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Editor, @upshot.nytimes.com

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Data Graphics/Multimedia Editor, The Upshot | The New York Times Company

New @upshot.nytimes.com job just posted β€” come help us explain the news!

We're looking for a visual journalist and graphics developer to report, write, design and code data-driven stories and visualizations.

If you're at #NICAR26, come say hi.

Details here: www.nytco.com/careers/job-...

07.03.2026 14:36 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Follow us at @upshot.nytimes.com.

You can also see what we're up to at nytimes.com/upshot, and sign up for our newsletter here: www.nytimes.com/newsletters/...

20.02.2026 17:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We cover everything: politics, policy, everyday life, even @nytimes.com games. And we have a lot of fun doing it!

20.02.2026 17:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jonathan Ellis Is Our Next Editor of The Upshot | The New York Times Company

It's the honor of a lifetime to lead the best team in journalism: the reporters, editors and technologists at The Upshot.

Our mission is simple: help people understand the news β€” and find new ways to explain the world we're living in.

20.02.2026 17:54 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

During my time on NYT Sports focused on visual storytelling, I saw The Washington Post's sports section as our biggest competitor β€” not because it was newspaper vs. newspaper, but because they produced some of the most creative sports journalism _anywhere_. Today's news is incredibly sad.

04.02.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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220,000 Fewer Workers: How Trump’s Cuts Affected Every Federal Agency (Gift Article) New data offers the first clear view of the impact of the buyouts and firings.

A long-awaited update of federal employment data shows crippling staff reductions in some federal agencies and offices:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

09.01.2026 21:33 πŸ‘ 202 πŸ” 113 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 8
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Fellow, Upshot New York, NY

YOU, or someone talented you know, could be the next @upshot.nytimes.com fellow.

It’s a paid, full-time, one-year job working on the staff of (dare I say) the coolest desk in the newsroom.

But hurry β€” applications close on Wednesday, so apply now and/or share with friends!

19.11.2025 03:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Your Zodiac Sign Is 2,000 Years Out of Date Over millennia, our view of the stars has shifted, because of Earth’s wobble. It may be time to rethink your sign.

I'm considered a Sagittarius ♐. But based on the real position of the stars, I might be a Ophiuchus β›Ž instead. Find your astronomical sign here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

08.09.2025 02:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk What does the way you speak say about where you’re from? Answer all the questions below to see your personal dialect map.

An Upshot oldie but goodie. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

21.11.2024 01:30 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1