>>...a major media platform with a lot of skill inside of it...
Agreed that the NYT counts as a major media platform, but as to skill, particularly in military matters they seem to have none. They have maybe one veteran on staff, someone who can give reports the 'sniff test', they have no reporters on the ground near the conflict never mind embedded with the troops. On top of that, they have a long record of being credulous when given reports from the Russians.
They'd be smart to pick up column inches from your paper - or hire you as a 'stringer'. I don't have a lot of hope they'd do this, but I'd restart my subscription if they did...