Home and Design Reporter (Temporary)

The role

This reporter will cover interior design and home topics including design trends, renovations, and celebrity home tours. The role involves writing news, service, and feature stories while developing industry sources.

What you will do

• Report, write and publish multiple stories a week
• Cover design trends, create service guides, profile notable houses
• Oversee celebrity-focused home tours and spinoff franchises
• Cultivate sources and regularly deliver scoops
• Develop stories that include a range of voices and perspectives
• Collaborate with visual editors on new story formats and multimedia, including reporter video
• Demonstrate support and understanding of journalistic independence

Required qualifications

• 5+ years' experience as a reporter
• Strong news judgment and instincts
• Experience in a deadline-driven environment
• Creativity and willingness to experiment with new story forms, including video

Nice to have

• Knowledge of — and sources within — the design industry
• Experience interviewing and booking celebrity interviews
• Positive, collaborative attitude

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

Before you apply

• Submit your own work and do not use GenAI tools to generate substantive content during the application and interview process

About the company

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