Our Culture

#page-hero {
background-image: url('https://nytco-assets.nytimes.com/2025/06/cc-cafeteria-interior-desktop-scaled.jpg?width=3000');
}
@media only screen and (max-width: 768px) {
#page-hero {
background-image: url('https://nytco-assets.nytimes.com/2025/06/cc-cafeteria-interior-mobile.jpg?width=1000');
}
}
Caleb Bryant Miller for The New York Times
Caleb Bryant Miller for The New York Times
Our Culture
We are a community of curious and collaborative professionals who support each other to do the best work of our careers.
Mission and Values
Our mission — to seek the truth and help people understand the world — is powered by our people. Guided by a set of shared values, our colleagues work together to make our readers’ lives more fulfilling and all of society stronger and more just.
In our Times Square headquarters, we display 32 noteworthy front pages from across our history, starting with the first edition on September 18, 1851.
Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times
Learn More About Our Mission And Values
Working Here
We seek to foster an inclusive culture where all of our colleagues are able to build strong connections, develop as professionals and do their best work. We offer an array of career development opportunities, vibrant employee communities and benefits that make our workplace rewarding and welcoming.
©Nic Lehoux
Learn More About Careers at the Times
People
Our talented staff come to us from across the globe. We reported from more than 170 countries and territories in 2024 and have more than 200 journalists based outside the United States. We believe that we are best able to cover the world when we have a staff with diverse backgrounds and experiences, and an inclusive environment where everyone can do their best work.
Caleb Bryant Miller for The New York Times
Meet Some Of Our Colleagues
Reports
Each year, we share updates on our demographic data. You can read prior reports below.
The 2025 Diversity and Inclusion Report
Read Our Latest Diversity and Inclusion Report
More Reports
2024 New York Times Diversity and Inclusion Report
2023 New York Times Diversity and Inclusion Report
2022 New York Times Diversity and Inclusion Report
2021 New York Times Diversity and Inclusion Report
2020 New York Times Diversity and Inclusion Report and 2021 Update
2019 New York Times Diversity and Inclusion Report
2018 New York Times Diversity and Inclusion Report
2017 New York Times Diversity and Inclusion Report
Explore More
About Us
The Newsroom and Times Opinion
History
Press Room