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Business Editor

The New York Times· Editing
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New York, NY$240k - $285kfull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Leader for The New York Times Business Desk, driving competitive coverage, enterprise and innovative storytelling across formats while managing a large global team and shaping the desk’s evolution in a changing media landscape.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the Business report of The New York Times, including driving competitive news coverage, generating scoops and ambitious enterprise, incorporating visual and other forms into the report, and setting desk goals and overseeing performance
  • Develop and uphold a strong and cohesive workplace culture
  • Collaborate with colleagues on desks across the newsroom
  • 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

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience as an editor
  • 5+ years in a significant leadership or managerial role within a major media organization
  • Experience assigning stories and directing coverage
  • Track record of producing varied storyforms
  • Strong news judgment
  • Demonstrated exceptional editing skills, with the ability to sharpen complex critiques, elevate prose, and guide writers toward their best work under tight deadlines.
  • Experience successfully navigating complex, matrixed organizational structures
  • Demonstrated leadership experience

Skills

Required:EditingLeadership / people managementNews judgmentStory development / beat planning

Benefits

  • For roles in the U.S., 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 Sep 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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