News Assistant

The New York Times; New York (NY); On-site; USD 68,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

The New York Times is seeking a news assistant to work as a floater in the newsroom, learning multiple roles and covering shifts as needed. The role is in-office in New York City with four days per week on site and limited remote flexibility per departmental guidance.

Candidates should have 1+ year experience with Google Workspace, strong organizational skills, and ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud, especially InDesign, is a plus.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience with Google Workspace.
• 1+ years of experience in a role requiring organizational skills.
• 1+ years of experience in a fast-paced environment that requires meeting deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Assist editors in producing multiple newsletters and other online content.
• Handle layout of some parts of our print newspaper.
• Maintain department documents and reporter location listings.
• Proofread and fact-check audience-related tasks (SEO and URL verification).
• Review background facts for events submitted to The Times and edit content for space requirements.
• Assist with freelance and staff payments processing and newsroom policies.

Skills

Organizational skills

Deadline-driven

Willingness to learn

Flexibility

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

InDesign

Google Workspace

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 Role

The New York Times is looking for a news assistant to work in a floater role to learn several different news assistant jobs throughout the newsroom. Floaters fill in on multiple jobs to cover other employees' vacations, leaves of absence and other types of time off, and fill in on any shifts or projects that don't have an assigned news assistant.

You will rotate easily from one job to another. Flexibility is important as floaters do not have a set schedule; a floater's schedule varies week to week and will include nights, weekends, and holidays. Schedule changes occur regularly and being cooperative with changes and quickly responsive to calls/emails from Newsroom Operations managers are required.

This is an in-office position, based in New York City and includes regular attendance in the office four days each week. There may be some flexibility to work remotely per your departmental guidance.

Responsibilities

• Assist editors in producing multiple newsletters and other online content
• Handle layout of some parts of our print newspaper
• Maintain department documents, including listservs that contain reliable information of reporter locations
• Proofread and fact-check audience-related tasks, i.e. SEO and URL verification
• For publication in listings, review and confirm background facts for events submitted to The Times, seek out appropriate upcoming events, select events and edit content for space requirements
• Determine accuracy of data, correcting apparent errors and calling attention to news developments the material may disclose
• Manage desk social media accounts at the direction of editors
• Write and reword caption information attached to incoming pictures or other material submitted by photographers so that editors can write captions for publication
• Gather, prepare and archive content, including tables, listings, captions, summaries, photos, graphics and other content elements, reformatting assigned content for immediate publication in all media
• Screen and sort mail, send out newspapers, answer telephone calls and manage other incoming information for the assigned department
• Ensure the smooth administrative operation of the assigned desk by performing a variety of tasks under the supervision of desk editors and the operations manager, including:
  • Maintain varied departmental files and personnel and other office records including work and vacation schedules, timebanks, whereabouts lists and payroll records
  • Assist editors and operations managers with processing of freelance and staff payments
  • Learn and use evolving administrative tools and working with editors and operations managers to help create and apply newsroom policies on the assigned desk
• Demonstrate support and understanding of our values of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world
• You will report to a Deputy Director of Newsroom Operations.

Basic Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience with Google Workspace
• 1+ years of experience in a role requiring organizational skills
• 1+ years of experience in a fast-paced environment that requires meeting deadlines

Preferred Qualifications

• A passion for learning about new tools and journalism formats
• Versatile skills in writing
• Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud, with an emphasis on InDesign

This position is represented by the NewsGuild of NY.

Additional Compensation and Benefits

For roles in the U.S., dependent on your role, you may be eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits may include medical, dental and vision benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s), a company-matching 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.

For roles outside of the U.S., information on benefits will be provided during the interview process.

The annual base pay range for this role is between:

$67,626 - $68,000 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.

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