new york times best cover letter

The Top 6 Tips for Writing a Powerful Cover Letter

A cover letter is a written, one-page document expressing your interest in a job opening. It should specifically address your interest in both the role and the company, and what skills and relevant experiences make you a great fit for the position. As importantly, it’s a chance to let your personality shine through and show off your communication skills.

Even when an employer is convinced that you meet all the qualifications based on your resume, a cover letter gives that extra spark that can greenlight your application to move through the hiring process and land you an interview. 

In this article, we’ll share the top 6 tips for writing a powerful cover letter and hopefully help you land the job you want.

1. Do Your Research

Start off your cover letter by addressing it to a specific person and not using the dreaded phrase of “To Whom it May Concern.” This shows that you took the extra time to do research on their website or Linkedin to identify the hiring manager’s name.

If you know any individuals from the company, ask them if you may “name drop” them in your introduction. To further demonstrate that you’ve done your homework on the organization, reference specific initiatives and programs. You could also cite other facts that prompted you to apply, such as a recent article or announcement.

The above recommendations showcase to the employer that you put in the extra effort to research them, which in turn, demonstrates your genuine interest in working for them.

2. Tailor Everything

Tailor each cover letter to both the organization you are applying to and the specific role. Make the case as to why you would be good at that particular job and an asset within the larger organization.

You should incorporate keywords and phrases from the job description into your cover letter. Make sure to tailor them to your specific experiences and accomplishments. It’s always helpful to reiterate job description language with data-driven details. 

Here’s an example from NYFA Classifieds Sales Manager, Mary-kate Grohoski, back when she applied to her current role:

The Sales Manager’s job description detailed the responsibility of “Managing the sales process from prospect identification, close of sales, and follow-up.” In her cover letter, she rephrased the above language and incorporated her experience with the following line: “By managing the sales process of over 10 Fine Books and Manuscripts auctions per year in the New York showroom, I oversee all client communications and portfolios, as well as the management of over 2,400 auctions lots per year, and develop and maintain long-term corporate relations.”

3. Be Authentic

In a sea of often standardized cover letters, being authentic could make you stand out. Sincere interest comes through in your writing, so take the time to truly reflect on what genuinely excites you about this opportunity. Speak to why you want the position and be specific about the aspects of the role that intrigue you and are aligned with the vision you have for yourself professionally.

When reviewing your cover letter, consider how the language you’ve chosen could inspire the hiring manager to look forward to what you could achieve together.

4. Solve a Problem for the Employer

Don’t make the cover letter all about you; it’s as much about the employer as it is about you. Connect how your previous experience would be an asset to this particular organization based on what they want to achieve. (Quick tip: Usually, their goals for the role are outlined in the job description.)

How can your skills benefit the organization and help them grow? Do you have ideas as to how you’d contribute to their specific programs and take them to the next level? Reference specific skills, experiences, and projects to demonstrate the value you would be bringing to the role.

Employers are always looking to bring new skills into their teams, to not only fill gaps, but to elevate their teams and organizations’ performance. By relating your experience back to the organization, you are helping them draw clear connections between your background and their goals for the role.

5. Keep it short

A good rule of thumb is to keep your cover letter under a page long, but even shorter is better. It’s a challenge to do so, since there is a lot you may want to cover, but there are some tricks to help you stay succinct.

Something to keep in mind is to not repeat what is in your resume, but instead, provide supplementary information and context to your resume’s content. Another tip is to focus on the 3-4 most relevant transferable skills you can bring to the role, instead of trying to cover every qualification and skill mentioned in the job description. Lastly, it’s always a good idea to have a friend or mentor review your resume and make recommendations on what you could cut.

At the end of the day, remember that the hiring manager is reading countless cover letters so try to make it as seamless for them as possible and make every word count.

6. Use a template, but mainly for formatting purposes

It’s a great time saver when you have a perfectly formatted cover letter template ready to be filled out so that you don’t have to deal with time consuming adjustments to margins, fonts, spacing, and alignment. 

A cover letter format pretty much follows the standard business letter format which contains a header with yours and the hiring manager’s contact information, a salutation, an opening paragraph, one or two body paragraphs, a closing paragraph and a sign off. Quick tip: Include your email address in your contact information, in case the cover letter gets separated from your resume.

