From a PR perspective, it is possible to pass judgement. The clear judgment here is that this move, in the way it was handled, created a PR problem for the NYT

From a PR perspective, it is possible to pass judgement. The clear judgment here is that this move, in the way it was handled, created a PR problem for the NYT at a really poor time for it to have this sort of PR problem. It may be that the new NYT CISO feels that newsroom, journalist, and source defense is a) critical and b) better handled by eliminating this role. Every security person would agree with a). Given the visibility Runa had and the positive PR she created around this unique need, b) is not the outcome one would predict. There is always more to the story than the headline, but as the NYT knows the headline is important in its own right. Here, the NYT wrote the wrong headline.