Data Editor

Data journalism has become an essential part of The Times’s report and increasingly common in our regular news coverage. Data clarifies subjects like Covid hospitalization rates and aids explanations of events like the latest jobs report. It fuels enterprise and investigative journalism, revealing the hidden prices of health care or exposing the punishing reach of racism. And projects like our Covid-19 case tracker have demonstrated how data journalism can play a crucial role to millions of people, providing clear and trustworthy information about the places our readers live and in ways that help them navigate their daily lives. But our vision is for data journalism to play an even bigger role in our news report, and for readers to regularly turn to The Times for sophisticated analysis, data-driven dashboards and tools, and impactful data-driven investigative projects. We are looking for a seasoned journalist to serve as The Times’s Data Editor and help lead this expansion, building out a team of data journalists and statisticians who will collaborate on projects with journalists on desks across the newsroom, as well as pursue their own ideas.