Apart from that, you can standardize some aspects of the content just to have a visual filler in place or even use the text as a starting point, but always plan to customize them further for each application.

Overall, as you are writing your cover letter, try to keep a fine balance between talking about yourself, the employer, and what you can achieve together. Always aim to be answering the question of “Why should we hire you?” and back up everything you say with specific examples from your background. 

– Katerina Nicolaou, Account Manager

Put these tips to use by finding your next job on NYFA Classifieds , the go-to listings site for artists, arts administrators, and museum professionals. Follow us @nyfa_classifieds on TikTok for more creative career tips.

Donate to NYFA

• Donation amount: Select donate button or input other amount is required
• Acknowledge as: Input is required
• First name: Input is required
• Last name: Input is required
• Email: Input is required
• Email: Must include '@' symbol
• Email: Please enter a part following '@'
• Country: Selection is required
• Street: Input is required
• City: Input is required
• State: Selection is required
• Zip: Input is required
• Address: Input is required
• reCaptcha is required

insert message here

New York Foundation for the Arts 29 W. 38th Street, 9th Floor New York, NY 10018

Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Site Map

Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission

How to Write a Cover Letter That Will Get You a Job

I’ve read thousands, maybe tens of thousands, of cover letters in my career. If you’re thinking that sounds like really boring reading, you’re right. What I can tell you from enduring that experience is that most cover letters are terrible — and not only that, but squandered opportunities. When a cover letter is done well, it can significantly increase your chances of getting an interview, but the vast majority fail that test.

So let’s talk about how to do cover letters right.

1. First, understand the point of a cover letter.

The whole idea of a cover letter is that it can help the employer see you as more than just your résumé. Managers generally aren’t hiring based solely on your work history; your experience is crucial, yes, but they’re also looking for someone who will be easy to work with, shows good judgment, communicates well, possesses strong critical thinking skills and a drive to get things done, complements their current team, and all the other things you yourself probably want from your co-workers. It’s tough to learn much about those things from job history alone, and that’s where your cover letter comes in.

Because of that …

2. Whatever you do, don’t just summarize your résumé.

The No. 1 mistake people make with cover letters is that they simply use them to summarize their résumé. This makes no sense — hiring managers don’t need a summary of your résumé! It’s on the very next page! They’re about to see it as soon as they scroll down. And if you think about it, your entire application is only a few pages (in most cases, a one- or two-page résumé and a one-page cover letter) — why would you squander one of those pages by repeating the content of the others? And yet, probably 95 percent of the cover letters I see don’t add anything new beyond the résumé itself (and that’s a conservative estimate).

Instead, your cover letter should go beyond your work history to talk about things that make you especially well-suited for the job. For example, if you’re applying for an assistant job that requires being highly organized and you neurotically track your household finances in a detailed, color-coded spreadsheet, most hiring managers would love to know that because it says something about the kind of attention to detail you’d bring to the job. That’s not something you could put on your résumé, but it can go in your cover letter.

Or maybe your last boss told you that you were the most accurate data processor she’d ever seen, or came to rely on you as her go-to person whenever a lightning-fast rewrite was needed. Maybe your co-workers called you “the client whisperer” because of your skill in calming upset clients. Maybe you’re regularly sought out by more senior staff to help problem-solve, or you find immense satisfaction in bringing order to chaos. Those sorts of details illustrate what you bring to the job in a different way than your résumé does, and they belong in your cover letter.

If you’re still stumped, pretend you’re writing an email to a friend about why you’d be great at the job. You probably wouldn’t do that by stiffly reciting your work history, right? You’d talk about what you’re good at and how you’d approach the work. That’s what you want here.

3. You don’t need a creative opening line.

If you think you need to open the letter with something creative or catchy, I am here to tell you that you don’t. Just be simple and straightforward:

• “I’m writing to apply for your X position.”

• “I’d love to be considered for your X position.”

• “I’m interested in your X position because …”

• “I’m excited to apply for your X position.”

That’s it! Straightforward is fine — better, even, if the alternative is sounding like an aggressive salesperson.

