Business Correspondent, Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies

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About the role

The New York Times is looking for a talented, experienced and versatile correspondent to join the tech pod on the Business desk to cover Anthropic as the artificial intelligence race heats up. Anthropic has grown quickly and changed coding, security and other areas with its technology, becoming a new power broker as it heads toward a public offering, and tangling in geopolitics, national security, economics and religion. We are looking for an energetic, determined and collegial journalist who thrives when competing on the most compelling and important storylines.

This is an in-office position, based in San Francisco and includes regular attendance in the office four days each week. There may be some flexibility to work remotely per your departmental guidance. This role is represented by the NewsGuild of NY.

Responsibilities

• Generate original reporting on news, events and trends on Anthropic and identify, in conjunction with your colleagues and editors, themes worthy of coverage as breaking news, day news or as enterprise.
• Build a network of sources that will inform rich and original reports, news and features.
• Write with authority, clarity and independently. Be as comfortable and enthusiastic handling breaking news as writing thoughtfully and deeply about events, issues, finances and people.
• Write medium- and long-term enterprise and the occasional entertaining feature.
• 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 and in conformity with Times style, length and other requirements, and develop high-impact stories from the broader themes that underpin incremental news developments.
• Write on deadline; receive and react to feedback and edits.
• Contribute to and sometimes be the lead correspondent on live briefings, join planning meetings and provide live coverage.
• 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.
• Collaborate across multiple desks and teams including finance, Audio, Video and Graphics. Write articles, short Live updates, contribute to newsletters and videos and participate in collaborative reporting projects.

You will report to the Business Tech Editor.

Requirements

• 5+ years of significant beat reporting and writing experience.
• Demonstrated ability to produce stories that are crisply written and well organized, framed to draw in busy, scrolling readers and delivered in language that is accessible.
• Experience as a collaborator and the ability to partner with colleagues across The New York Times newsroom.

Qualifications

• A passion for professional development and the ability to learn from everyone around them.
• A collaborative, genuine and independent spirit that takes satisfaction in not only their own growth but the success of their team and colleagues.
• Interest in directly engaging with our audiences to deepen their relationships with The Times.
• A willingness to be flexible as the newsroom's needs evolve.
• A bottomless curiosity about the world and a love of news and storytelling.
• A commitment to the power of tough and fair reporting.

Benefits

For roles in the U.S., dependent on your role, you may be eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits may include:

• Medical, dental and vision benefits.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s).
• A company-matching 401(k) plan.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave.
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.

For roles outside of the U.S., information on benefits will be provided during the interview process.

Pay

The annual base pay range for this role is between $124,979.94 - $190,000 USD.