Video Journalist, Reporter Video
About The Position
The New York Times is seeking a Video Journalist, Reporter Video to join their team. This role is for someone who wants to produce, edit, and publish short-form vertical videos daily and is versatile enough to work on news, features, enterprise, and investigative projects with colleagues across the newsroom. The ideal candidate has expertise in video storytelling, including video editing and writing for narration and social copy, as well as a sharp sense of the digital landscape. The portfolio and work samples should reveal a strong grasp of modern mobile video storytelling, and it should show that the candidate is a quick learner with creative ideas and the ability to work on small or large teams. The candidate should be technically solid, ideas-oriented, and possess strong news judgment. Cinematography skills are an added asset. The company is looking for someone who excels on deadlines and has experience juggling multiple projects at any given time. There are three positions available in the newsroom, focusing on General news, Investigations, and Enterprise.
Requirements
- 4+ years of video storytelling, video editing and production experience at a news organization.
- Excellent news judgment and proven ability to work with colleagues and reporters to synthesize newsgathering and/or investigations into a tight, informative and engaging video.
- Experience producing shoots and interviewing experts on camera.
- Experience creating original videos that intelligently incorporate audio, video, still images and text.
- Strong video editing skills with Adobe Premiere.
- Facility in using photo, video, audio, graphics and animation in storytelling.
Nice To Haves
- Able to meet deadlines and adapt to change within an unpredictable news and production environment.
- Design and animation skills including experience with design and animation software (Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop and After Effects).
- Experience working collaboratively with members of a multidisciplinary team.
- Available to work a flexible schedule.
- Cinematography skills
Responsibilities
- Write, produce, edit and publish short-form vertical videos every day.
- Help to identify breaking news and enterprise across our news report and create video that features the expertise of our journalists, whether working with reporters on camera or using voiceover or visual storytelling techniques including graphics and animation.
- Write scripts, wordsmith text and copy edit.
- Experiment with various forms of short-form vertical video storytelling.
- Collaborate with visual editors to generate video formats that bring our best journalism to new audiences.
- Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision benefits
- Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s)
- company-matching 401(k) plan
- employee stock purchase plan
- paid vacation
- paid sick days
- paid parental leave
- tuition reimbursement
- professional development programs
- variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