4. Show, don’t tell.

A lot of cover letters assert that the person who wrote it would excel at the job or announce that the applicant is a skillful engineer or a great communicator or all sorts of other subjective superlatives. That’s wasted space — the hiring manager has no reason to believe it, and so many candidates claim those things about themselves that most managers ignore that sort of self-assessment entirely. So instead of simply declaring that you’re great at X (whatever X is), your letter should demonstrate that. And the way you do that is by describing accomplishments and experiences that illustrate it.

Here’s a concrete example taken from one extraordinarily effective cover-letter makeover that I saw. The candidate had originally written, “I offer exceptional attention to detail, highly developed communication skills, and a talent for managing complex projects with a demonstrated ability to prioritize and multitask.” That’s pretty boring and not especially convincing, right? (This is also exactly how most people’s cover letters read.)

In her revised version, she wrote this instead:

“In addition to being flexible and responsive, I’m also a fanatic for details — particularly when it comes to presentation. One of my recent projects involved coordinating a 200-page grant proposal: I proofed and edited the narratives provided by the division head, formatted spreadsheets, and generally made sure that every line was letter-perfect and that the entire finished product conformed to the specific guidelines of the RFP. (The result? A five-year, $1.5 million grant award.) I believe in applying this same level of attention to detail to tasks as visible as prepping the materials for a top-level meeting and as mundane as making sure the copier never runs out of paper.”

That second version is so much more compelling and interesting — and makes me believe that she really is great with details.

5. If there’s anything unusual or confusing about your candidacy, address it in the letter.

Your cover letter is your chance to provide context for things that otherwise might seem confusing or less than ideal to a hiring manager. For example, if you’re overqualified for the position but are excited about it anyway, or if you’re a bit underqualified but have reason to think you could excel at the job, address that up front. Or if your background is in a different field but you’re actively working to move into this one, say so, talk about why, and explain how your experience will translate. Or if you’re applying for a job across the country from where you live because you’re hoping to relocate to be closer to your family, let them know that.

If you don’t provide that kind of context, it’s too easy for a hiring manager to decide you’re the wrong fit or applying to everything you see or don’t understand the job description and put you in the “no” pile. A cover letter gives you a chance to say, “No, wait — here’s why this could be a good match.”

6. Keep the tone warm and conversational.

While there are some industries that prize formal-sounding cover letters — like law — in most fields, yours will stand out if it’s warm and conversational. Aim for the tone you’d use if you were writing to a co-worker whom you liked a lot but didn’t know especially well. It’s okay to show some personality or even use humor; as long as you don’t go overboard, your letter will be stronger for it.

7. Don’t use a form letter.

You don’t need to write every cover letter completely from scratch, but if you’re not customizing it to each job, you’re doing it wrong. Form letters tend to read like form letters, and they waste the chance to speak to the specifics of what this employer is looking for and what it will take to thrive in this particular job.

If you’re applying for a lot of similar jobs, of course you’ll end up reusing language from one letter to the next. But you shouldn’t have a single cover letter that you wrote once and then use every time you apply; whatever you send should sound like you wrote it with the nuances of this one job in mind.

A good litmus test is this: Could you imagine other applicants for this job sending in the same letter? If so, that’s a sign that you haven’t made it individualized enough to you and are probably leaning too heavily on reciting your work history.

8. No, you don’t need to hunt down the hiring manager’s name.

If you read much job-search advice, at some point you’ll come across the idea that you need to do Woodward and Bernstein–level research to hunt down the hiring manager’s name in order to open your letter with “Dear Matilda Jones.” You don’t need to do this; no reasonable hiring manager will care. If the name is easily available, by all means, feel free to use it, but otherwise “Dear Hiring Manager” is absolutely fine. Take the hour you just freed up and do something more enjoyable with it.

9. Keep it under one page.

If your cover letters are longer than a page, you’re writing too much, and you risk annoying hiring managers who are likely sifting through hundreds of applications and don’t have time to read lengthy tomes. On the other hand, if you only write one paragraph, it’s unlikely that you’re making a compelling case for yourself as a candidate — not impossible, but unlikely. For most people, something close to a page is about right.

