At a glance
- Workplace
- Remote
- Location
- New York, NY
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship not offered
About the role
- Join the 2027 New York Times Fellowship class as an A.I. Initiatives fellow in New York.
- Work with journalists across departments to identify, develop and execute projects that use artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science techniques to address investigative challenges.
- Be part of the A.I. Initiatives team, which includes editors, engineers and a product designer.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with investigative reporters to support projects that benefit from A.I., including large-scale research, transcription, translation, document search, language analysis and computer vision tasks
- Identify opportunities and experiment with responsible A.I. tools to empower the newsroom
- Participate in training and social programs designed for the fellowship
- 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
Requirements
- No more than five years of full-time, professional experience in journalism and/or machine learning
- Technical proficiency and experience analyzing data, developing applications and conducting research with machine-learning models
- Editorial experience, such as interning in a newsroom or working on a college newspaper
- Engineering skills and experience with APIs, front-end web applications and databases
- Recent experience working with LLMs and other machine-learning models
- Interest in the intersection of journalism and artificial intelligence
- Understanding of ethical considerations surrounding the use of A.I. in journalism
Preferred qualifications
- Record of multiple news or opinion journalism internships, or equivalent experience
- Work demonstrating experience applying A.I. to real-world problems
- Experience working with large datasets and cloud computing platforms
- Experience working with Svelte or similar front-end frameworks
Benefits
- 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
- This is an in-office position and includes regular attendance in the office four days each week.
Skills
- APIs
- Front-end Web Applications
- Databases
- LLMs
- Machine-learning Models
- Large Datasets
- Cloud Computing Platforms
- Svelte
