Reporter/Meteorologist, Weather Data Team

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The New York Times is looking for a meteorologist or weather reporter with strong communication skills for The Times’s coverage of day-to-day weather and extreme weather events.

You will help guide the Times audience through all weather phenomena — including hurricanes, severe storms, droughts, heat waves and more — on a variety of platforms. You both will work closely with other members of the weather data team to collect, analyze, forecast and present real-time and historic weather data, as well as contribute to weather coverage across the newsroom. During weather events, you’ll be expected to prepare forecasts and write for our live blogs, as well as collaborating with graphics editors on clear visual displays of forecast data. You’ll also have the opportunity to pursue enterprise stories that illuminate weather trends or explain weather concepts to readers in a clear and engaging way.

You should be independent enough to publish regularly on your own but also willing and eager about the prospect of working in small groups, particularly with journalists whose skills are different from yours.

As part of your cover letter, please describe or link to written examples of work demonstrating your abilities in this area.

The right candidate will have the following:

• A genuine interest, and demonstrated experience, in working with and explaining weather or climate data to a general audience.

• Training in meteorology, atmospheric science and/or climate-related research.

• Demonstrated ability to guide weather coverage based on forecasts and history.

• Deep knowledge of a variety of weather-data resources.

• Experience analyzing or modeling weather or climate data.

• Experience with, and a preference for, working collaboratively on a multidisciplinary team.

• Experience with journalistic reporting on extreme weather events is a plus.

• Experience with global weather systems and data is a plus.

Location: NY

This position is represented by the NewsGuild of NY

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