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Senior Community Editor

The New York Times· Journalism Operations and Support
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New York, NY$130k - $150kPosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior Editor role at The New York Times focusing on building and guiding reader engagement in comments across journalism, collaborating with reporters and editors, and shaping workflow with the community team.

Responsibilities

  • Identify articles and storylines that would benefit from journalist participation in the comments, and reach out to editors and reporters in advance of publication.
  • Edit posts for length, clarity and tone, helping to grow the number of journalists who are independently posting in creative ways that align with our style.
  • Collect high quality examples of reporter participation and help train the global newsroom on best practices.
  • Make Community team initiatives more visible and useful to the wider newsroom and enterprise by writing regular internal updates.
  • Build pathways to community surfaces by embedding comments across the report and help track their effectiveness.
  • Pitch and execute on community-first initiatives that deepen reader-reporter relationships, e.g. AMAs, UGC roundups
  • Collaborate with cross-functional partners to build and improve tools that make journalist participation easy and intuitive.
  • Help to develop guardrails and approaches for staff to participate in conversations about hot-button topics across the report.
  • 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.
  • You will report to the Community Editorial Lead.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of editorial experience with news organizations or media companies
  • Excellent editorial judgment and project management skills
  • Demonstrated interest in the online community ecosystem
  • Passion for The New York Times mission and commitment to be part of our innovation and growth

Skills

Required:editorial judgment

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.
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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