Video Journalist, News - Weekends

The New York Times; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media organization in London is looking for a skilled video journalist to enhance its breaking news coverage. The successful candidate will source, script, and edit live video packages, ensuring high editorial quality in a fast-paced environment. Ideal applicants will have proven journalism experience, proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro, and an understanding of video production. This in-office role offers collaboration with various teams while contributing to impactful visual storytelling.

Qualifications

• Proven journalism experience in a digital video or broadcast newsroom.
• Ability to edit quickly and accurately using Adobe Premiere Pro.
• Understanding of video production and scriptwriting.

Responsibilities

• Source, script, and edit live, breaking news video packages.
• Set up and monitor live feeds for news stories.
• Find and verify user-generated content for use.

Skills

Journalism experience

Adobe Premiere Pro

Video production process

Writing and researching skills

Job description

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 continuing to expand its video journalism, identifying compelling visual stories across the depth and breadth of our report. We showcase the expertise of Times journalists on-camera, share urgent news updates, produce on-the-ground reporting, pioneering Visual Investigations, and video podcasts.

We are looking for a video journalist to join a growing video team in London focused on breaking news, live journalism and news video reporting on the weekend.

The video journalist will stay on top of the news of the day—sourcing video clips for news stories, editing footage that takes the viewer to the scene for ongoing stories, as well as scripting and editing text-on-screen packages for our site and off-platform. You will be responsible for setting up and monitoring live video feeds, and work in collaboration with the desks across the newsroom to identify, verify, edit and publish video material in a variety of formats. In this role, you will also pitch relevant, visual and compelling stories for day turns and reported packages.

You are a strong editorial producer and are able to keep track of breaking news and ongoing stories. You are comfortable interfacing with senior newsroom leaders on the weekend, you can work under deadlines and thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. We’re looking for a candidate who will relentlessly find the best video for a news story and has a track record of working on multiple projects at any given time.

This is an in-office position based in London and includes regular attendance in the office four days each week. There may be some flexibility to work remotely per your departmental guidance. While subject to change, currently the shift is Saturday to Wednesday.

Responsibilities

• Source, script and edit live, breaking news video packages for our site and off-platform
• Use news wire services such as AP and Reuters to acquire material
• Set up and monitor live feeds, and adding text and graphics as needed
• Find, verify and acquire user-generated content
• Write succinct and effective copy for video assets (titles, summaries, tags)
• Monitor the news day across core areas of coverage
• Coordinate with the social team and social editors on the creation of news clips for social media
• Experiment with different forms of vertical and mobile visual storytelling
• Collaborate with visual editors to come up with social formats that align with Graphics, Video, Photo and Design teams
• 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 the Senior Producer for Weekends in London

Basic Qualifications

• Significant and proven journalism experience (preferably in a digital video or broadcast newsroom)
• Proficient in Adobe Premiere Pro, able to edit quickly and accurately
• Demonstrated understanding of the video production process
• Demonstrated writing and researching skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge of global current events, with experience covering news in Europe, Africa and the Middle East
• Experience with OSINT reporting techniques and UGC video verification
• Ability to meet fast deadlines and adapt to a daily, unpredictable news production environment
• Strong editorial judgment and writing skills, with a passion for finding original, visual journalism opportunities in competitive news moments
• A foundational knowledge of legal, ethical, copyright and usage issues for visuals
• Well-versed in the world of social and digital media, with a keen eye on what competitors are doing and what new tools are being used
• Willingness to work evenings and weekends as needed
• Communicative and collaborative team player

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