Video Journalist, Reporter Video Job at The New York Times in New York

Overview

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The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. Independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. We have a world-renowned newsroom that reports from nearly 160 countries. We focus on how readers experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. Our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.

The Times is a leader in visual journalism with reporting that includes breaking news, investigations, and culture and lifestyle coverage. The Reporter Video team identifies compelling stories and brings the depth of our reporting to our site and other platforms through video that features the expertise of our journalists.

This role focuses on producing, editing and publishing short-form vertical videos daily, and is versatile for news, features, enterprise and investigations with colleagues across the newsroom. You should have expertise in video storytelling, including editing and writing narration and social copy, and a strong sense of the digital landscape.

Your portfolio should demonstrate modern mobile video storytelling, ability to learn quickly, generate creative ideas, and work well on small or large teams. You should be technically strong, ideas-oriented and possess solid news judgment. Cinematography skills are a plus. We value deadlines and the ability to juggle multiple projects.

This is a hybrid position based in New York and requires regular in-office attendance each week per departmental guidance.

Role

Please note we have two positions with the following schedules, and we are open to having one of these roles based in Washington DC:

• Tuesday – Saturday
• Sunday – Thursday

Responsibilities

• Write, produce, edit and publish short-form vertical videos every day.
• 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.
• Report to a Senior Producer.

Basic Qualifications

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.

Applications without links to video portfolios/work samples will not be considered.

This position is represented by the NewsGuild of NY.

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The annual base pay range for this role is between: $113,270.67 - $136,000 USD

The New York Times Company is committed to being the world’s best source of independent, reliable and quality journalism. To do so, we embrace a diverse workforce that has a broad range of backgrounds and experiences across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)’s Know Your Rights Poster is available here.

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Job details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing
• Industries: Newspaper Publishing

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