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Job Description

Editor, Global News (New York, Day) (Senior Staff Editor)

The New York Times is seeking an innovative Global News editor who will assign, edit and refine the daily International report. With an eye on breaking news and evolving storylines, the ideal candidate will have experience fleshing out the missing holes in the report and be unafraid to keep the overall report sharp, while also overseeing handoffs. We’re looking for a leader who understands that journalistic excellence and digital excellence are one and the same, and thinks deeply about the best form and format a story needs to have the most impact. The ideal candidate will constantly think about how to bring more people into our coverage and how we make our journalism more accessible. 

What you’ll do:

• Work closely with desk leaders and editors in all three newsrooms as well as teams such as Live and Audience to lead the global report in the moment and plan for the days that follow.
• Elevate effective headlines and clear writing across the entire report.
• Champion the best way to tell the stories coming across our desks, creatively evaluating forms and formats.
• Push strong promotion of stories on the homepage and other core Times platforms. 
• Identify and respond quickly to breaking news.
• Handle edits of all sorts, including first edits and write-throughs.
• Assign edits to fellow staffers and monitor copy flow to the print hub on deadline.
• Identify potential stories and anticipate coverage needs, communicating plans quickly and clearly.
• Be flexible and nimble in anticipating potential problems, addressing unexpected issues and finding solutions.
• Assist the weekend editor in preparing our weekend report.

Basic qualifications:

• 5-10 years of experience writing and editing copy for news and enterprise, compelling headlines and captions, other display type and social copy
• Experience and ability to multitask under deadline pressure
• At least 3 years of experience thinking about multiple story forms and formats
• Excellent news judgment

Preferred qualifications: 

• Has experience collaborating with visual journalists on news and enterprise
• Ability to quickly pick up new topics
• A willingness to be nimble and flexible as the newsroom’s needs evolve
• Professional judgment with respect to confidentiality
• Being knowledgeable about Times style and applying it properly in different content types

This position is represented by the NewsGuild of NY.

All of the positions above are Guild Group O Senior Staff Editor jobs and may include night and weekend work

The annual base pay salary for this role is between $120,126.82 - $150,000.00.

The New York Times is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce, one that reflects the varied global community we serve. Our journalism and the products we build in the service of that journalism greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which can only come from diversity of all types, across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. Achieving true diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing for our business. So we strongly encourage women, veterans, people with disabilities, people of color and gender nonconforming candidates to apply.

The New York Times Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics. The New York Times Company will provide reasonable accommodations as required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws. Individuals seeking an accommodation for the application or interview process should email reasonable.accommodations@nytimes.com. Emails sent for unrelated issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

The Company will further consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable "Fair Chance" laws.

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