Rick Berke is assistant managing editor for The New York Times. Since joining The Times in 1986, he has covered assorted beats, including the White House, Congress and domestic policy, as well as presidential and congressional elections. From 1981–1986 he was at The Baltimore Evening Sun, where he worked as the Washington correspondent for the paper, in addition to covering several beats in Baltimore, (including City Hall and local politics). He was the general assignment reporter on the city desk of the Minneapolis Tribune in 1980. Berke received his M.S. in journalism in 1981 from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and his B.A. in political science in 1980 from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Berke is an adjunct lecturer teaching a module called “Press and Politicians: Behind the Scenes of the 2000 Campaign.”
Rick Berke
- Visiting Adjunct Lecturer
