Video Journalist, Reporter Video

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.

Job Description

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 role for someone who wants to produce, edit and publish short-form vertical videos daily. You are also versatile enough to work on news, features, enterprise and investigative projects with colleagues across the newsroom. You have expertise in video storytelling, including video editing, writing for narration and social copy, photo editing, design and graphics.

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

You will report to a Senior Executive Producer.

Primary Responsibilities:

Produce, edit and publish short-form vertical videos daily.

Help 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 different forms of short-form vertical video storytelling.

Collaborate with visual editors to generate video formats that bring our best journalism to new audiences.

Basic Qualifications:

4+ years of multimedia storytelling, video editing and production experience at a news organization.

Excellent news judgment and ability to work with colleagues and reporters to synthesize news gathering and investigations into a tight, informative and engaging video.

Experience creating original videos that incorporate audio, video, still images and text.

Adept video editing skills with Adobe Premiere.

Experience with design and animation software: Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop and After Effects.

Facility in using photo, video, graphics and animation in storytelling.

Visual design skills: including a clear grasp of typography, layout, color, motion, and behavior.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience meeting deadlines and adapting to change within an unpredictable news and production environment.

Experience working collaboratively with members of a versatile team.

Experience producing shoots and interviewing experts on camera.

Willingness to work a flexible schedule.

Adept at working under deadlines in a high-pressure newsroom environment.

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

This position is represented by the NewsGuild of NY.

The annual base pay salary for this role is between $108,872.22 and $118,000.00.