All Lincoln staff and students have free access to The New York Times website and App! This includes Games, Cooking, Wirecutter, and The Athletic. Here is a video of this activation process.
To access The New York Times students and staff must first activate their account. You will only have to activate your account once.
- Visit nytimes.com/passes to activate your New York Times digital pass.
- Click on "Create Account" and on the next screen choose “Continue with Google” using your school Google email address.
- If you already have registered a free NYTimes.com account associated with your school email address, log in with it.
- Validate your email address. Check your email inbox for a confirmation message from The New York Times. Click on the link in your confirmation message to validate your email address and claim your New York Times Academic Pass.
- Select if you are a student or faculty member (and select your graduation year if you are a student).
- Success! Explore NYTimes.com and The New York Times News App from any location by logging in with your school Google Account (choose Sign in with Google).
Troubleshooting Tips
Validation email link expired or doesn’t work?
- To claim a new Pass after expiration, visit nytimes.com/passes and log in with your school email address.
Validation email not in your inbox?
- Sometimes the email may take a few minutes to arrive. If the confirmation email doesn’t arrive, check your spam folder. If it isn’t there, send an email to schools@nytimes.com from your school email address to request confirmation.