10. Don’t agonize over the small details.

What matters most about your cover letter is its content. You should of course ensure that it’s well-written and thoroughly proofread, but many job seekers agonize over elements of the letter that really don’t matter. I get tons of  questions from job seekers  about whether they should attach their cover letter or put it in the body of the email (answer: No one cares, but attaching it makes it easier to share and will preserve your formatting), or what to name the file (again, no one really cares as long as it’s reasonably professional, but when people are dealing with hundreds of files named “resume,” it’s courteous to name it with your full name).

Approaching your cover letter like this can make a huge difference in your job search. It can be the thing that moves your application from the “maybe” pile (or even the “no” pile) to the “yes” pile. Of course, writing cover letters like this will take more time than sending out the same templated letter summarizing your résumé — but 10 personalized, compelling cover letters are likely to get you more  interview invitations  than 50 generic ones will.

Find even more career advice from Alison Green on her website,  Ask a Manager . Got a question for her? Email  [email protected] .

• job interviews

The Cut Shop

Most viewed stories.

• The Last Kid in Ninth Grade Without an iPhone
• ‘Why Won’t My Boyfriend of Three Years Introduce Me to His Friends?’
• Ewan McGregor Thanked His Wife and Girlfriend at the Golden Globes, How Nice
• The Last Thing My Mother Wanted  
• Natalie Portman and Paul Mescal Look Good Together
• The Stolen Kids of Sarah Lawrence
• I Waited 3.5 Hours for a Something About Her Sandwich. Was It Worth It?
• The Dads Who Adopted a Nonverbal 7-Year-Old With Autism

Editor’s Picks

Most Popular

What is your email.

This email will be used to sign into all New York sites. By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy and to receive email correspondence from us.

Sign In To Continue Reading

Create your free account.

Password must be at least 8 characters and contain:

• Lower case letters (a-z)
• Upper case letters (A-Z)
• Numbers (0-9)
• Special Characters (!@#$%^&*)

As part of your account, you’ll receive occasional updates and offers from New York , which you can opt out of anytime.

Resume & Cover Letter Best Practices

Resume best practices.

• Tailor to the position for which you’re applying.
• List the dates of your experiences, include month and year if possible.
• Use professional, easy-to-read fonts (e.g., Arial, Times New Roman, Garamond, etc.)
• Keep your format consistent (e.g., font size/type, order of information, layout, etc.)
• Place the most important information first and group related experiences together.
• Use power verbs to strengthen and diversify your descriptions of past roles.
• Quantify and qualify your accomplishments—give specific examples of your work, including statistics and numbers (e.g. helped increase fundraising by 10%).
• Include relevant non-work experiences.
• Emphasize transferable skills.
• Keep information up-to-date.
• Keep it to 1 page.
• Edit and proofread multiple times.
• Always send as PDF unless asked to do otherwise.

Cover Letter Best Practices

• Make sure you have spelled the company’s name correctly.
• Talk about yourself in the first person.
• Proofread your cover letter multiple times. Ask a friend or colleague to proofread it as well.
• Limit your cover letter to one page, preferably 3-4 brief paragraphs.
• Share your interest in the position and the organization—be specific!
• State your qualifications for the position but don’t just reiterate your resume -help the reader understand why your experiences will help you be successful in the position you’re applying for.
• Express how your skills and experience would benefit the organization.
• Be confident but not boastful.  
• Check if the institution lists requirements for the cover letter, as they may request specific answers or information. If so, be sure your cover letter speaks to each requirement.

Please note: This document is an optional resource and does not serve as a requirement for the City Center apprentice program application. Additionally, this list is not comprehensive and there are many online resources that can further assist in material preparation.

This list was created by How to Stand Out, a partnership between Disney Theatrical Group, New York City Center, Amy Harris Consulting, and Roundabout Theatre Company.

The Cover Letter: A Short History of Every Job-Seeker's Greatest Annoyance

In the last 50 years, they've become ubiquitous. It's only now that some companies are realizing that the cover letter is more of a performance than a useful projection.

