Adam Nagourney has been a journalist for over 45 years. Before joining the New York Times, he worked at USA Today, The New York Daily News, and the Gannett Westchester Newspapers. After being hired by the Times in 1996, he served as the paper’s metropolitan political correspondent, chief national political correspondent, Los Angeles bureau chief, and West Coast culture reporter, returning to cover national politics in 2023.
“Something of a white-knuckle ride with—spoiler alert—a
broadly happy ending . . . It is, if you like, a history of kings
and queens.”—Alan Rusbridger, The New York Times
“An elegiac quality . . . Stuffed with Old Testament
gossip.”—New York Magazine
“Adam Nagourney’s The Times, an
often enthralling chronicle of four decades (1976–2016)
of management upheaval and digital transformation, delivers
the gossipy goods, thanks in part to interviews with nearly all the
surviving principals. . . . Like Robert Caro’s biographies, [The
Times] should appeal to anyone interested in power. . . .
Nagourney’s volume, both candid and fair-minded, is a
valuable addition to the canon, adding detail to already
well-reported stories.”—The Los Angeles Times
“In the style of a first-rate dramatist, [Adam Nagourney] captures
what happens behind the scenes in the newsroom, and in his long,
wonderful book I did not find one page that failed to interest
me.”—Gay Talese, author of The Kingdom and the Power
“Beneath the utter brilliance of the Times’s front page,
Succession-level theatrics broil. Adam Nagourney has completely
captured the paper in all its glory and heartbreak, and this book
is simply addictive. Journalists will devour it. Readers of the
Times will be gripped by the dramas of the inner sanctum.”—Graydon
Carter, editor of Air Mail
“In this behind-the-scenes look at America’s premier newspaper, the
‘Gray Lady’ comes across as anything but monochromatic or ladylike.
Yet Nagourney shows again and again why, for all its flaws, his
paper makes the world a better place.”—Amanda Foreman, author of A
World on Fire
“With reportorial rigor and a fair-minded analytical voice,
Nagourney walks us through years of tumult at the paper, reminding
us anew that human forces are forever in play even when they are
obscured by the seeming authority of familiar fonts. This is good,
important history.”—Jon Meacham, author of American Lion
“Adam Nagourney’s The Times is an insider’s blockbuster account of
how The New York Times triumphed over adversity during the past
four jangled decades to remain the undisputed newspaper of
record. Highly recommended.”—Douglas Brinkley, author of
American Moonshot
“Absorbing . . . An exemplary work of journalism about
journalism, of surpassing interest to any serious consumer of
the news.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Drawing on extensive research and original
interviews, Nagourney provides astute insight into
leadership under crisis as well as a window onto recent decades of
polarizing politics. The result is both a valuable case study
of an industry in flux and a unique angle on American
history.”—Publishers Weekly
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