| Title | Education Writer |
| Start Date | 1959-00-00 |
| End Date | 1990-00-00 |
| Notes | Hechinger spent the majority of his career at The New York Times, joining in 1959 and retiring in 1990. He was an education writer who also served at times on the paper's editorial board, as president of The New York Times Company Foundation, and a president of Times Neediest Cases Fund (from 1977 until his retirement).[4] |