Leonardo da Vinci created some of the most resonant objects of our time -- the Mona Lisa, the Last Supper, the giant crossbow -- but perhaps his most inescapable legacy, the invention you might come across every few weeks, is the résumé. According to legend, da Vinci is said to have created the first CV when applying for a job from the Duke of Milan.

Five hundred years later, his invention is the currency of human resources departments and the bane of many job prospects. But it is nothing compared to the other half of the white-collar-job application: the cover letter.

Never quite defined, but always somehow crucial, the cover letter is now the subject of both anxiety and punditry. A recent opinion from an employer in Slate summarized the cover letter’s preeminence: “If I hate a cover letter, I won’t even look at a résumé.” But there is also evidence that cover letters are nothing but adornments. A survey conducted by reCareered found that 90% of hiring contacts surveyed simply ignored every cover letter sent to them.

Da Vinci’s invention is durable because it is so practical. Understanding a prospective employee’s past is a reasonable way to predict his or her future success. But the purpose of the cover letter is murkier. It is, ostensibly, to introduce the human being behind the accomplishments—yet, using the formal letter as the method to represent the modern applicant might obscure more than it reveals. Some employers are starting to see that and moving to alternate ways to evaluate candidates. But the vast majority of white-collar jobs still require one-page personal statements.

Where did cover letters come from, how did they become so commonplace, and why they might they be falling out of fashion after 50 years of dominance? This story begins centuries after da Vinci, in the 1930s. It’s not a cute legacy.

*          *          *

First, a bit of word history.

Google Ngram, an algorithm that searches the texts of Google Books, traces the rise of “cover letter” to the second half of the 20 th century. The U.S. was transitioning away from manufacturing toward a service-sector economy. The percentage of white-collar jobs in the economy nearly doubled .

Why would the cover letter be appropriate for a service-sector economy? Unionized manufacturing workers were human cogs in complex systems, talented at their specific task but not required to come face-to-face with clients. It’s reasonable that the growth of services would correspond with the mainstreaming of cover letters, if their purpose is indeed to qualify the person behind the accomplishments.

There are more clues to be found in newspaper archives—particularly as employment sources—that contain the first printed instances of “cover letters.” Starting in the 1930s, the idea of a “cover letter” became popularly used for a descriptive document that would precede some form of previously unaccompanied data. An early example of the usage, in the article “Banks and Their Bonds” in the Wall Street Journal of December 23, 1936, describes the “value to an investment consultant of a cover letter from a bank that is seeking an outside opinion of its investment policy.” Describing this cover letter, it suggests that:

“Cover letter provides much needed information,” it concludes.

In its original incarnation, the “cover letter” provides an explanation for what can’t be found in the raw substance. Dotted throughout the 30’s and 40’s are other examples of the “cover letter” as in introduction to business, economic, or political matters—particularly between associates. Much like today’s cover letters, the original intent was to paint a picture that might not easily emerge from the denser material that was, well, under cover.

Yet, for nearly 20 years, we have no record of the cover letter, at least in name, being sought for employment. The first use of “cover letter” in the context of employment is on September 23, 1956. It’s in a New York Times classified ad for Dutch Boy Paints for an opening to be an industrial paint chemist (a position rather perfectly suited for da Vinci himself).

From this origin, the term was slow to replace both the more common vagaries of “particulars” or “background & experience.” After Dutch Boy, only a couple other firms—like a “First-rate American cosmetic company” and a “Leading Jersey City manufacturer”—would initially start using the term. The first instance where a cover letter was found in two different ads in the same paper was for an accountant position with the manufacturer and a sales opening with the cosmetic company. From the New York Times of October 6 th 1957:

In 1958, the near simultaneous occurrence of the “cover letter” term in the four major newspapers—NYT, WSJ, Chicago Tribune and LA Times—suggests it was catching on. That ad, for an unspecified “Grocery Sales Executive,” was certainly for a company looking at national expansion.

And the first true sign that cover letters were mainstream enough to cause job applicants some anxiety was an advertisement in 1965, in the Boston Globe :

If the cover letter’s origins seem mysterious, so does the art of writing them. Erwin Vogel’s How to Write Your Job-Getting Resume and Cover Letter , published in 1971, is still available for purchase online . But the 1990s were the heyday of cover-letter hysteria (as you can make out in the Ngram above). Book after book offered best techniques for bearing one’s soul efficiently on an 8.5-11” slip of paper. The milquetoast advice books have been replaced by milquetoast websites – and even more terrible slideshow s -- all purporting to give advice on what is the very best in cover letter practice.

