Senior Video Journalist, International

About the role

The New York Times is a global news organization dedicated to independent journalism. Our mission is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. We have a dedicated newsroom that covers nearly 160 countries and focus on delivering journalism in various formats, including video.

Responsibilities

• Write, produce, edit and publish videos with hybrid correspondents, in close partnership with regional editors.
• Devise new approaches to digital video storytelling both on and off platform.
• Work with correspondents to create a playbook for how to cover a region or beat in video.
• Collaborate closely with International editors, correspondents and video colleagues.
• Guide the work of cinematographers, editors and other collaborators.
• 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.

Requirements

• 8+ years experience producing news video journalism for digital or broadcast news.
• A strong portfolio, preferably of inventive short-form video.
• High-level editorial judgement, and excellent writing, editing and communication skills.
• Proven ability to work independently to lead production on complicated projects.
• Demonstrated broad knowledge of current events and news.
• Deep curiosity about video habits and users and platforms.
• Strong organizational skills, including the ability to manage field crews and hire and manage freelancers when necessary.
• Hands-on experience in the trenches of production, including editing, shooting and field production.
• The ability to edit quickly and accurately with Adobe Premiere.

Qualifications

• Experience covering international news.
• Foreign language fluency.
• Strong experience with archival research, including sourcing and clearing user-generated video content.
• Fluency with animation and motion graphics as an integral part of your script writing process.
• Proven ability to meet deadlines and adapt to change within an unpredictable news and production environment.
• Strong time management skills and the ability to juggle multiple assignments at a time.
• A record of deploying teams of journalists in difficult field assignments.
• A high creative standards and a drive to push work to its best possible form.

Benefits

• The annual base pay range for this role is between $124,980 - $152,000 USD.
• Benefits may include medical, dental and vision benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s), a company-matching 401(k) plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.

Pay

The annual base pay range for this role is between:

$124,980 - $152,000 USD For roles in the U.S.

Schedule

This role is based in New York and includes regular attendance in the office four days each week.