Senior Video Journalist, Daily News

The role

You will lead the video response to breaking and developing news in newsroom live blogs and coverage. You will produce immediate updates with short video clips and coordinate coverage plans for news video.

What you will do

• Own and coordinate coverage plans for news video in live blogs and related programming work
• Collaborate with the Live news team to plan for upcoming news events and visual opportunities
• Monitor the news day across core areas of coverage
• Identify opportunities to improve workflow, project tracking and automated reminders
• Manage workflow and process documentation
• Pitch visually driven videos for live blogs
• Use news wire services such as AP and Reuters to acquire material
• Guide the work of others on the team by overseeing clips and assigning daily news targets
• Experiment with different forms of vertical and mobile visual storytelling
• Demonstrate support and understanding of journalistic independence

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of journalism, video storytelling or video production experience
• Significant and proven experience reporting in complex and breaking-news environments under tight deadline
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and decisively
• Proficient in Adobe Premiere Pro
• Strong editorial news judgment and writing skills
• Demonstrated social media platform expertise
• Experience setting priorities, managing multiple projects and guiding or coordinating the work of other video journalists

Nice to have

• Experience working on digital live coverage and with content management systems
• Thorough knowledge of global current events and a track record of covering news across multiple subject areas or regions
• A foundational knowledge of legal, ethical, copyright and usage issues for visuals
• Well-versed in the world of social and digital media
• Willingness to work evenings and weekends as the news demands
• Collaborative team player with a positive attitude

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision benefits
• Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s)
• Company-matching 401(k) plan
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid vacation
• Paid sick days
• Paid parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development programs

Before you apply

• Submit your own work and not use GenAI tools to generate substantive content during the application and interview process

About the company

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world through independent journalism.