Getting a job in the U.S. didn’t always require such a performance. At the end of the 19 th century, more more than 40 percent of the country worked on farms. At the end of the 1940s, more than one-third worked in manufacturing. Those were simpler times, arguably, when the labor market was divided into so many sectors and subsectors that required particular skills. Job-hunting, resume-revising, and cover-letter-crafting are new skills for a fragmented economy.

Unlike da Vinci’s simple CV, the cover letter is mostly a performance, and some companies are picking up on the act, particularly tech firms that can test specific employee skills. Google, it’s said, often prefers to see the coding already being done by individuals before reaching out to them—skipping the cover letter entirely. Some social media companies now require tweets as proof of competency, not long-form writing. For companies those that do still require cover letters (in whatever sector), many have simply stopped looking at them. Jobs that don’t deal in formal letter writing—let’s say 95% of them—can find better surrogates elsewhere in samples of a candidate’s work. Whether it is a writing sample relevant to the industry, a Github repository or other specific tasks, employers and candidates would be better suited to another test. That’s a good sign for us all. Our government, corporations and non-profits will invariably be stronger when they get the best-matched talent available—not just those who’ve mastered an irrelevant art.

Indeed, if we are to best serve the da Vincis of the 21 st  century we need to adapt our own new application tools. After all, who knows where we’d be if Leonardo had to use LinkedIn?

Cover Letter for New York Times

Cover letters are an important part of any job application. They can set the tone for your entire application and help you stand out from the competition. This guide will teach you how to write a cover letter for a job at the New York Times.

There are a few reasons why you might want to write a cover letter for the New York Times. First, if you are applying to be a reporter or an editor, your cover letter can help highlight your skills and qualifications.

Second, if you are applying for a job at the Times itself, your cover letter can show that you are interested in working at the paper and that you would be a good fit for the position.

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing to apply for the position of Newspaper Reporter at The New York Times. I am an experienced journalist with a proven record of excellence in covering news and culture.

I have worked as a reporter for various newspapers, magazines and websites, and have extensive experience in newsroom management. I am highly motivated and excited about the opportunity to work at The New York Times.

I believe that I possess the skills and qualifications necessary for this position, and would be honored to become a part of The New York Times team. If you are interested in my application, please contact me at [phone number] or [email address]. Thank you for your time and consideration.

[Your Name]

In today’s competitive job market, a well-crafted cover letter can make all the difference in securing an interview for a position. If your resume does not support your passion for the position, a good cover letter can help show that you are the perfect candidate for the opening.

When writing a cover letter to the New York Times, it is important to remember that you are writing to one of the most respected newspapers in the world. As such, your cover letter should be professional and well-written. Here are some tips to keep in mind when writing your cover letter:

• Start by introducing yourself and explain why you are writing to the Times.
• Be sure to mention any relevant qualifications or experience you have that make you a good fit for the position you are applying for.
• Keep your letter concise and to the point.
• Edit your letter carefully before sending it, to ensure that it is free of any errors.

By following these tips, you can increase your chances of having your cover letter read and considered by the Times.

In conclusion, the New York Times welcomes talented candidates who have the dedication, motivation, and skills to contribute to our esteemed organization. We look forward to hearing from you and appreciate your interest in our open positions. Thank you for your time.

Other Cover Letters:

Sample Cover Letter for Job Position Example Cover Letter for Marketing Job Good Cover Letter for Barnes and Noble Cover Letter for Spa Cover Letter for Fashion Stylist Cover Letter for a Care Assistant Resume Cover Letter for Healthcare Sample Cover Letter for Technician Job Cover Letter for Appointment Letter Cover Letter for Operations Assistant

Related Posts

Technician Cover Letter for Resume

Teacher Cover Letter for Job Application

Strong Cover Letter for Resume

Standard Cover Letter for Resume

Sample cover letter for Internship position at New York Times

Dear Mr. Rice,

This is with reference to your advertisement in "The New York Times", dated December 19, 2011, inviting applications for the position of a junior trader in your reputed organization. I hereby submit my application for the said position.

