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

The New York Times
New York, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 2/14/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/2/2025

Content Summary : Video Journalist, Reporter Video at New York, for The New York Times

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.

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.

    The New York Times is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce, one that reflects the varied global community we serve. Our journalism and the products we build in the service of that journalism greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which can only come from diversity of all types, across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. Achieving true diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing for our business. So we strongly encourage women, veterans, people with disabilities, people of color and gender nonconforming candidates to apply.

    The New York Times Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does 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 Company will further consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable "Fair Chance" laws.

    The New York Times Company follows the pay transparency and non-discrimination provisions outlined by the United States Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.

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    Salary : $108,872 - $118,000

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