Graphics/ Multimedia Editor- Cartography (Temporary)
Posted on: 10 May 2024
New York, New York
Job Description
The Graphics department of The New York Times is looking for a reporter and cartographic specialist who can develop lines of reporting and gather geospatial data for a temporary role of a minimum of 3 months. You will design maps and other geographic visualizations and work with fellow designers, reporters and editors to create visual stories for breaking news and enterprise subjects on all platforms. You will pursue original reporting and will be expected to exercise journalistic and visual judgment to ensure the accuracy and clarity of your work.
The Graphics department is a group of journalists and visual thinkers with creative backgrounds ranging from architecture to cartography to computer science. We are curious about all kinds of things and seek to find individuals who bring their own curiosity to bear in creative approaches to storytelling.
You will report to the senior editor for geography.
This is a hybrid position based in New York City and includes regular attendance in the office each week per your departmental guidance.
Responsibilities:
Report and gather data to create geographic visualizations
Build and design maps using a variety of tools, including Adobe Illustrator
Respond quickly to breaking news
Collaborate on visual stories across platforms
Integrate a range of reporting and storytelling forms and disciplines like geospatial analysis, cartography, remote sensing, photogrammetry, video and animation
Basic Qualifications:
At least 3 years of relevant professional experience
Expertise in cartography, GIS, earth observation and image analysis
Familiarity with web development, including Javascript, HTML and CSS.
Strong visual and interactive design skills with a clear grasp of typography, layout, color, motion and user behavior.
Preferred Qualifications:
Ability and willingness to quickly execute and publish maps for breaking news coverage
Ability to meet deadlines and to adapt to change in a daily, unpredictable news production environment
Experience working collaboratively with members of a multidisciplinary team
New York Times
New York, New York
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as the NYT and NYTimes) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership. Founded in 1851, the paper has won 127 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other newspaper. The Times is ranked 17th in the world by circulation and 2nd in the U.S.
The paper is owned by The New York Times Company, which is publicly traded and is controlled by the Sulzberger family through a dual-class share structure. It has been owned by the family since 1896; A.G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher, and his father, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., the company's chairman, are the fourth and fifth generation of the family to head the paper.
Nicknamed "The Gray Lady", the Times has long been regarded within the industry as a national "newspaper of record". The paper's motto, "All the News That's Fit to Print", appears in the upper left-hand corner of the front page.
Since the mid-1970s, The New York Times has greatly expanded its layout and organization, adding special weekly sections on various topics supplementing the regular news, editorials, sports, and features. Since 2008, the Times has been organized into the following sections: News, Editorials/Opinions-Columns/Op-Ed, New York (metropolitan), Business, Sports of The Times, Arts, Science, Styles, Home, Travel, and other features. On Sunday, the Times is supplemented by the Sunday Review (formerly the Week in Review), The New York Times Book Review, The New York Times Magazine and T: The New York Times Style Magazine. The Times stayed with the broadsheet full-page set-up and an eight-column format for several years after most papers switched to six, and was one of the last newspapers to adopt color photography, especially on the front page.
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