I am qualified for appointment as a junior trader in your organization as per the conditions of eligibility mentioned in your advertisement. I have over four years of experience as a junior trader with two different organizations. I am seeking employment with a major and diversified service firm like yours where merit and commitment are valued.

I am experienced with numerous dimensions of this responsibility. Most importantly, I am a person with good integrity and I always abide by the ethical codes, official and unofficial, related to this profession. I have worked under the supervision of two eminent senior traders and this has been a great learning experience for me. I am conversant with many investment strategies. I possess fine communication and presentation skills that enable me to explain investment strategies to potential clients.

On numerous occasions, I have acted in the capacity of a senior trader in the absence of my supervisors. This has provided me with excellent and direct exposure to trading in shares and made me familiar with all standard operating procedures, documents, and laws - regulations related to trading in stock markets. I also have some experience with trading in options and commodities. I have college degree in finance. Combined with my experience and adherence to ethics, my list of qualifications becomes fairly competent.

It will be a great experience to work with a highly able firm like you. I have attached my resume with this cover letter. You can get in touch with me on the telephone number or the email address mentioned above.

Yours sincerely, 

• Search Please fill out this field.
• Manage Your Subscription
• Give a Gift Subscription
• Newsletters
• Sweepstakes
• Entertainment

New York Times Bestselling Author Ta-Nehisi Coates to Publish First New Nonfiction Book in 10 Years

Coates is set to release 'The Message' this fall

Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 and covers entertainment and human interest stories. She's interviewed David Beckham, Zendaya, Timothée Chalamet and many others. Her previous work can be found in OK! Magazine, MyLondon, GRM Daily, and more.

Elias Williams/for The Washington Post via Getty

A new nonfiction book is set to arrive in the hands of book lovers very soon.

According to a press release obtained by PEOPLE, Ta-Nehisi Coates — a journalist and New York Times bestselling author — is set to release his first nonfiction book in 10 years this fall.

One World, an imprint of Random House Publishing Group, announced on Thursday, May 29 that Coates would be releasing his book The Message on October 1, 2024.

“How do the stories our writers, historians, and leaders tell — our narratives of nationalism, our fables of supremacy, our entrenched lies and hidden histories — shape the world around us and our most intimate notions of ourselves?,” asks the release. “Ta-Nehisi Coates is one of the most acclaimed writers of his generation, but he’s also a college professor whose students have returned him again and again to this simple question: in an age of war, inequality and overlapping crises, why do stories matter?”

Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

Carol Lee Rose/Getty

The Message will explore that very question using South Carolina, Palestine and Senegal as case studies.

According to the release, the author uses personal narrative, literature, history and on-the-ground reporting to provide an understanding of the truth that gets obfuscated by “propaganda, wishful thinking and enforced silence.”

The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now !

“Ta-Nehisi’s best work takes readers along as intimate companions on his journeys into history, the American present and his own probing, curious mind,” says Chris Jackson, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of One World, in a statement. “In The Message he’s at his most expansive and incisive — this is a writer’s quest to use the tools of reportage, language and imagination to find clarity in a confounding world.”

"I'm thrilled to be once again publishing with Chris, One World and Penguin/Random House, but I am especially thrilled to be back publishing nonfiction in this particular political moment," said Coates, per the release.

The Message is out October 1 and available for preorder now, wherever books are sold.

Related Articles

Advertisement

Supported by

Today’s Paper

The front page, trump convicted on all counts to become america’s first felon president.

A Manhattan jury found that he had falsified business records to conceal a sex scandal that could have hindered his 2016 campaign for the White House.

  By Ben Protess ,  Jonah E. Bromwich ,  Maggie Haberman ,  Kate Christobek ,  Jesse McKinley and William K. Rashbaum

Trump Had Good Fortune So Far With His Four Cases. Then Came a Verdict.

Until the jury’s decision on Thursday, the four criminal cases that threatened Donald Trump’s freedom were stumbling along, pleasing his advisers.

