1.   Before becoming letters editor, he was an assistant metropolitan editor, suburban editor and reporter.

2.   Before becoming deputy metropolitan editor for city news, Baquet was an assistant to the managing editor, overseeing investigative projects for several departments.

3.   -- Joyce Purnick, deputy metropolitan editor, to metropolitan editor.

4.   -- Michael Oreskes, metropolitan editor, to Washington bureau chief.

5.   Dean Baquet, a deputy metropolitan editor of The New York Times, has been promoted to national editor of the paper.

6.   He had just spent a bad three months as metropolitan editor at the Daily News, and he said he needed the work that Schneiderman was happy to provide.

7.   He has been city editor and metropolitan editor of the Globe.

8.   He had been metropolitan editor of The Washington Star and earlier worked at The Miami News and The Associated Press.

9.   He served a brief stint, less than three months, as the metropolitan editor at The Daily News this year.

10.   He was an assistant metropolitan editor, an urban affairs reporter and a correspondent based in London.