Posted on December 16, 2025
Dalit Shalom is the Director of Design for Storytelling & Strategic Initiatives at The New York Times, where she guides design teams and shapes design strategy for meaningful, company-level initiatives. In her role, she bridges emerging technologies like Generative AI with journalistic excellence, helping The Times maintain its respected position in the evolving news landscape while fostering authentic connections and trust with readers. Her work enriches editorial strategy, research, creative ideation, and prototyping, as she collaborates with senior leadership to develop thoughtful design principles, reader experiences, and solutions that advance how news is created and shared.
Outside of The New York Times, Dalit shares her knowledge as a design thinking instructor at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and Tandon School of Engineering, having previously taught at Columbia School of Journalism. She is also a graduate of the Sulzberger Executive Leadership Program (’22).
