The New York Times
Assistant Editor, Data Journalism
$150K–$175K
New York, NY +2 · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2026
- Location
- New York, NY
Washington, DC
New York, NY - Experience
- 5+ years of data journalism experience; preferred: 2+ years of leadership, editing and/or mentorship experience.
About the job
Leads and supervises data journalists, edits and stress-tests data analyses, and advises newsroom colleagues on data-driven reporting.
What you'll do
- Help lead and directly supervise data reporters on the Data Journalism team.
- Shape and rigorously review the team’s data analyses.
- Consult on data analyses conducted elsewhere in the newsroom.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of data journalism experience.
- Proficiency working with data in Python and/or R, spreadsheets, and relational databases.
Nice to have
- 2+ years of leadership, editing and/or mentorship experience; experience leading a data journalism team.
- Collaborative multidisciplinary work, data-editing during major news cycles, and comfort with command-line tooling, version control, and large language models.
Pay
$150,000 — $175,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python, R, spreadsheets, relational databases, command-line tooling, version control, large language models
AI focus
Preferred comfort working with large language models; applicants are asked not to use GenAI tools to generate substantive application or interview content.
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