Complex sentence: Broder left the "Star" for "The New York Times" in 1965, hired by well-known "Times" political reporter and columnist Tom Wicker to serve in its Washington bureau.
Split into simpler sentences: Broder left the "Star" for "The New York Times" in 1965. Broder was hired by well-known "Times" political reporter and columnist Tom Wicker to serve in its Washington bureau.