The New York Times planning to try blockchain publishing

The New York Times yesterday posted a Blockchain Proof of Concept (PoC) development job on the recruitment site Glassdoor, which designed a blockchain-based proof of concept for news publishers, but removed it.

According to Coindesk's March 14 report, as the second-largest newspaper in the United States, it is also a prestigious institution in the US press. The New York Times website's job posting on Wednesday showed that the media agency is looking for help. "News publishers design talents based on blockchain-based proof of concept".

According to the job description, The New York Times is looking for a "visioned leader" who will work in the company's R&D department for 12 months and write a proof-of-concept outline.

The New York Times recruitment notice shows that the candidate should have experience in media organizations and have more than eight years of experience as a team that leads engineers, designers and journalists. At the same time, he must have good communication, writing and expression skills, as well as good relations of cooperation. Candidates should have a "good track record in the practical application of new technologies" and "at least a mix of skills with experience in three areas of news, products, design, software development, hardware engineering and user research. This manager needs “Compile the vision of the research project and share this vision with potential project stakeholders from other media organizations to further build the brand and ultimately create public identity and assets for the project.”
In addition, according to The New York Times, another goal of the project is to form a group of project stakeholders and seek professional consultants from news organizations, academia and social media companies.

The New York Times project is not the first blockchain test in the media. The most prominent in this field is Civil, a pass-driven startup supported by the Ethereum development studio ConsenSys.

Of course, the New York Times has been reporting on the development of blockchain and cryptocurrency for many years. The media also aired a special program Demystifying Blockchain in June last year. In addition, the newspaper's chief reporter in the blockchain and cryptocurrency field is Nathaniel Popper, who is also the author of the best-selling book Digital Gold.

As of press time, the New York Times recruitment notice has been revoked, and the relevant personnel did not respond to CoinDesk's request for comment.