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The New York Times is looking for a graphics journalist based in London who can help expand our visual coverage of Europe the Middle East and Africa. This person will report and help execute news graphics and multimedia features using data imagery mapping and other forms of visual storytelling.
You will join a group of graphics reporters and editors on the International desk including an expanding team of visual journalists in London.
We have investigated how Russia silenced wartime dissent and blew up a Ukrainian dam and documented the toll of Hamas attack in Israel and Israels deadly response in Gaza. We have explained how a man escaped seven months in a Myanmar scam operation how the unstoppable force of aging will reshape the world and whether South Africa has truly defeated apartheid. And we have visualized the unequal health effects of extreme heat in Singapore and Iraq the flawed decisions that led to deaths in an earthquake in Turkey and the path of asylum seekers who were ditched at sea by Greek authorities.
We want to do more of these kinds of stories.
Your work will include a mix of news coverage and longerterm enterprise. You will report and visualize your own stories in addition to working to shape our most critical international storylines as a critical part of multidisciplinary teams of reporters designers photo editors and video journalists. And you will work with ontheground correspondents to hold governments accountable and help readers better understand the world.
This is a hybrid position based in London and includes regular attendance in the office each week per your departmental guidance.
Main Responsibilities:
Regularly stay on top of key news related to your beat
Find and vet datasets maps photos and other information that can be the source for graphics and multimedia stories.
Work with multidisciplinary teams including graphics photo and video teams in New York and around the world to build and shape projects across formats.
Work with editors and correspondents throughout Europe and the Middle East to conceive ambitious projects.
Collaborate with editors and correspondents to produce successful visual formats so they become a more regular part of the report.
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.
This role reports to the Senior Editor Visuals in London and collaborates closely with the Europe Editor in London.
Basic Qualifications:
Strong news and editorial judgment.
Record of designing and making highlevel interactive graphics or stories.
Ability to write clearly work on tight deadlines and sharpen the relationship between images and copy.
Strength working collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams.
A record of coming up with creative ways to report and execute stories.
Preferred Qualifications:
Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate the purpose of each story.
Willingness to work a flexible schedule as news demands.
Ability to make quick decisions under deadlines and a highpressure news environment.
A passion for news.
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