James Glanz

@jamesglanz

International, investigative and visual journalist at The New York Times. Lapsed astrophysicist. Ph.D. Princeton, formerly U. Colorado at Boulder, Science mag.

Joined July 2015

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James Glanz@jamesglanz · Jul 14

This is the rare piece in which the NYT quotes NYT journalists: "The smartest people in the world are also the least limited in their mobility," said one of Katrin Bennhold's sources. "Scientists are wanted everywhere. They're the ones who will fly free." nytimes.com/interactive/20…

jamesglanz's tweet card. Mr. Trump’s ideological war on universities is putting students, professors and scientists under pressure. That could undermine the global dominance that American science has enjoyed for decades.

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James Glanz@jamesglanz · May 31

“If things continue as they are, American science is ruined,” said David W. Hogg, a prof. of physics and data science at NYU. “If it becomes impossible to work with non-U.S. scientists, it would basically render the kinds of research that I do impossible.” nytimes.com/2025/05/31/wor…

jamesglanz's tweet card. With the welcome mat withdrawn for promising researchers from around the world, America is at risk of losing its longstanding pre-eminence in the sciences.

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The New York Times@nytimes · May 14

From @TheAthletic: Pope Leo madness has taken over Chicago. After the white smoke appeared, it was a shock to see an American and even more to see a South Sider. Once people found out he was a White Sox fan, forget about it. nyti.ms/3S46ZbF

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James Glanz@jamesglanz · May 18

It was the yacht called “unsinkable” by its manufacturer. In fact, it blew over sideways in a wind gust and sank in minutes. The crew was taken by surprise but otherwise acted admirably. The initial investigation confirms our story from October. nytimes.com/2025/05/15/wor…

jamesglanz's tweet card. An official report into last year’s yacht tragedy, which killed seven, found that the boat could easily capsize in high winds. Its towering mast made it more vulnerable.

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James Glanz@jamesglanz · Jan 17

The U.S. is in a new era of great urban fires — the result of flammable housing, scientists say. “This is a disaster that is human created,” Dr. Kerber said. By Soumya Karlamangla, James Glanz & Rob Gebeloff nytimes.com/2025/01/17/us/…

jamesglanz's tweet card. Many Californians thought wildfires couldn’t reach deep into their cities. But the Los Angeles fires showed how older homes became fuel that fed the fires.

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James Glanz@jamesglanz · Dec 31

For ten points, who recognizes this reporter a few months after he was hired. Anyone else? I hope so. It was a great party. nytimes.com/2024/12/31/ins…

jamesglanz's tweet card. Planes didn’t fall from the sky on Jan. 1, 2000. A technology reporter who wrote a front-page article early that morning reflects on a crisis that never was.

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New York Times World@nytimesworld · Dec 6

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is set to reopen after a devastating fire in April 2019. Here’s what to know. nyti.ms/3Bh0CwP

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James Glanz@jamesglanz · Dec 3

As Notre-Dame reopens, here is the story on how it nearly collapsed in the fire. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

jamesglanz's tweet card. A baffling alert. A race to the wrong building. Notre-Dame still stands only because firefighters decided to risk everything, a New York Times reconstruction has found.

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James Glanz@jamesglanz · Nov 30

Here’s the opening frame of the subsea cables piece.

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James Glanz@jamesglanz · Nov 30

The undersea cables piece is paired with a “reporter video” by yrs truly explaining the outlines of the story.

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James Glanz@jamesglanz · Nov 30

Have you wondered what the heart of the global internet – a million miles of grimy, imperiled cables at the bottom of the sea – looks like? Wonder no more. We also look at the human impact when cables snap. By James Glanz, Elian Peltier & Pablo Robles nytimes.com/interactive/20…

jamesglanz's tweet card. The cables at the heart of the lightspeed, globe-spanning internet run across the grimy, perilous, inaccessible deeps of the sea, in places no one ever sees or visits – until the cables break.

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James Glanz@jamesglanz · Oct 31

What caused the mysterious sinking of the Bayesian superyacht? “This boat had definite shortcomings that kind of uniquely made it vulnerable to what happened,” said a naval architect. @gettleman @jamesglanz and an incredible multinational team. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

jamesglanz's tweet card. A Times investigation has found that an unusually tall mast, and the design changes it required, made a superyacht owned by a British tech mogul vulnerable to capsizing.

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