  By Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan

Under Pressure, Biden Allows Ukraine to Use U.S. Weapons to Strike Inside Russia

White House officials said the president’s major policy shift extended only to what they characterized as acts of self-defense so that Ukraine could protect Kharkiv, its second-largest city.

  By David E. Sanger and Edward Wong

Menendez’s Blame-My-Wife Strategy Has Its Risks

Senator Robert Menendez is accused of a complicated corruption scheme. His lawyers have tried to shift the blame to his wife, Nadine, who is also charged.

  By Benjamin Weiser

Mexicans Are on the Verge of Electing Their First Female President

Claudia Sheinbaum is the front-runner in Mexico’s presidential race, but she is wrestling with the image that she could be a pawn of the current president.

By Natalie Kitroeff

How Republicans in Key Senate Races Are Flip-Flopping on Abortion

Several G.O.P. Senate candidates used to embrace anti-abortion views. Now they are shifting their positions on an issue that has become an electoral liability for their party.

By Jess Bidgood and Lisa Lerer

Hong Kong Convicts Democracy Activists in Largest National Security Trial

By Tiffany May

Catastrophic Floods in Brazil Set Off Another Crisis: Homeless Pets

By Ana Ionova and Jorge C. Carrasco

Is Shrimp Good for You? It’s Complicated.

By Erik Vance

Sleepless in Seattle as a Hellcat Roars Through the Streets

By Mike Baker

Egypt Faces Hard Choices After Israeli Seizure of Gaza’s Southern Border

By Aaron Boxerman and Thomas Fuller

Spain Approves Amnesty for Separatists in 2017 Catalan Independence Vote

By Rachel Chaundler

‘Did You Tase Him in the Face!?’ Inside ‘Goon Squad’ Deputies’ Group Chat

By Nate Rosenfield, Brian Howey and Jerry Mitchell

Supreme Court Clears Way for N.R.A. to Pursue First Amendment Challenge

By Abbie VanSickle

Jury in Trump’s Trial Rehears Testimony and Judge’s Instructions

By Matthew Haag

Why Are People So Down About the Economy? Theories Abound.

By Jeanna Smialek

Europe Banned Russia’s RT Network. Its Content Is Still Spreading.

By Tiffany Hsu and Steven Lee Myers

Richard Ellis, 86, Dies; Artist Whose Works Included a Museum’s Whale

By Michael S. Rosenwald

The Unknown Ray Johnson Takes the Spotlight

By Roberta Smith

What if the Disabled Characters Were Just Going About Their Day?

By Laura Collins-Hughes

TODAYS FRONT PAGES

International.

Millions of Indians Living Abroad Have a Say in the Election, Even if They Can’t Vote

By John Yoon

Ukraine Warns of Deepening Russian Threat in the North

By Constant Méheut

Experts Question Alito’s Failure to Recuse Himself in Flag Controversy

By Adam Liptak

Chief Justice Rejects Call for Alito’s Recusal in Jan. 6 Cases After Flag Incidents

Barry kemp, who unearthed insights about ancient egypt, dies at 84.

By Clay Risen

Bette Nash, World’s Longest-Serving Flight Attendant, Is Dead at 88

Editorials, op-ed and letters, and now, a real-world lesson for student activists.

By Pamela Paul

The Dizzying Rise and Damp, Deflated End of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

By Sam Freedman

In Florida, Democrats Hope Abortion Will Revive Their Fortunes

By Mara Gay and Damon Winter

Business Day

Boeing gives f.a.a. plan to address systemic quality-control issues.

By Mark Walker and Niraj Chokshi

Sports Friday

With payments to college athletes, another fight looms for women.

By Billy Witz

Big Money. College Athletes and the N.C.A.A.: A Timeline

By Billy Witz and Mark Shimabukuro

Weekend Arts

The world needs an action hero. enter twyla tharp (and camus)..

By Gia Kourlas

‘Ren Faire’ Is ‘Succession’ With Turkey Legs

By Margaret Lyons

Pages A2-A3 and Corrections

Going behind the scenes of ‘popcast (deluxe)’.

By Sarah Bahr

Quote of the Day: 14 Convicted of Subversion in Hong Kong

Corrections: may 31, 2024.