Senior Staff Editor, Well
Core
Senior editor for The New York Times Well desk, editing weekly newsletters and reporting on health and wellness using evidence-based journalism.
Role type
Senior Staff Editor (Health & Wellness)
Builds
Weekly newsletters, news articles, reported features, visual pieces, and profiles for The New York Times digital and print platforms.
Domain
Health, wellness, and science journalism
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Health/science/lifestyle journalism, editing, supervising reporters and freelancers, digital publishing, science literacy, trend spotting, deadline management
Preferred skills
Service journalism, experimentation, cross-department collaboration
Technologies
Digital publishing platforms, CMS
Responsibilities
Conceive, assign, and edit articles; supervise beat reporters and develop freelance contributors; provide second edits; manage digital life of stories (headlines, summaries, captions); collaborate with art team.
Seniority
Senior Staff, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities