Moore Fellowship - Video Journalist

The Minnesota Star Tribune • Fridley, MN

8h • Onsite

About The Position

The Minnesota Star Tribune is an innovative modern media organization with a 157-year legacy, recognized for journalistic excellence with 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. This visual reporter will be responsible for balancing daily coverage with longer-term stories, identifying trends, and explaining the changing state to readers. The scholar will engage with readers across various mediums and platforms.

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.). We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

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 our audience is – and where we can reach new audiences – and work to break news and produce enterprise that meets audience needs and interests.
• Be enterprising and entrepreneurial. Our readers most value news and insightful reporting not seen elsewhere. Staying informed about evolving issues and emerging developments will result in 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.

Benefits

• Modern Downtown Office: Enjoy a state-of-the-art workspace with a free fitness center, collaborative center, golf simulator, and a rooftop patio.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Includes commuting subsidy for parking or Metro Transit.

What This Job Offers

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