Ken Belson covers the business of professional sports, focusing on the teams, personalities, and complex issues that shape America’s most popular form of entertainment — from finances and stadium development to medical issues and major lawsuits.
He rejoined The New York Times Business section in 2023 after 14 years in Sports, where he primarily covered the N.F.L. His earlier reporting at the Times included coverage of New York City transportation, economics, and energy for the Metro section, as well as media and telecommunications for Business. From 2001 to 2004, he was based in Tokyo covering the Japanese economy.
In 2011, Belson was part of a Times team that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting for its coverage of the Japanese tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster. Before joining The Times, he reported for Bloomberg, Reuters, and Business Week in Tokyo.
A graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, Belson attended on a Japan-America Friendship Commission Fellowship and received the Pulitzer Traveling Scholarship, which he used to report from the Cook Islands on the economic aftermath of national bankruptcy.
