David Brooks has resigned from the Aspen Institute's Weave project The New York Times confirmed the columnist was leaving the position on Saturday from which he received a second salary It said Opinion editors were unaware he had been on a salary from Weave Brooks was being investigated over conflicts of interest after it emerged that he was being paid for the position while still writing about the project in his column He had also continued to write about Facebook despite it having allegedly donated $250,000 to Weave Brooks had also promoted another donor, NextDoor, on TV and Twitter NYT reporters are typically not allowed to maintain outside jobs that would be perceived as jeopardizing their news judgment