Job description
The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.
The New York Times is looking for a talented, ambitious and collaborative visual journalist to join the Investigations desk. Visual storytelling has been an important part of high-profile investigations in recent years, including stories about online dangers to children, police traffic stops, cryptocurrency and the harvesting of sensitive location data. You should demonstrate excellence in multimedia storytelling including conceiving, designing and developing interactive features, charts and maps. You will also leverage new technologies to prototype and develop tools that assist with reporting. You should integrate well into a team as there will be frequent, close collaboration with other reporters, editors and designers.
This is a hybrid position based in New York City and includes regular attendance in the office each week per your departmental guidance.
Responsibilities:
- Report and tell ambitious multimedia stories in collaboration with other journalists on the investigations desk.
- Collect, clean and analyze large data and document sets.
- Develop tools to assist and broaden the scope and scale of reporting.
- Help determine the requirements and possibilities for graphics and multimedia storytelling, including statistical visualizations, video, photography, audio, and animations
- Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.
- You will report to the deputy investigations editor.
Basic Qualifications:
- At least 3 years of relevant professional experience.
- Experience designing interactive web and mobile stories for news.
- Understanding of evolving media, technology and design landscape including emerging standards and devices.
- Proven expertise with data analysis and visualization, including strong mobile design ideas, a solid understanding of storytelling techniques and a smart UX sensibility.
- Significant front-end web development experience using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Excellent news judgment and visual creativity while ensuring the accuracy, clarity and readability of the material they publish.
- Curiosity and interest in the news, and in finding innovative approaches to telling stories.
- Experience in investigative reporting.
- Willingness to work a flexible schedule, particularly when closing stories.
This position is represented by the NewsGuild of NY.
REQ-017729
The annual base pay range for this role is between:
$111,711.62—$160,000 USD
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