About the role#
The New York Times is seeking an A.I. Initiatives fellow to join the reporting department for the Summer 2027 term. You will work within the A.I. Initiatives team alongside editors, engineers, and a product designer to support newsroom projects. This role requires a mix of machine-learning technical skills and journalism experience to help address investigative challenges.
What you'll do#
- Collaborate with investigative reporters on projects that benefit from A.I. techniques.
- Perform 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 for the value of journalistic independence and a commitment to the mission of the organization.
What you'll need#
- No more than five years of full-time, professional experience in journalism or machine learning.
- Technical proficiency in 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, including experience with APIs, front-end web applications, and databases.
- Recent experience working with LLMs and other machine-learning models.
- Understanding of ethical considerations regarding the use of A.I. in journalism.
- A record of multiple news or opinion journalism internships, or equivalent experience.
- Experience working with large datasets and cloud computing platforms.
- Experience working with Svelte or similar front-end frameworks.
- An interest in the intersection of journalism and artificial intelligence.
Location & details#
- This position is based in New York, New York.
- The role is on-site with a hybrid component, requiring attendance in the office four days each week.
- You may be required to work some nights, weekends, and holidays as needed.
- This is a paid, full-time fellowship.
- The organization does not provide work visa sponsorship.
About The New York Times
The New York Times is a newspaper publishing company based in New York City. It was founded in 1851 and currently operates as a public company. The organization employs over 14,000 people to produce journalism and digital products for its readers. Its operations are centered at 620 Eighth Avenue.
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