Editor, NYT Wirecutter (Temporary)
Core
Editing and revising stories from staff writers on the discovery team to apply service journalism in formats outside classic product guides.
Role type
Senior Editor (Discovery Team)
Builds
Service journalism content for Wirecutter readers
Domain
Media / Digital Publishing
Required skills
Storytelling, coaching writers, managing deadlines and process, reviewing supporting documents, coordinating photography plans
Preferred skills
Skepticism of marketing claims, editing timely short-form content, collaborating with art/photo editors, expressing complex ideas via visualizations
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Edit and revise multiple articles and other content with different writers; manage deadlines and process; review writers' supporting documents and notes; work closely with experienced Wirecutter editors to ensure stories are up to the editorial standards we've established; Collaborate with and respond to queries from fact checkers, copy editors, and producers to prepare pieces for publication; Work with our photo editors to coordinate photography plans
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC