Forget the Beach, Come Hack on Some News This Summer

This summer, you could decide to relax with a mojito in the warm sun wondering why you don't move to Costa Rica and live in a treehouse full-time. But if you're anything like us, 10 minutes later you'll get bored, realize that you can't use a laptop in the sun, and quickly change your mind about that treehouse. They probably don't even have wifi in those things anyway. 

If this sounds like you, maybe it's time to consider the alternatives! For instance, a summer of hacking on news with the GlobeLab team. We have two fellowship positions open to interested and enthusiastic researchers who have a keen interest in data and code. Check out the job listing, then send either Chris or Adrienne an email detailing your experience and enthusiasm for the opportunity. We're looking forward to hearing from you. 
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Job Description

The Creative Technologist is a full-time summer position funded by a grant from the Knight Foundation. The grant's purpose is to bring promising research projects from academic contexts into our organization. You would spend the summer working on one our more projects that seek to bring Boston to life in new ways, either through social engagement, visualization, innovation in advertising (or something we've never thought of!). This is a unique opportunity to put cutting edge ideas in front of our online audience of 7 million. You would work as part of a small, startup-like team that has regular contact with boston.com's leadership as well as the Globe newsroom and many other parts of the organization.


Responsibilities

You would spend the summer writing code that would, ideally, take an external research project (or set of ideas) and turn them into a real live project that would delight and inform our users.


Qualifications

The ideal candidate is currently a graduate or undergraduate student in an academic department focusing on tech and news, but we will consider a non-student with a strong demonstrated interest in new news platforms. Strong development skills are are a requirement, including facility with, or an ability to quickly learn, PHP, Javascript and MySQL. You should have a few full-stack web development projects under your belt and love writing code (like us). The ideal candidate is a close follower of, and hopefully a contributor to, current debates about the future of news.


Company Information:  

The Boston Globe is wholly owned by the New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), a leading, global multimedia news and information company with 2011 revenues of $2.3 billion, that includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, NYTimes.com, BostonGlobe.com, Boston.com, and related properties. The Company's core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment.

 

Boston.com is one of the most visited regional portals in the U.S. and is wholly owned by The New York Times Company, a leading global, multimedia news and information company with 2011 revenues of $2.3 billion, that includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, NYTimes.com, BostonGlobe.com, Boston.com, About.com and related properties. The Company's core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment.


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