UPDATE: Because of the strong response to this announcement, the deadline for applications has been extended to Friday, Feb. 2, 2018 (11:59 p.m. Eastern).

Let’s be honest. There aren’t a ton of college students and recent grads around the newsroom at The New York Times. That’s a problem! Your voices need to be heard if we’re going to better understand what's important to you.

We want to explore issues that you and your friends would like to see in The Times. We want to provide a platform for your stories and perspectives. To accomplish both of these goals, we need more of, well, you!

That’s why we’re looking for five writers to be contributors for The Edit, a New York Times newsletter for students and people starting their careers.

This year, we hope to spotlight an essay by one of the contributors in each issue of the newsletter. One week this piece might be about something in the news and the next it might be about something in their lives. Each contributor will write for The Edit several times throughout the year.