Assistant Editor, Data Journalism
Core
Lead and manage a team of data journalists, shaping and stress-testing data analyses to support independent journalism.
Role type
Senior IC data journalism editor (team lead)
Builds
Data-driven news stories and analyses for The New York Times readers
Domain
Journalism + Data Science
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
data journalism, Python, R, relational databases, data analysis, team leadership, mentoring, deadline management
Preferred skills
leading a data journalism team, multidisciplinary collaboration, data-editing during major news cycles, command-line tooling, version control, large language models
Technologies
Python, R, spreadsheets, relational databases, command-line tools, version control, large language models
Responsibilities
Help lead the Data Journalism team, directly supervise data reporters, shepherd and stress-test team data analyses, consult on external data analyses, manage unpredictable deadlines
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership duties
