Juan Manuel Benítez (@JuanMaBenitez.bsky.social)

Deep love and gratitude for my @NY1noticias @NY1 family. I’m saying “hasta luego” after 20 years and two months working with the best professionals in the local news industry.

Two very different receptions at this NYC Pride March today: @NYCMayor vs @ZohranKMamdani

🔥 March ’25 Flashpoint: “Cuomo’s in the Driver’s Seat—But Zohran’s Gunning for Him” — @JuanMaBenitez on the Coming Clash for City Hall 🗳️ 🎙️ Full convo on The Perez Notes 🔗 linktr.ee/thepereznotes #NYCPolitics #Mayor2025 #AndrewCuomo @ZohranKMamdani #CityHall2025…

Based on our New York Editorial Board interviews, this is what my AI assistant thinks about the Democratic race for NYC comptroller. For more => open.substack.com/pub/juanmabeni…

This is my AI assistant’s ranked-choice ballot for NYC mayor based on our interviews at the New York Editorial Board open.substack.com/pub/juanmabeni…

🗽📝 Our journalists meet NYC's mayoral hopefuls: Pulitzer Hall was buzzing Monday afternoon as six candidates engaged with City Newsroom students on housing, education, immigration and more.

I enjoyed discussing my plans on education policy, homelessness and antisemitism with @juanmabenitez and other talented @columbiajourn journalists. youtube.com/live/OV_TZxXqV…

City Newsroom students putting together this mayoral forum at @columbiajourn Watch here at noon! youtube.com/watch?v=OV_TZx…

📢 Let's talk about New York City's future. Professor @JuanMaBenitez, Philip S. Balboni Professor of Professional Practice of Local Journalism, is moderating "A Vision for New York City Mayoral Forum" on Monday, April 14 at noon.

1/ Thursday morning, 'The New York Editorial Board' met with mayoral candidate @scottmstringer for a wide-ranging conversation on his record and priorities, and issues facing New York City. Transcript coming early next week. (photo by @JuanMaBenitez)

A statement from Columbia Journalism School faculty defending press freedom: journalism.columbia.edu/news/cjs-facul…

City Newsroom students spending their day interviewing -actually, grilling…- elected officials at City Hall. @columbiajourn @SandyforCouncil @NYCCouncil

NEW EPISODE: The Perez Notes ⁦@andrewcuomo⁩ is running for NYC mayor—what happens next? Will ⁦@NYCMayor⁩ fight to keep his seat? How does ⁦@NYCSpeakerAdams⁩ factor in? Veteran journalist ⁦@JuanMaBenitez⁩ joins to break it all down. open.spotify.com/episode/0RvmaF…

You wanna know more about the New York Editorial Board? Check this @NiemanLab story by @neel_dhan niemanlab.org/2025/02/the-ne… @columbiajourn