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of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.Job Description
About the Role
Wirecutter is seeking an Updates Writer to help keep our catalog of large appliance, vacuum, and mattress and sleep product reviews and recommendations useful and up-to-date.
As an Updates Writer, you will report directly to the team’s senior editor, making changes to live content owned by this team both proactively and reactively. This role is based in our Long Island City, New York office.
Responsibilities:
- Update reviews with new information like upcoming changes to our recommendations, products that we look forward to testing, and recent or long-term testing notes
- Scan industry news regularly for changes that affect products and advice in your areas of coverage, communicating swift responses to our readers with our editors and social media team
- Be directly involved in our cyclical planning process, collaborating with writers, editors, and SEO strategists to map out and execute on sweeps and updates for reviews and other posts
- Collaborate with copy editors, fact checkers, photo editors, and producers to move changes through our editorial process
- Systematically check and update existing reviews for internal consistency, flagging dated passages for revision and making corrections where necessary
- Use our customized content management system to edit live reviews, following process and staying up to date on best practices
- Help maintain and improve our databases of everything we’ve published, tested, and recommended
- Assist with updates for retail events (i.e., Amazon Prime Day, Black Friday), curated Wirecutter deal events, and other seasonal projects.
- Pitch, write, and rewrite reviews and blog posts in and sometimes outside of your areas of coverage as necessary
- Perform related work as assigned
Basic Qualifications:
- 3+ years experience or training desired; other professional experience in writing about appliances, vacuums, or sleep, or health topics appreciated
- Enthusiasm for product research and testing methods
- Experience with basic HTML and Wordpress, or similar online publishing platforms
- Familiarity with other publications that cover appliances, vacuums, and mattresses
Preferred Qualifications:
- Self-organized and motivated, with effective communication skills
- Ability to work on deadline on multiple projects
- Creativity in problem-solving
- Experience working with remote teams and collaborative software appreciated
The annual base pay range for this role is between $59,000 and $59,000.
Please include your résumé/CV, a cover letter, and any writing samples you may want to submit with your application. You can only upload one file in the “Résumé/CV” box, so you should combine and upload your résumé, cover letter, and any other materials as one file.
This is a union position as classified by the News Guild of New York.
The New York Times is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce, one that reflects the varied global community we serve. Our journalism and the products we build in the service of that journalism greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which can only come from diversity of all types, across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. Achieving true diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing for our business. So we strongly encourage women, veterans, people with disabilities, people of color and gender nonconforming candidates to apply.
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