Kitchen Team Intern, Wirecutter

The New York Times Company; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

The New York Times Company invites applications for an editorial intern role with Wirecutter, focusing on kitchen product testing and content development. The internship embeds you with our team and reports to the supervising editor in Long Island City, NY, with a hybrid work arrangement in NYC.

The position runs for 10 weeks starting June 7, 2027, at $20.00 per hour. Interns work 40 hours per week, gaining hands-on experience in testing, reporting, and product guides while contributing to

Qualifications

• 6+ months of Journalistic experience or training.
• Strong research skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent organizational skills; ability to collaborate within a busy team and communicate effectively.
• Ability to work independently with minimal oversight.
• Interest in video, social media, and visual storytelling is a plus.
• Ability to work on deadline on multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Work with writers and editors in our test lab to design and execute testing of kitchen products.
• Help conduct panel testing with focus groups.
• Assist with placing product orders for testing and unboxing and organizing products once they arrive at the office space.
• Pitch in with set-ups and clean-ups pertaining to product testing.
• Visiting grocery stores to source ingredients for tests and photo shoots.
• Contribute research, reporting, and writing to product guides and articles when appropriate.

Skills

Journalistic experience

Research skills

Team collaboration

Deadline management

Independent learning

Job description

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.

About the position

Wirecutter is seeking an editorial intern to embed with our team that covers kitchen products.

As an intern, you will report directly to the team’s supervising editor. This role is based out of our office and test facility in Long Island City, New York.

About Our Summer Internships:

• The duration is 10 weeks long, starting on June 7, 2027.
• The rate of pay for this role is $20.00 per hour.
• Interns work 40 hours per week.
• This is a hybrid role based in New York City.

Responsibilities

• Work with writers and editors in our test lab to design and execute testing of kitchen products
• Help conduct panel testing with focus groups.
• Assist with placing product orders for testing and unboxing and organizing products once they arrive at the office space. Pitch in with set-ups and clean-ups pertaining to product testing.
• Visiting grocery stores to source ingredients for tests and photo shoots
• Contribute research, reporting, and writing to product guides and articles when appropriate. Pitch ideas within our team and to related teams when applicable.
• Helping to administer taste tests (organizing, labeling, and serving brand-concealed samples)
• 6+ months of Journalistic experience or training

Preferred Qualifications

• Enthusiasm for product research and testing methods. Experience working in a laboratory or research-focused setting is a plus.
• Strong research skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent organizational skills; strong ability to collaborate within a busy team in a dynamic setting. Self-organized and motivated, with effective communication skills.
• Ability to work independently when necessary, with minimal oversight.
• Interest in video, social media, and visual storytelling is a plus.
• Ability to work on deadline on multiple projects.
• General enthusiasm for the beats our team covers.
• Strong creativity and problem-solving skills.

REQ-020875

The hourly rate of base pay for this role is:

$20 - $20 USD

Candidate Use of GenAI Tools:

We're excited to learn more about you and your experience. To keep our hiring process as fair and authentic as possible, we ask that you submit your own work and not use GenAI tools to generate substantive content during the application and interview process.

If you're an engineering candidate, we'll let you know what specific GenAI tools you are permitted to use for your technical assessment.

The New York Times Company is committed to being the world’s best source of independent, reliable and quality journalism. To do so, we embrace a diverse workforce that has a broad range of backgrounds and experiences across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate on the basis of an individual's 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 U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)'s Know Your Rights Poster is available here.

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 [e-mail]. Emails sent for unrelated issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

Voluntary Disclosures & Self Identify Questions

Individuals seeking employment are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation. To ensure compliance with equal employment opportunity requirements, we invite you to complete the Voluntary Disclosure form below. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics. Whether you decide to disclose or not, it will not be considered in the hiring process or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in a confidential file.

Please select the gender which most accurately describes how you identify yourself Select...

Please select the ethnicity which most accurately describes how you identify yourself Select...

Voluntary Self-Identification

For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey.Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiringprocess or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in aconfidential file.

As set forth in The New York Times's Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection.As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measurethe effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categoriesis as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.

An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.

An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.