Thread by @ezraklein

After nearly eight amazing years building, editing, and working at @voxdotcom, I am leaving to join @nytopinion, writing a reported column on policy and the policymaking process, and hosting an interview podcast.

Helping to build @voxdotcom has been the great privilege of my journalistic life. It is so much more than I ever could have imagined, and that’s because of the insanely creative, committed people who work there. I love them more than I can say. I will cheer them on forever.

I’ve always believed it’s important for founders to know when to let new generations take the reins. One of the great privileges in starting Vox was we got to build without anyone looking over our shoulder. We got to pursue our vision, make our mistakes, imagine our future.

We could only do that because we were supported by a great company that believed in us. The single best decision we ever made was joining @JimBankoff and @Clockwerks at @VoxMedia. It’s a truly special place, with unusually great leadership and culture.

.@LaurenWilliams and I have led the newsroom since year one. For our own reasons, the election felt like the right time for us to step aside, and open space for others to get to do what we did: lead in new directions, and create things we couldn’t imagine.

A note on @LaurenWilliams: Working with her has been such a joy. I was her boss, then she was mine, and that last was the right order. Her next project is so important and so needed. Be sure to follow her.

We can do this because Vox has so many remarkable voices and thinkers and creators in it.

I know some of what’s coming, and it’s really, really exciting. I don’t know much of what’s coming, and that’s even more exciting. Watching Vox continue to evolve will be a thrill.

For me, I’ve been managing and building now for more than a decade, going back to Wonkblog. But I’ve been feeling the pull this year to go back to reporting, writing, and podcasting, full-time.

That I’ll get to do so at @nytopinion, which I’ve read since I was a kid, is truly a dream.

I’ll be joining in January, and can’t wait.

Ack, @Bankoff is the right handle there! One great thing about the company he built is amazing copy editors, who I miss whenever I tweet...