Senior Producer, Video

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.

The Video department is looking for a Senior Producer to oversee a wide-range of stories in a variety of formats, tempos and coverage lines, including breaking news packages, reporter-on-camera segments, field shoots, and open-source investigative work. You will manage or regularly interface with a team of high-performing video journalists, editors and motion graphics animators. You will start by working on investigative, open-source stories rooted in the news. You will also have the opportunity to cover major breaking news stories both nationally and internationally.

We’re looking for a highly seasoned supervisor and news-driven storyteller with the versatility to juggle everything from a text-on-screen news piece about protests to a visual investigation about police violence. You have impeccable news judgement and can work autonomously to identify critical stories, vet reporting, and structure powerful video both on and off platform. A track record of making sound editorial decisions and working collaboratively with other desks and beat-specific reporters is essential.

You have a record of accomplishment as a story driver on hard hitting topics, as well as a supervisor of reporters and video production specialists. Your portfolio should reflect your ability to make in-the-moment decisions about the best course of action to pursue in the face of emerging storylines and in high-stakes news environments.

Experience guiding video reporters who focus on video geolocation and verification is important, as is your ability to orient teams to find, frame and quickly act on ambitious journalistic targets within dynamic news cycles. Your priority will be to help drive our approach to news by identifying entry points into fast-breaking news moments and make determinations about what could be quick-turn productions, what could be longer-range enterprise, and what falls somewhere in between. Should we deploy a reporter to the field? Should we put a subject-area expert on camera? Should we publish a clip first and follow with a package? This will be part of your typical repertoire.

You have the leadership skills to mentor and guide the careers of team members, and also to forge productive partnerships with reporters and editors across the newsroom and in bureaus around the world.

This is an in-office position, based in New York City and includes regular attendance in the office four days each week. There may be some flexibility to work remotely per your departmental guidance.

Responsibilities:

• Drive innovative and exclusive news video coverage in a range of visual formats.
• Oversee and manage a team that produces originally reported visual news stories, including open-source and traditional video and field reporters, video editors, motion graphics animators and field crews.
• Guide the team to identify the most fruitful open-source investigative targets around newsy storylines, as well as good opportunities for field deployments and reporter-on-camera videos.
• Oversee script writing and visual approaches for effective news, field reporter-on-camera, and open-source investigative stories across a range of visual formats.
• Provide insightful and timely feedback on script drafts, rough cuts and text stories.
• Coordinate and collaborate with reporters and editors from around the newsroom.
• 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.
• You will report to video leadership in New York.

Basic Qualifications:

• 8+ years of broad and in-depth experience producing news video journalism for digital or broadcast news.
• A track record as a manager of high-impact reporters or teams and a deep interest in supporting individuals’ career goals.
• Experience overseeing or reporting open-source investigative stories using the OSINT toolkit including geolocation, chronolocation, satellite imagery etc.
• Demonstrated deep command of sourcing from a variety of video sources, including wire services, UGC, archival footage, motion graphics, and original footage.
• Exceptional news and story judgement.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent writing, editing and communication skills.
• Track record managing reporters and video journalists in the field during deployments.
• Expert knowledge of current events with advanced level experience covering breaking news stories in the US and internationally.
• Familiar with digital storytelling formats.
• Flexibility to work extended hours.