International Multimedia Journalist V (Ukrainian Service)
About The Position
The International Multimedia Journalist V is a senior-level journalist, presenter, and producer for Voice of America, leading high-impact editorial coverage, beat reporting, and special programming across television, radio, digital, and social media. The role serves as a senior editorial resource and provides leadership in coverage execution, breaking news coordination, and enterprise reporting, without supervisory or managerial authority. It is intended for highly experienced journalists, including senior correspondents, lead beat reporters, and senior on-air talent with extensive editorial judgment and subject-matter expertise. The position works with a very high degree of independence. Assignments are generally broad in scope and focused on outcomes; the journalist identifies reporting priorities, develops coverage plans, and executes assignments with minimal oversight. Work products typically require limited editorial review. The role handles complex, sensitive, fast-moving, and high-visibility coverage, often managing multiple major assignments under tight deadlines, and contributes expertise as a senior newsroom resource.
Requirements
- Fluency in English, written and spoken.
- Fluency in the target language, written and spoken, if applicable.
- Extensive knowledge of the assigned beat, target region, policy area, or subject-matter specialty.
- Advanced understanding of journalism ethics, editorial standards, multimedia storytelling, and newsroom operations.
- Demonstrated expertise in live reporting, anchoring, production, and enterprise journalism.
- Ability to produce complex editorial content independently under significant deadline pressure.
- Advanced interview, writing, editing, presentation, and storytelling skills.
- Deep understanding of digital, broadcast, and social media production workflows.
- Specialized expertise or formal education in a field relevant to VOA's mission and coverage priorities.
Responsibilities
- Lead major editorial beats, coverage areas, or specialized reporting initiatives as assigned.
- Serve as a senior reporter, presenter, anchor, or program host for television, radio, digital, and social media programming.
- Produce and deliver breaking news, enterprise reporting, interviews, feature stories, and special coverage.
- Develop original reporting angles, investigative content, and long-form storytelling projects.
- Coordinate editorial coverage with producers, reporters, assignment editors, and newsroom leadership during major news events.
- Provide editorial guidance and subject-matter expertise within an assigned beat or specialty area without supervisory authority.
- Represent VOA in high-profile interviews, live coverage, panels, and special events as assigned.
- Conduct complex interviews with senior officials, experts, analysts, and newsmakers.
- Write, edit, adapt, translate, version, and produce content for broadcast, web, streaming, and social media platforms.
- Perform live reporting and breaking news coverage under deadline pressure across multiple platforms simultaneously.
- Participate in the creation, development, and execution of regularly scheduled or special programming initiatives.
- Contribute to editorial planning, story selection, coverage strategy, and programming direction for assigned beats or coverage areas.
- Serve as lead producer during major coverage events and special programming as assigned.
- Produce finished broadcast and digital products that meet VOA standards for accuracy, balance, objectivity, and timeliness.
- Voice material for broadcasts and digital products, including material prepared by others.
- Contribute advanced production elements, including scripting, fine editing, live production coordination, and field production.
- Serve as a videographer/reporter as assigned.
- Operate production and field equipment and perform other technical functions as assigned.
- Maintain extensive knowledge of assigned subject matter, region, audience, or policy area.
- Provide mentorship, professional guidance, and editorial support to less experienced journalists and producers without supervisory responsibilities.
- Collaborate across language services and divisions on major global and U.S. policy coverage initiatives.
- Recommend newsroom workflow improvements, editorial innovation, and content strategy.
- Work independently with minimal supervision in complex, fast-paced newsroom environments.
- Meet VOA standards for productivity, editorial quality, accuracy, and deadlines.
- Log information and perform data entry and related functions connected with VOA's digital asset management systems.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
