The New York Times
Data Reporter, Texas
$113K–$150K
Texas +1 · Remote · Full-time · Posted Aug 6, 2026
- Location
- Texas
Remote - USA - Experience
- 3+ years of data journalism experience.
About the job
Reports data-driven stories about Texas by combining traditional journalism with data collection and analysis, collaborating with reporters across the state.
What you'll do
- Lead Texas-focused reporting collaborations and pitch and report data-driven stories.
- Obtain, build, analyze, and mine datasets for reporting leads and newsworthy findings.
- Work independently and with diverse teams, helping colleagues develop their data skills.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of data journalism experience.
- Deep knowledge of Texas.
- Experience finding, requesting, cleaning, and analyzing complex datasets.
- Proficiency working with data in Python and/or R, spreadsheets, and relational databases.
Nice to have
- Substantial track record reporting on Texas; Spanish language proficiency.
- Collaborative multidisciplinary-team experience, major-news-cycle reporting, or comfort with command-line tooling, version control, and large language models.
Pay
$113,270.67 — $150,000 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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