Linda Greenhouse to Take N.Y. Times Buyout
Updated: A renowned legal journalist known for her decades of U.S. Supreme Court coverage has announced that she will be leaving the New York Times.
Linda Greenhouse, 61, says she had been planning to retire soon anyway, and has decided to accept a buyout package from the newspaper, reports the Associated Press.
Greenhouse will reportedly receive a $300,000 voluntary buyout. The buyout is based on two years of salary—$140,000 a year—and a bonus, the New York Observer reports.
After 30 years on the newspaper’s Supreme Court beat, she has been at the nation’s highest court longer than all of the current justices except for John Paul Stevens, who started in 1975. She worked at the Times for a decade before being assigned to the beat.
While at the Times, Greenhouse wrote numerous law review articles and one book, Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun’s Supreme Court Journey. She won the Pulitzer Prize, journalism’s highest honor, for her beat coverage of the court in 1998.
She plans to stay “actively engaged in thinking and writing about the court,” and has speaking and academic writing engagements lined up.
Read about Greenhouse’s favorite story.
Updated 1 p.m. Thursday to add buyout details.
