says. → Read More