The New York Times
Open Source Reporting, Graphics (Graphics Multimedia Editor)
$114K–$145K
New York, NY · Full-time · Posted Sep 25, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of relevant experience as an investigative reporter, open-source researcher or forensic expert.
About the job
Conduct open-source and investigative reporting, turning raw evidence into visual investigations and reconstructions using spatial analysis and 3-D modeling.
What you'll do
- Gather, analyze and verify evidence from sources such as satellite imagery, tracking data, social media and scanner audio.
- Lead and collaborate on visual investigations, developing story ideas and relationships with sources.
- Help develop custom tools and use computational techniques to report and visualize evidence.
What they ask for
- Proven experience conducting open-source investigations using audio and visual evidence across platforms.
- Experience producing accountability journalism and clear copy about visual evidence on tight deadlines.
- Experience verifying social-media user-generated content and building timelines from multiple sources, including metadata.
- Familiarity with open-source intelligence tools and techniques, such as Google Earth, satellite imagery, scanner audio data, and flight or vessel tracking.
Nice to have
- Experience with advanced reporting tools such as QGIS, Blender, data analysis methods, and audio or image forensics tools.
- Familiarity with programming, custom tool development, Adobe Suite, Figma, web scraping, APIs, or command-line tools.
Pay
$113,945.85 — $145,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Google Earth, QGIS, Blender, Adobe Suite, Figma, machine learning, computer vision
AI focus
Use machine learning, computer vision and approved AI tools to develop computational reporting techniques and analyze evidence.
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