About the role#
As an Audience Fellow, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of how The Times approaches audience development and engagement. The fellowship is divided into rotations across the Audience team, covering off-platform strategy, on-platform engagement, and data insights. You will work across the newsroom and collaborate with strategy, product, data, and marketing teams to shape how readers experience our journalism.
What you'll do#
- Write social copy and help shape how we share journalism on social platforms.
- Analyze our presence and strategy on existing platforms while evaluating opportunities on new ones.
- Interpret data and signals to shape the presentation of stories on and off our platforms.
- Optimize stories for search and identify trending topics and competitive trends.
- Work on projects to deepen engagement on our owned surfaces, including the home screen, push alerts, email, and community products.
- Partner with the newsroom audience analytics team on actionable analysis.
- Participate in training and social programs designed for the fellowship.
- Collaborate with colleagues across the newsroom.
- Demonstrate support for the value of journalistic independence and a commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.
What you'll need#
- No more than five years of full-time, professional journalism experience, excluding internships.
- Experience writing in an engaging, smart tone that feels native to social media and is consistent with the values of independent journalism.
- Experience looking at and interpreting data.
- A record of multiple news internships or equivalent experience.
- An understanding of all mainstream and some emerging social channels.
- A willingness to learn about new platforms.
- Comfort with data, testing, and iterating to find what resonates with different audiences.
Location & details#
- This is a full-time, paid fellowship based in New York, New York.
- The program runs from June 7, 2027, to May 26, 2028.
- This is a hybrid position requiring attendance in the office four days each week, though some flexibility may exist per departmental guidance.
- You may be required to work some nights, weekends, and holidays as needed.
- We do not provide visa sponsorship for this role.
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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