New @upshot.nytimes.com job just posted — come help us explain the news!
We're looking for a visual journalist and graphics developer to report, write, design and code data-driven stories and visualizations.
If you're at #NICAR26, come say hi.
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We cover everything: politics, policy, everyday life, even @nytimes.com games. And we have a lot of fun doing it!
It's the honor of a lifetime to lead the best team in journalism: the reporters, editors and technologists at The Upshot.
Our mission is simple: help people understand the news — and find new ways to explain the world we're living in.
During my time on NYT Sports focused on visual storytelling, I saw The Washington Post's sports section as our biggest competitor — not because it was newspaper vs. newspaper, but because they produced some of the most creative sports journalism _anywhere_. Today's news is incredibly sad.
A long-awaited update of federal employment data shows crippling staff reductions in some federal agencies and offices:
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YOU, or someone talented you know, could be the next @upshot.nytimes.com fellow.
It’s a paid, full-time, one-year job working on the staff of (dare I say) the coolest desk in the newsroom.
But hurry — applications close on Wednesday, so apply now and/or share with friends!