Data Editor

Data journalism has become an essential driver of our news coverage at The New York Times.

Data illuminates subjects like Covid hospitalization rates and helps to explain events like the latest jobs report. It fuels enterprise and investigative journalism, revealing the hidden prices of health care, an increase in pedestrian deaths at night, and the punishing reach of racism.

And ongoing projects like our coronavirus case tracker and our data-driven weather trackers have demonstrated how data journalism can provide clear and trustworthy information about the places our readers live and help them navigate their daily lives.

Our vision is for data journalism to play an even bigger role in our news coverage, and for readers to regularly turn to The Times for sophisticated analysis on the news stories of the day and impactful data-driven investigative projects.

We are looking for an experienced journalist to serve as The Times’s Data Editor and help lead this expansion, building out a team of data journalists, developers and statisticians who will collaborate on projects with journalists on desks across the newsroom, and pursue their own ideas.

As Data Editor, you will be in charge of hiring a team of a half-dozen data journalists, energetically pursuing opportunities for use of data across the news report, and working with department heads to make sure these projects reach their full potential. You will also be in charge of helping us set standards and best practices for our use of data and statistics in our news report and help advise other editors, including the newsroom leaders, on the use of data.

Basic Qualifications:

7+ years of experience conceiving, managing and editing data-driven journalistic projects

Knowledgeable at generating ideas on how we can use data to explain the news to our readers

Experienced finding creative ways to apply data and statistical analysis to the news

Eager to work with other department heads to identify opportunities for data-driven journalism and to come up with tools, data resources and workflows that help the newsroom easily infuse data into its daily and longer-term coverage

Collaborative and excited about working with editors and reporters from across the newsroom who have different experiences and skills

Demonstrated excellent organizational and communication skills; experience managing many projects at once on a variety of timelines

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience managing a team, especially one with diverse skills. Eager to manage and grow a team of data journalists and to help them progress in their careers

Experience with designing and implementing best practices around data storage and sharing, securing sensitive datasets, code review, sunsetting projects and writing methodologies

Knowledgeable about available datasets in at least one beat — the Census, business, and health claims

Internal and external candidates should apply in Workday, and include a short memo articulating a vision for how a data-driven journalism team can collaborate with desks across the newsroom to add meaningful data analysis in both our daily and enterprise journalism.

This is an excluded department-head level position.

The annual base pay salary for this role is between $180,000.00 and $190,000.00.