Joseph F. Kahn, newly appointed as the next executive editor of The New York Times, announced his leadership team on Wednesday in a memo that urged his colleagues “to produce the most ambitious, consequential and creative work of our careers.”Two veteran Times journalists, Marc Lacey and Carolyn Ryan, are to serve as managing editors, the newsroom’s No. 2 role, starting on June 14.“Both will share with me responsibility for overseeing the breadth of our coverage and news operation,” Mr. Kahn wrote in the memo, as well as “advancing major priorities like independence and trust, digital excellence and cultural transformation.”Mr. Lacey, 56, is an assistant managing editor who previously oversaw The Times’s national coverage; before that, he was a Times correspondent in Mexico City; Nairobi, Kenya; Phoenix; and Washington.Ms. Ryan, 57, is a deputy managing editor who most recently led recruiting for The Times, overseeing …
