Senior Video Journalist, Reporter Video (Culture + Lifestyle)

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Office: New York, NY

Department: Video

Job Description

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The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.

The New York Times is an industry leader in visual journalism with reporting that includes extraordinary news coverage, investigations, and culture and lifestyle reporting. The Reporter Video team identifies compelling stories and brings the depth and breadth of our news report onto our site and other platforms through video that features the expertise of our world-class journalists.

This is a Senior Video Journalist role for someone who wants to produce, edit and publish short-form vertical videos featuring New York Times reporters from our culture and lifestyle desks on camera. You bring deep knowledge of culture and an awareness of internet discourse, and you're enthusiastic about collaborating with colleagues reviewing and reporting on a range of topics from music and film to real estate. This role is for a journalist with a refined understanding of video production and storytelling, including video editing, shooting, writing for narration and social copy, with a clear sense for how to creatively use graphics and animation to illustrate complex ideas.

Your portfolio and work samples should reveal a strong grasp of modern mobile video storytelling, and it should show that you have creative ideas and the ability to work on small or large teams. You are solid technically, ideas-oriented and have strong news judgment. Cinematography skills are an added asset. We're looking for someone who excels on deadline and has experience juggling multiple projects at any given time.

This is an in-office position, based in New York and includes regular attendance in the office four days each week. There may be some flexibility to work remotely per your departmental guidance.

Responsibilities

• Script, produce, edit and publish a formatted series of vertical videos.
• Oversee the work of cinematographers and editors and other collaborators.
• Identify news and enterprise across our culture and lifestyle report and develop stories that are journalistically powerful and visually transformative.
• Collaborate with visual editors to develop video formats that bring our best journalism to new audiences.
• Work closely with video leaders and other newsroom reporters to ensure our work follows newsroom standards.
• Must be able to handle newsroom deadlines and juggle multiple projects at any given time.
• 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.
• This role reports to a Senior Producer on the Reporter Video team in NYC.
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years of journalism experience, including multimedia storytelling, video editing and production experience at a major news organization or production company.
• Experience creating original videos that incorporate audio, video, still images, graphics and text.
• Excellent news judgment and reporting, with a proven ability to work with colleagues and other reporters to synthesize newsgathering and/or investigations into a tight, informative and engaging video.
• 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) and a clear grasp of typography, layout, color, motion, and behavior would be a bonus.
• Experience working collaboratively with members of a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience producing shoots and interviewing experts on camera.
• A passion for the culture and lifestyle coverage.
• Available to work a flexible schedule.
• Experience making quick decisions under deadlines and a high-pressure newsroom environment.
  
  

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

This position is represented by the NewsGuild of NY.

REQ-019141

The annual base pay range for this role is between:

$124,979.94—$152,000 USD

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