Moore Fellowship - Video Journalist

The Minnesota Star Tribune • Fridley, MN

19d • Onsite

About The Position

The Minnesota Star Tribune is seeking a Video Journalist for the David and Leni Moore Columbia Fellowship in Journalism. This is a one-year fellowship, starting in summer or fall 2026, with an option to extend, for a recent Columbia Journalism School graduate. The role involves planning, capturing, and editing vertical video, scripting stand-ups, and balancing daily coverage with longer-term stories. The Video Journalist will help explain the changing state to readers across multiple platforms, utilizing data to reach audiences and identify trends. Collaboration with editors and reporters is key, and the role requires regular work from the Star Tribune's downtown headquarters.

Requirements

• A 2026 graduate of Columbia Journalism School’s Master of Arts or Master of Science program.
• A portfolio of published work demonstrating solid news judgment, deep reporting, and comfort with a broad range of topics.
• An ability to connect with sources and subjects from diverse backgrounds and include overlooked or ignored viewpoints.
• High standards and a commitment to fairness and accuracy.
• The ability to multitask and juggle priorities on a deadline.
• A commitment to using 21st-century digital tools, tracking and analyzing online audience trends, and building strategies to engage readers.
• Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize assignments, and multitask in a high-pressure environment.
• A commitment to the Star Tribune’s standards, mission, and values, including journalism that reflects the diversity of Minnesota and the Star Tribune’s audience.
• Must be currently legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship for employment visa status.

Nice To Haves

• Comfortable planning, capturing and editing their own vertical video.
• Comfortable scripting their own standups.
• Experience with off-camera lighting.
• Experience with sound equipment.
• Experience with Canva.
• Experience with Adobe Premiere.
• Experience with Photoshop.

Responsibilities

• Be relentlessly audience-centric, using data to reach current and new audiences, and producing content that meets audience needs and interests.
• Be enterprising and entrepreneurial, staying informed about evolving issues and emerging developments to create stories of interest to statewide and regional audiences.
• Collaborate with editors and reporters across the newsroom to create coverage on multiple platforms.
• Work regularly from the Star Tribune’s downtown headquarters.
• Plan, capture, and edit vertical video.
• Script own stand-ups.
• Balance daily coverage with longer-term stories.
• Spot trends and help explain the changing state to readers.
• Report across different mediums to reach audiences on all platforms.

Benefits

• Free fitness center
• Collaborative center
• Golf simulator
• Rooftop patio
• Commuting subsidy for parking or Metro Transit

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level