Hylton was hired by '' The New York Times Magazine '' as a Contributing Writer in 2010 . In October 2011 , Hugo Lindgren , editor of '' The New York Times Magazine '' , wrote , " By now you should know that when you see Wil 's byline on a piece , it does n't really matter what it 's about . Just read it . ” Hylton has written for the magazine about bioterrorism , the search for Air France Flight 447 , the influence of '' Breitbart News '' , and the prosecution of police officers after the death of Freddie Gray . His February 8 , 2015 article about the family detention policy to imprison Central American women and children was cited by a federal judge in an injunction to suspend the policy two weeks later . His 2016 profile of the painter Chuck Close was a finalist for the '' National Magazine Award '' in Feature Writing
Air France Flight 447
Air France Flight 447
Wil S. Hylton