Texas Data Journalist: Investigative Analytics & Collaboration

The New York Times Company; Texas; On-site; USD 113,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) with match

Stock purchase plan

Paid vacation

Paid sick days

Paid parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Job summary

The New York Times Company is seeking a Texas-based data journalist who will blend traditional reporting with data analysis to illuminate major stories. You will obtain and build datasets through records requests and web scraping, develop rigorous methodologies, and collaborate with Times reporters across the Lone Star State.

You will design analyses, mine datasets for reporting leads, and communicate findings clearly, with strong newsroom judgment and independence.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of data journalism experience.
• Deep knowledge of Texas.
• Experience finding, requesting, cleaning and analyzing complex datasets.
• Ability to communicate data findings powerfully, accurately, and succinctly.
• Proficiency working with data in Python and/or R, spreadsheets, and relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Lead Texas-focused data journalism collaborations.
• Pitch and report data-driven stories that illuminate the day’s news events.
• Obtain and build datasets through records requests, web scraping, document parsing and shoe-leather approaches.
• Develop an understanding of these datasets to mine them for reporting leads and insights.
• Be comfortable working on stories independently and in diverse teams.
• Support colleagues to level-up their data skills and uphold journalistic independence.

Skills

Data journalism

Texas knowledge

Data analysis

Python

R

Web scraping

SQL

Data storytelling

Tools

Python

R

SQL

Web scraping

Job description

The New York Times Company is seeking a Texas-based data journalist who will blend traditional reporting with data analysis to illuminate major stories. You will obtain and build datasets through records requests and web scraping, develop rigorous methodologies, and collaborate with Times reporters across the Lone Star State.

You will design analyses, mine datasets for reporting leads, and communicate findings clearly, with strong newsroom judgment and independence.