About the Role
The New York Times is seeking a correspondent to cover OpenAI and Anthropic on the Business desk, reporting on the companies shaping the future of artificial intelligence, dealmaking, geopolitics, national security, economics, and Wall Street. This role involves high-metabolism journalism, including breaking news, analysis, profiles, and enterprise stories, with collaboration across multiple desks and teams.
Responsibilities
- Generate original reporting on news, events, and trends concerning Anthropic and OpenAI.
- Identify themes for coverage as breaking news, day news, or enterprise in collaboration with colleagues and editors.
- Build a network of sources to inform rich and original reports, news, and features.
- Write with authority, clarity, and independence.
- Handle breaking news and write thoughtfully and deeply about events, issues, finances, and people.
- Write medium- and long-term enterprise pieces and occasional entertaining features.
- Cover news accurately and efficiently.
- Maintain and cultivate news sources and contacts.
- Obtain information through interviews, observations, and research.
- Present facts and analysis in clear written form, adhering to Times style, length, and other requirements.
- Develop high-impact stories from broader themes underpinning incremental news developments.
- Write on deadline and receive/react to feedback and edits.
- Contribute to and sometimes lead live briefings, join planning meetings, and provide live coverage.
- Demonstrate support and understanding of journalistic independence and the mission to seek truth and help people understand the world.
- Report to the Business Tech Editors.
Requirements
- 5+ years of significant beat reporting and writing experience.
- Demonstrated ability to produce crisply written and well-organized stories.
- Ability to frame stories to draw in busy, scrolling readers.
- Experience delivering content in accessible language.
- Experience as a collaborator.
- Ability to partner with colleagues across The New York Times newsroom.
- Submit resume and cover letter, including links to top 5-7 clips.
Skills
- Reporting
- Writing
- Source building
- Collaboration
- Breaking news coverage
- Analysis
- Profile writing
- Enterprise reporting
- Interviewing
- Research
- Editing
- Live coverage
Location
- San Francisco
Work Type
- In-office (four days per week)
- Potential for remote flexibility
Experience Level
- 5+ years of experience
Salary/Compensations
- $124,979.94—$190,000 USD
Benefits
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- 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
- Variable pay (e.g., annual bonus, restricted stock)
About the Company
- The New York Times' mission is to seek the truth and help people understand the world through independent journalism.
- The company has a world-renowned newsroom with journalists reporting from nearly 160 countries.
- Focuses on reader experience across print, audio, digital, and app platforms.
- Business strategy centers on creating journalism that is worth paying for.
- Committed to being the world's best source of independent, reliable, and quality journalism.
- Embraces a diverse workforce with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences.
Equal Opportunity
- The New York Times Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status, and other personal characteristics protected by law.
- All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics.
- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)'s Know Your Rights Poster is available.
- Will provide reasonable accommodations as required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws.
- Encourages those with criminal histories to apply and will consider applications in accordance with applicable 'Fair Chance' laws.
- Privacy practices for job applicants are available.
