NY Times Columnist David Brooks Resigns From Facebook-Funded Nonprofit Disclosures will be added to Brooks’ past articles mentioning the Aspen Institute’s Weave ProjectJennifer Maas | March 6, 2021 @ 2:32 PM Last Updated: March 6, 2021 @ 3:09 PM Getty Images New York Times columnist David Brooks has resigned from his paid position at the Facebook-funded nonprofit organization the Aspen Institute, the newspaper said Saturday. Additionally, the NYT revealed it will be “adding disclosures to past articles” written by Brooks that mention the Aspen Institute’s Weave Project, “a community-building program that he founded, and the project’s donors, including the social media company Facebook.” Brooks will continue on with the Aspen Institute as a volunteer and will have to “disclose the relationship should he write about the project in the future,” per the Times.