New York Times article on FEMA performance review

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The Times Appoints Frank Riclr' As Associate Editor and Essayist -Frank Rich, an Op-Ed columnist dual title was a first for The Times, and a senior writer for The New and Mr. Rich b^an to write essays York Times Magazine, has been ap- and articles longer than those ac- ^inted associate editor of the news- conunodated in the 700-word Op-Ed phper and will write a cultural essay format He also wrote articles and fbr fhe front page of Arts & Leisure commentaries for the magazine, each Sunday beginning this spring, drawing from his background as a <2Ihe appointment was announced theater critic and an observer of art j^gerday by Howell Raines, execu- and entertainment tive editor of The Times, who said Mr.. Rich came to The Times in Mr, .Rich would also be an adviser to 1980 as chief theater critic. During Steven Erlanger, the cultural news the 1992 presidential campaign, he editor. joined with Maureen Dowd, then a ■ Mr. Rich’s last Op-Ed column will Washington correspondent and now ^f^ear on Jan. 18. an Op-Ed columnist in writing a jGaU Collins, editorial page editor, daily column at the political conven­ ^id: “Frank pioneered a new kind tions. They repeated the assignment ^/column for us and proved that it in January 1993 for Inauguration ^^^ possibie to write longer, more Week in Washington. searching pieces that still retained In addition to his work at The tbe verve and passion we prize in our Times, Mr. Rich has written about Qp^d columnists. We’ll miss him, culture and politics for many other but like everyone else at The Times, publications. His latest book, a child­ welre very excited about this new hood memoir titled “Ghost Light” varture.” was published in 2000 by Random ^=1^. Raines said: “Frank.Rich is House. A collection of Mr. Rich’s the nation’s premier cultural drama reviews, “Hot Seat: Theater cBpimentators, and I’m delighted to welcome him back to the news Criticism for The New York Times, pages. We plan for his column to be 1980-1993,” was published by Ran­ an anchor of the Arts & Leisure dom House in 1998. Another book, sS^mi. In addition, he will work .“The Theatre Art of Boris Aronson,” closely with Steve Erlanger, our written by Mr. Rich with Lisa Aron­ fifewly appointed cultural news edi- son, was published by Knopf in 1987. in planning coverage and the Before joining The Times, Mr. overall design of the culture pages. Rich was a film and television critic and Steve make a formidable at Time magazine. Earlier he was film critic for The New York Post added: “It is also worth noting and film critic and senior editor of ihat earher in their Times careers, New Times magazine. He was a both Steve and Frank worked with founding editor of The Richmond offiT former managing editor Arthur Mercury, a Virginia weekly, in the the original architect of The early 197O’s, Times’s cultural report in the mod- Mr. Rich earned a degree in Amer­ eiy era. Frank’s appointment repre- ican history and literature at Har­ sents the blend of creativity and con­ vard, graduating magna cum laude tinuity of tradition that is a hallmark in 1971. He was ^torial chairman of ofThe Times.” The Harvard Crimson, an honorary Mr. Rich, 53, became a columnist Harvard College scholar, a member on the Op-Ed page in 1994 and was of Phi Beta Kappa and the recipient given the additional title of senior of a Henry Russell Shaw traveling writer for the magazine in 1999. The fellowship.

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