James Barron

James Barron is a reporter on the metropolitan staff of the New York Times. He wrote the minute-by-minute stories on the 9/11 attacks for the Times on the web and the front page lead story on the 2003 blackout. He initiated the 'Public Lives' column, later called 'Boldface Names', and writes a podcast for the Times's website summarising the next morning's front page. He is the author of Piano: The Making of a Steinway Concert Grand.