Editor, The Upshot

About the Role

The New York Times is looking for an editor to lead The Upshot, a desk that has produced some of our most innovative and creative explanatory journalism, making complex issues in politics, policy and everyday life accessible and engaging for Times readers. 

The Upshot has a wide remit. It is the home of cutting-edge data visualization, detailed policy analysis, Nate Cohn's newsletter and standalone destinations like Wordle Bot and Spelling Bee Buddy. The desk is powered by a collaborative, multidisciplinary group of journalists, including reporters with decades of experience covering politics, government policy, gender, health care and cities, along with some of our best software developers and data visualizers. 

Together, they produce work like this:

• “An Extremely Detailed Map of New York City Neighborhoods”
• “How One Polling Decision Is Leading to Two Distinct Stories of the Election”
• “DOGE's Only Public Ledger Is Riddled With Mistakes”
• The 10-Minute Challenge
• Wordle Bot: Your Daily, Personalized Wordle Score
• “A Huge Threat to the U.S. Budget Has Receded. And No One Is Sure Why.”
• “Coastal Cities Priced Out Low-Wage Workers. Now College Graduates Are Leaving, Too.”
• “When A.I.'s Output Is a Threat to A.I. Itself”
• “A List of Nearly Everything in the G.O.P. Bill, and How Much It Would Cost or Save”
• Flashback, a Weekly History Quiz

The Upshot also plays a strong role in The Times's coverage of Washington, with stories that have dissected government actions and complex legislation — such as the administration's efforts to reshape the federal government or the details and accounting methods of the new tax and domestic policy bill — and revealed their real-world consequences.

You are a forward-thinking leader who can build on the desk's momentum and chart its next course, both in its approach to news and enterprise journalism, as well as the storytelling forms, technologies and platforms it uses to communicate those ideas.

You are an experienced editor with a curiosity that runs across many subjects and a deep appreciation for visuals and technology — along with an idea of how they all fit together. You display a creative approach to covering the news along with an ability to help find stories that might otherwise be missed.

This is an in-office position, based in New York City and includes regular attendance in the office each week. 

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team that produces a multiformat report that includes explanatory policy journalism, revelatory graphics-driven storytelling and standalone interactive features
• Drive news coverage on the desk, including on competitive stories and ambitious enterprise 
• Develop and uphold a strong workplace culture on The Upshot
• Collaborate with colleagues on desks across the newsroom
• 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 Matthew Ericson, Assistant Managing Editor.

Basic Qualifications:

• 10+ years of journalism experience
• Strong news judgment
• Experience working with and managing multidisciplinary teams and fostering collaborations among reporters, visual journalists and technologists
• Demonstrated expertise in shaping a wide variety of journalism
• Demonstrated expertise in data-driven journalism

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience as an editor and manager 
• Experience leading successful innovations in story forms and harnessing new technologies to tell stories in new ways
• Experience editing or writing stories about politics and policy 
• Expertise in editing charts and information graphics 
• Experience coaching colleagues and helping them increase their technical and journalistic skills

Internal and external candidates should include a cover letter articulating a brief vision for the next era of this desk.

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