Editor, The Upshot Job at Nashville Public Radio in New York

About The Role

The New York Times is looking for an editor to lead The Upshot, a desk that has produced some of our most innovative and creative explanatory journalism, making complex issues in politics, policy and everyday life accessible and engaging for Times readers.

The Upshot has a wide remit. It is the home of cutting‑edge data visualization, detailed policy analysis, Nate Cohn’s newsletter and standalone destinations like Wordle Bot and Spelling Bee Buddy. The desk is powered by a collaborative, multidisciplinary group of journalists, including reporters with decades of experience covering politics, government policy, gender, health care and cities, along with some of our best software developers and data visualizers.

Together, They Produce Work Like This

• "An Extremely Detailed Map of New York City Neighborhoods" (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/upshot/extremely-detailed-nyc-neighborhood-map.html)
• "How One Polling Decision Is Leading to Two Distinct Stories of the Election" (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/06/upshot/polling-methods-election.html)
• "DOGE's Only Public Ledger Is Riddled With Mistakes" (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/upshot/doge-musk-trump-errors.html)
• The 10‑Minute Challenge (https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/10-minute-challenge)
• Wordle Bot: Your Daily, Personalized Wordle Score
• "A Huge Threat to the U.S. Budget Has Receded. And No One Is Sure Why." (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/09/05/upshot/medicare-budget-threat-receded.html)
• "Coastal Cities Priced Out Low‑Wage Workers. Now College Graduates Are Leaving, Too." (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/05/15/upshot/migrations-college-super-cities.html)
• "When A.I.'s Output Is a Threat to A.I. Itself" (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/08/26/upshot/ai-synthetic-data.html)
• "A List of Nearly Everything in the G.O.P. Bill, and How Much It Would Cost or Save" (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/30/upshot/senate-republican-megabill.html)
• Flashback, a Weekly History Quiz (https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/flashback)

You are a forward‑thinking leader who can build on the desk's momentum and chart its next course, both in its approach to news and enterprise journalism, as well as the storytelling forms, technologies and platforms it uses to communicate those ideas.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team that produces a multiformat report that includes explanatory policy journalism, revelatory graphics‑driven storytelling and standalone interactive features
• Drive news coverage on the desk, including on competitive stories and ambitious enterprise
• Develop and uphold a strong workplace culture on The Upshot
• 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
• Report to Matthew Ericson, Assistant Managing Editor

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years of journalism experience
• Strong news judgment
• Experience working with and managing multidisciplinary teams and fostering collaborations among reporters, visual journalists and technologists
• Demonstrated expertise in shaping a wide variety of journalism
• Demonstrated expertise in data‑driven journalism

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as an editor and manager
• Experience leading successful innovations in story forms and harnessing new technologies to tell stories in new ways
• Experience editing or writing stories about politics and policy
• Expertise in editing charts and information graphics
• Experience coaching colleagues and helping them increase their technical and journalistic skills

Internal and external candidates should include a cover letter articulating a brief vision for the next era of this desk.

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The annual base pay range for this role is between:
$200,000 — $250,000 USD

Equal Opportunity Employer

The New York Times Company is committed to being the world’s best source of independent, reliable and quality journalism. We embrace a diverse workforce that has a broad range of backgrounds and experiences across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

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