The New York Times is hiring: Video Journalist, Reporter Video in City of Bingha

Overview

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 and a focus on readers’ experience across print, audio, digital, and app destinations. Our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.

The New York 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 depth to our site and other platforms through video that features our journalists’ expertise.

This role focuses on producing, editing and publishing short-form vertical videos daily, with versatility across news, features, enterprise and investigative projects. You should have expertise in video storytelling, including editing and writing narration and social copy, and a sharp sense of the digital landscape. A strong portfolio demonstrating modern mobile video storytelling, ability to learn quickly, and comfort working on small or large teams is required. Cinematography skills are a plus. The role requires meeting deadlines and juggling multiple projects.

This is a hybrid position based in New York with regular in-office attendance as guided by the department.

Note: there are two positions with the following schedules; one role may be based in DC.

Schedule options:

• Tuesday - Saturday
• Sunday - Thursday

Responsibilities

• Write, produce, edit and publish short-form vertical videos every day.
• Identify breaking news and enterprise opportunities across our news report and create video featuring 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 our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.
• You will report to a Senior Producer.

Basic Qualifications

• 4+ years of video storytelling, editing and production experience at a news organization.
• Excellent news judgment and ability to synthesize newsgathering/investigations into a tight, informative and engaging video.
• Experience producing shoots and interviewing experts on camera.
• Experience creating original videos that 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 in an unpredictable news/production environment.
• Design and animation skills with design/animation software (Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop and After Effects).
• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.
• Available to work a flexible schedule.
• Applications must include links to video portfolios/work samples.
• This position is represented by the NewsGuild of NY.

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Compensation and Benefits

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

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

The New York Times Company is committed to being the world’s best source of independent, reliable and quality journalism. We embrace a diverse workforce with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate on protected characteristics. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. See our EEOC notices and accessibility information in our posted description.

The New York Times Company will provide reasonable accommodations as required by applicable laws. Applications or interview accommodations should be requested at reasonable.accommodations@nytimes.com. The company may consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with applicable laws.

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How to Apply

Apply for this job by submitting your portfolio or work samples via the provided links.