Moore Fellowship - Video Journalist

Star Tribune Branding • Minneapolis, MN

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Minnesota Star Tribune is an innovative modern media organization with a 157-year legacy, known for journalistic excellence and seven Pulitzer Prizes. Its mission is to build a better Minnesota by connecting communities through people, ideas, and stories. The organization is seeking dynamic leaders passionate about journalism and democracy to help shape its future and lead it into a new era of growth. This specific role is for a Video Journalist as part of the David and Leni Moore Columbia Fellowship in Journalism. A recent Columbia Journalism School graduate will be hired into the Star Tribune’s newsroom in Minneapolis, MN, for one year starting in summer or fall 2026, with an option to extend. The applicant should possess a strong background in video storytelling, reporting, and editing. The ideal candidate will be comfortable planning, capturing, and editing their own vertical video, as well as scripting their own standups. This visual reporter will balance daily coverage with longer-term stories, identify trends, and help explain the changing state to readers, reaching audiences across all platforms and mediums.

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 (e.g., H1B status, 0-1, TM, CPT, OPT, etc.).
• Strong background in video storytelling, reporting and editing.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with off-camera lighting
• Experience with sound equipment
• Experience with Canva
• Experience with Adobe Premiere
• Experience with Photoshop

Responsibilities

• Be relentlessly audience-centric.
• Seek out and use data about where the audience is – and where new audiences can be reached – and work to break news and produce enterprise that meets audience needs and interests.
• Be enterprising and entrepreneurial.
• Stay informed about evolving issues and emerging developments to produce 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.
• Balance daily coverage with longer-term stories.
• Spot trends and help explain the changing state to readers.
• Meet readers where they are, reporting across different mediums to reach audiences on all platforms.
• Plan, capture and edit own vertical video.
• Script own standups.

Benefits

• Modern Downtown Office
• 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