I’m pleased to share with you that Nikhil Kumar is returning to TIME as Executive Editor. I’m also thrilled to announce that Lori Fradkin, who joined TIME in 2018, is being promoted to Executive Editor.
Nikhil Kumar will be overseeing our AI, Climate, and Health teams, working with those reporters and editors to expand our coverage in these key verticals and the leaders shaping them for TIME.
Together, our AI, Climate, and Health journalists have been among TIME’s most innovative and recognized. They’ve launched our new TIME100 communities, creating journalism that speaks to the decision-makers in these verticals and the individuals who follow them. That work has taken various forms, from Justin Worland’s TIMECO2 Leadership Report to our Leadership Forums and the TIME Health and TIME Health Pro magazines, which are read in thousands of doctors’ offices each day. Their stories regularly drive large audiences and generate impact by changing how readers understand their lives and futures.
Nikhil brings experience in international and business journalism, which he’ll use to make sure that our AI, Climate, and Health coverage continues to appeal to global audiences and those leading the businesses that shape them. He will supervise Senior Editors Mandy Oaklander, Kyla Mandel, and Dayana Sarkisova, along with their reporters, and collaborate across all our departments to encourage our most ambitious journalism.
Most recently, Nikhil was the deputy global editor at The Messenger and earlier, at Grid. He was formerly CNN’s bureau chief in New Delhi, overseeing the network’s coverage of India and the wider region, as well as reporting on-air for major stories. Previously, he was TIME’s South Asia bureau chief and, before that, a senior editor working on international coverage. He has also worked as an editor and foreign correspondent for the Independent and the Evening Standard.
