The New York Times needs to ensure the accuracy and reliability of its published content, including articles, audio, graphics, and multimedia stories, to uphold its mission of seeking the truth and helping people understand the world.
Requirements
- Minimum of five years of experience fact-checking for a national publication, or a weekly, general-interest magazine.
- Ability to independently verify the accuracy of articles on short deadlines.
- Experience fact-checking 8,000-word+ investigations on a variety of topics including politics, national security and science, and legally complex pieces.
- Foreign language experience is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Fact check feature articles, branded columns, interactive stories, audio podcasts, and other story forms with accuracy and speed.
- Use databases, reference materials, public records and other source materials to verify the facts.
- Contact sources by phone or email to verify material.
Other
- 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.
- You will report to the Head of Research.
- work well under deadline pressure in an unpredictable news production environment.
- excellent news judgment and high ethical standards.
- collaboration, creativity and the ability to stay calm in a high-stakes environment.
- anticipated to be a temporary, in-office position, based in New York City and includes regular attendance in the office four days each week.
- We plan to have this person work from January through mid-May.
