Fellow, News Video

New York Times - New York, NY

Full-time - Entry Level

Hybrid - New York, NY

Publishing Industries

About the position

Join the 2025 New York Times fellowship as a video journalist to produce news videos in New York. This role focuses on producing groundbreaking video journalism, particularly through verifying user-generated content and developing news-driven digital video stories. The position requires a curious and news-obsessed individual with newsroom experience and a solid foundation in video production.

Responsibilities

• Research and develop news stories for video, including sourcing relevant footage from social media, archives, and news wires.
• Help manage source material, and translation and transcription needs.
• Verify the accuracy and authenticity of media reported across the web and social.
• Contribute to video scripts and social copy.
• Help coordinate the post-production process for video stories.
• Participate in training and social programs designed for the fellowship.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the newsroom.
• Demonstrate support and understanding of journalistic independence and a commitment to the mission of seeking the truth.

Requirements

• No more than five years of full-time, professional journalism experience, excluding internships.
• Strong news judgment.
• Ability to research, compile, and analyze media.
• Familiarity with fact-checking and the ability to parse misinformation and disinformation.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in news and media verification and/or fact-checking.
• At least one year of experience as an associate producer or producer in a professional video journalism environment.
• Experience sourcing and verifying news video from social media.
• Experience editing with Adobe Premiere.
• Ability to adapt to change in an unpredictable news and production environment.

Benefits

• Hybrid work environment with regular office attendance required.
• Opportunity to work on high-profile video journalism projects.