NY Times' Bailey to go Freelance

Jeff Bailey, who covers the airline industry for The New York Times, is leaving the paper to launch a free-lance writing career. He plans to write for national business magazines on mostly business topics.
“I’ve had newspaper jobs for the past 31 1/2 years,” he said. “It’s been a wonderful time. I had some great work. Now I’m looking forward to doing this.”
Prior to joining the Times in 2005, Bailey spent 20 years working for The Wall Street Journal, where his assignments included banking, environmental business, editing and writing a small business column.
“Happily, I’ve met many people who are editors of magazines and I didn’t piss them all off,” he said. “So I think I’ll be able to get some work.”
For insight into Bailey’s reporting mindset, see a Q&A he did with BusinessJournalism.org earlier this year.