At a glance
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- New York, NY
About the role
- The New York Times is seeking a staff editor to fact check episodes of the show Hard Fork in both audio and video formats. This role involves working closely with producers and editors to verify assertions, tone, and context in a fast-paced news environment.
Responsibilities
- Check factual assertions in podcast and video episodes to determine veracity and correctness on deadline
- Check prep documents and listen during live recordings to track facts and assertions to be verified
- Listen to drafts, checking all facts, noting attribution, and providing guidance on editing or adjusting material as needed
- Conduct quick and accurate research to gather and verify facts in collaboration with producers, editors and hosts
- Work to ensure fairness and accuracy; correct contradictions and omissions in consultation with producers, editors and hosts; correct spelling and grammar
- Check episode descriptions and other copy for video and audio assets
- Adjust show print excerpts, transcripts and captions for factual accuracy
- Check video episode's visuals for factual accuracy and context
- Exercise news judgment
- Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission
Requirements
- 3 or more years of fact-checking experience
- Available to work evenings as needed
Preferred qualifications
- Exercise news judgment
- Quickly identify facts to be checked in a podcast episode transcript
- Communicate notes & feedback clearly
- Superb research skills
- Use data to inform decisions
- Manage deadlines simultaneously
- Well-developed and adaptive cultural competence and emotional intelligence
- Experience in a deadline-driven environment
Benefits
- Variable pay such as annual bonus and restricted stock
- Medical, dental and vision benefits
- Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s)
- Company-matching 401(k) plan
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Paid vacation
- Paid sick days
- Paid parental leave
- Tuition reimbursement
- Professional development programs
Workplace
- In-office position based in New York City
- Includes regular attendance in the office each week
