Research Editor

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Job Description

Magazine research editors fact-check articles ranging from short essays or columns, to long-form pieces on national affairs, international politics, science and culture. Research editors also check audio interviews, graphics, data visualizations and multimedia stories. Research editors work with different departments within the magazine, and sometimes with different desks across the newsroom.

You will work in a team of reporters and editors to fact check articles with speed and accuracy, sometimes late into the night with rapidly changing text and information. You must work well under deadline pressure in an unpredictable news production environment. You must have excellent news judgment and high ethical standards. We value collaboration, creativity and the ability to stay calm in a high-stakes environment.

This is a hybrid position based in New York City and includes regular attendance in the office each week per your departmental guidance.

Responsibilities

• Fact check feature articles, branded columns, interactive stories, audio podcasts, and other story forms with accuracy and speed.
• Use databases, reference materials, public records and other source materials to verify the facts.
• Contact sources by phone or email to verify material.
• You will report to the Head of Research.
• Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.
  
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum of five years of experience fact-checking for a national publication, or a weekly, general-interest magazine.
• Ability to independently verify the accuracy of articles on short deadlines.
• Experience fact-checking 8,000-word+ investigations on a variety of topics including politics, national security and science, and legally complex pieces.
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Foreign language experience is a plus.
  
  
  

This position is represented by the NewsGuild of NY.

The annual base pay salary for this role is between $111,711.62 and $122,000.00.

Employee-driven benefits

If you see a job opening here that might be a good fit for you, we encourage you to apply. We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision plans for employees and their families, health and wellness programs, a 401(k) plan, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation, paid parental leave and much more.

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.

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