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Job Description
About the Role The Opinion department is seeking an editor for a part-time role commissioning and editing essays by guest contributors, staff writers, columns and newsletters. This is a critical position as Opinion deepens its political and cultural coverage in a busy presidential election season. We expect the editor to find new voices across the ideological spectrum, generate original and surprising ideas, work with Opinion writers, and to see pieces through from conception to publication. We’re looking for a creative and accomplished editor — someone with a wealth of curiosity and thoughtful editorial judgment who can work on essays in response to breaking news and on longer-form pieces. You will work with both professional writers and non-writers to help them make their case to the world. This editor must be a team player, able to collaborate with other writers, editors and our audience team to find new audiences and ways to get readers to deepen their engagement with our work. This editor will work with Opinion’s senior editors, including our award-winning graphics, video and audio teams, to develop storytelling that’s urgent, heart-tugging and accessible. This is a guild position. Responsibilities:

• Commission and edit smart essays by staff writers, contributing writers and outside experts, policymakers and others, that advance debate and react to news with fresh angles.
• Develop a network of outside writers, including the cultivation of new voices, for the biggest news events and ideas.
• Collaborate with other editors in realizing the department’s vision and priorities.
• You will occasionally develop, pitch and help accomplish high-impact enterprise pieces; including collaboration with multimedia teams, including design, photo, graphics, audio and video on how to best tell these stories.
• Fact check your articles and see them through the production process, including the writing and editing of display copy.
• Use social media, reader call-outs, reporting or other creative means to reach readers with different experiences.
• Coordinate with the audience team to maximize the reach and influence of the work.
• Read, review and promptly respond to unsolicited submissions.
• Help to assess and calibrate Opinion’s overall coverage, considering news value; the range and diversity of writers; and the tension between productivity versus impact and influence.

Basic Qualifications:

• At least 3 years of editing experience.
• Fluency in the big ideas driving conversation in politics and culture.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience commissioning pieces and working with writers to develop ideas.
• Familiarity with a wide-range of public thinkers and experienced writers.

The rate of base pay for this role is between $61.38 and $61.38 per hour. Please include links to a few of your published pieces in your cover letter. The New York Times is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce, one that reflects the varied global community we serve. Our journalism and the products we build in the service of that journalism greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which can only come from diversity of all types, across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. Achieving true diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing for our business. So we strongly encourage women, veterans, people with disabilities, people of color and gender nonconforming candidates to apply. The New York Times Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individuals sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics. The New York Times Company will provide reasonable accommodations as required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws. Individuals seeking an accommodation for the application or interview process should email reasonable.accommodations@nytimes.com . Emails sent for unrelated issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response. The Company will further consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable "Fair Chance" laws. The New York Times Company follows the pay transparency and non-discrimination provisions outlined by the United States Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. Click here for details.