Wed, 2014-10-01 19:34
Sam Whitmore
Profile: Hiroko Tabuchi, NYT Retail Reporter
Hiroko Tabuchi is the new retail reporter at the New York Times. She replaces Liz Harris, who now patrols the education beat. In 2013 Hiroko was part of a Pulitzer Prize-winning team looking into Apple's business practices. She served before that at the WSJ and AP. She's no rookie.
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