Deputy Editor, National

The New York Times is looking for an ambitious editor to run the National desk's investigations team, a group of reporters whose mandate is to produce agenda-setting accountability journalism.

You have experience editing and managing reporters and complex investigations. You can turn around quick exclusives and long-form narratives and collaborate with other editors and departments in the newsroom. You are comfortable with data, visual storytelling, audio and video. The team's projects in recent years have focused on a diverse range of topics, and have included a mix of long term reporting projects and quick-strike investigative work around emergent news.

The New York Times National Desk creates journalism that is revelatory and impactful, that is rooted in on-the-ground reporting and that deepens our understanding of America. Collaboration is key to our journalism, both within The Times and with local news outlets. We write with authority and intelligence, but we're also conversational. We realize the power of visual journalism and are innovative in new ways to tell stories. 

This is an in-office position, preferably 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:

• You will manage a team of reporters, with responsibility for staffing decisions. 
• You will generate ideas for news and enterprise, not just for their reporters but for the desk as a whole.
• You will help determine the desk's investigative coverage and assign and edit news stories and enterprise stories.
• You will help identify topics and figure out reporting avenues, to advise on source relationships, to vet documents and sources, to overcome reporting roadblocks and to help structure stories.
• You will coordinate with photo, graphic and data journalists in National and with editors and reporters on other desks as well as the masthead and The Times's legal department.
• 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 National Editor.

Basic Qualifications:

• 5 years as an editor focused on investigations
• Deep journalistic and management experience, with the ability to make sound, independent judgments about quality and process
• Experience serving as a leader on coverage spanning subjects and desks

Preferred Qualifications:

• Digital media experience
• A willingness to be flexible as the newsroom's needs evolve

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