The New York Times’ loss is NFL Network’s gain.

The release on Judy Battista’s move:

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Veteran NFL reporter Judy Battista has joined NFL Media, it was announced today. Battista will start on August 5 and will file multiple stories per week on NFL.com to be used across all NFL Media platforms. Additionally, Battista will appear on NFL Network on a variety of shows.

Battista (@judybattista) joins NFL Media after almost 15 years with the New York Times, at which she has covered the NFL nationally since 2004. During her career with the New York Times, Battista also covered the New York Jets, as well as baseball, tennis and college basketball.

Prior to joining the New York Times, Battista – an APSE award-winning journalist – served as a reporter for Newsday and the Miami Herald. While with the Miami Herald, Battista covered Hall of Fame defensive tackle and current NFL Network analyst Warren Sapp at the University of Miami.

A graduate of the University of Miami, Battista lives in New York with her husband Anthony McCarron, a baseball reporter for the New York Daily News, and their daughter Grace.

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Jenn Brown also has found a spot after leaving ESPN.

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Two-time Emmy Award-winning sports reporter Jenn Brown has joined NFL Network, it was announced today. Brown will host NFL Total Access throughout the year starting tonight, as well as serve a variety of other roles for the network.

Brown (@JennBrown) joins NFL Network after eight years at ESPN as a reporter and host. For the past three years, Brown served as the sideline reporter for ESPN’s Thursday Night Primetime college football game, as well as for ESPN and ABC’s college football coverage on Saturdays. Additionally, Brown served as a reporter for ESPN’s coverage of the NFL Draft, College World Series, National Signing Day, Summer and Winter X Games, and the Little League World Series. As a host at ESPN, Brown co-hosted ESPNU’s college football show RoadTrip.

Prior to joining ESPN, Brown served as the first female correspondent for Inside the NFL on Showtime in which she contributed special interest features on NFL players, as well reports from the Super Bowl and the International Game in London.

Brown graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Florida where she was a four-year member of the Gator softball team. After walking on the team as a freshman, Brown was a team captain her senior year and finished her career third on the all-time Florida career stolen bases list.

Brown currently resides in Los Angeles, California.