Fellow, Opinion Copy Editor

The role

This fellow will copy edit story text, headlines, and captions for the Opinion section. The role involves ensuring accuracy and consistency across editorials, guest essays, and columns.

What you will do

• Copy edit story text, headlines, captions and other display copy
• Ensure accuracy and consistency across editorials, guest essays and columns
• Polish, format and quality-check podcast transcripts, graphics and video elements
• Respond to changing priorities and demands based on department needs and the news cycle
• Participate in training and social programs designed for the fellowship
• Demonstrate support and understanding of journalistic independence

Required qualifications

• No more than five years of full-time, professional journalism experience, excluding internships
• Experience editing articles, essays or scripts for publication
• Experience working on firm deadlines
• Experience with copy editing and making editorial judgment calls
• Ability to work collaboratively with story editors and fact-checkers
• Experience working digitally
• Platform agnostic and interested in working on copy for any medium

Nice to have

• Record of multiple journalism internships, or equivalent experience
• Comfort with a wide range of subject matter, from politics to science and culture
• Familiarity with content management systems and transcription tools

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
• Possible eligibility for annual bonus and restricted stock

Before you apply

• Finalists will be required to take an editing test
• Must be authorized to work in the United States
• Will not sponsor work visas
• May apply to only one fellowship position per year
• Submit your own work and do not use GenAI tools to generate substantive content

About the company

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world through independent journalism.