Apply for the New York Times' 52 Places to Go job

Traveling the world and getting to write for one of the most prestigious publications in the world sounds too good to be true right? Wrong.

In October, the New York Times announced the creation of a travel correspondent position for the newspaper's annual 52 Places to Go feature. The correspondent was to spend a week in each place and write about life on the road.

By the time the application deadline for the 2018 post closed, the job had received over 13,000 applicants from all walks of life. The New York Times eventually chose Jada Yuan, a veteran New York magazine editor.

Assuming the experiment goes well, one would think they will hire someone new for 2019. Better start working on that application.

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