• The New York Times political journalist Blake Hounshell passed away on Tuesday.
• His passing occurred “after a long and valiant struggle with depression.”
• His family said in a statement to the website.

Police believe he committed suicide, a police official told The Times. According to Fox News Digital, executive editor Joseph Kahn of The Times and managing editor Carolyn Ryan of the publication said in a note to staffers, “We are extremely saddened to relay the dreadful news that our colleague Blake Hounshell has gone away.”

The letter went on to praise Hounshell’s achievements after he started employed by The Times in 2021.

Since Blake joined The Times in 2021, several of us have collaborated closely with him, it said. “Blake was a committed journalist who swiftly rose to become our top political newsletter writer and an astute observer of the political landscape in our nation. He developed become a crucial and consistently perceptive voice in the report amid a busy election cycle.”

Ryan and Kahn went on “Blake was committed to his family and a close friend to many others on our Washington and politics teams who have worked with him for a long time. We will get back to you with further details about how to help his family soon.”

According to The Times, Hounshell, who once resided in northwest Washington, is survived by his wife Sandy Choi and children David and Astrid.

On social media, politicians and peers responded to Hounshell’s passing. Blake Hounshell, a fellow stroke victim, was one of the first interviews I gave after returning to the campaign trail and having trouble speaking, according to Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman.

Few others had demonstrated such compassion and humanity, according to Fetterman. This is tragic, I tell you. The New Yorker staff writer Susan Glasser recalled Hounshell as a “I will have more to say, but for the moment I just want to say how much I will miss him, the author continued. “Friend, partner, and journalistic inspiration for many years through our time together at Foreign Policy and Politico,” she said. RIP, cherished buddy.”

Liam Stack, a New York Times journalist, posted a screenshot of Kahn’s memo.New York Times writer Liam Stack shared a screenshot of Kahn’s memo and said he was “shocked and so sad” about Hounshell’s death.

“I met him in Cairo when I was 22, on the day I got my very first newspaper job,” Stack recalled. “I was excited when he joined The Times and wish I’d spent more time hanging out with him here.”

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