Fellow, News Video
About The Position
The News Video fellow will serve as a video producer on The New York Times’ daily news and breaking news team, focusing on producing videos for the Watch tab and providing video coverage for the live journalism team. The fellow will work on developing stories, digital video news initiatives and ground-level reporting, including major breaking news coverage. The role calls for newsroom experience and a foundation in scouting and verifying social-platform video content, recognizing video-storytelling opportunities, and producing videos through editing, shooting and scripting. The fellow may work across breaking news, enterprise and investigations. This is an in-office position with regular attendance four days each week, with some potential flexibility for remote work according to departmental guidance. The fellow may be required to work nights, weekends and holidays as needed. The fellowship is scheduled to begin on or about June 7, 2027, and end on May 26, 2028, subject to satisfactory performance. Completion does not guarantee a full-time position.
Requirements
- No more than five years of full-time professional journalism experience, excluding internships.
- Strong news judgment.
- Ability to research, compile and analyze media.
- Familiarity with fact-checking and ability to parse misinformation and disinformation and support findings with evidence.
- Ability to work with colleagues and reporters to synthesize newsgathering and/or investigations into tight, informative and engaging video.
- Must be authorized to work in the United States; work visa sponsorship is not available. Applicants with valid work authorization or a valid student visa that can be extended with Optional Practical Training may be considered.
- Applicants may apply to only one fellowship position per year.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in news and media verification and/or fact-checking.
- At least one year of experience as an associate producer or producer in a professional video journalism environment.
- Experience sourcing and verifying news video from social media.
- Experience editing with Adobe Premiere.
- Ability to adapt to change in an unpredictable news and production environment.
Responsibilities
- Research and develop news stories for video, including sourcing relevant footage from social media, archives and news wires.
- Help manage source material and translation and transcription needs.
- Verify the accuracy and authenticity of media reported across the web and social platforms.
- Contribute to video scripts and social copy.
- Help coordinate the post-production process for video stories.
- Participate in training and social programs designed for the fellowship.
- Collaborate with colleagues across the newsroom.
- Demonstrate support for journalistic independence and a commitment to The New York Times’ mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision benefits may be available, depending on role.
- Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s) may be available, depending on role.
- Company-matching 401(k) plan may be available, depending on role.
- Employee stock purchase plan may be available, depending on role.
- Paid vacation may be available, depending on role.
- Paid sick days may be available, depending on role.
- Paid parental leave may be available, depending on role.
- Tuition reimbursement may be available, depending on role.
- Professional development programs may be available, depending on role.
- Variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock, may be available depending on role.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
