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Video Journalist
Atlantic Media
New York, NY, United States
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Quartz is looking for a video journalist eager to experiment with visual storytelling across multiple platforms.
Our ideal candidate has strong journalistic instincts, global experience, and an eye for smart, interesting—often counterintuitive—stories. We’re looking for reporters who will produce, shoot, and edit, and have a strong grasp of narrative with the writing skills to execute their vision.
This journalist will join a highly collaborative team with a mandate to pursue stories best told in video. We are looking for someone with an obsessive interest in global news and current affairs and a compulsion to find the most original, creative approaches to tackling the stories they’re truly passionate about.
Quartz expects its journalists to understand what distinguishes a YouTube video from one that runs on Facebook or Instagram, and who can use that knowledge to help the strongest stories reach the largest audience.
This is a role for someone who loves Quartz’s video storytelling, is excited about experimentation and tinkering, and adept at multitasking. Developing new digital video forms—and empowering others to use them, as well—is a key challenge.
You should be adept with Premiere. After Effects knowledge is a bonus. Experience working outside the US and knowledge of languages other than English are a plus. This role is based in New York.
To apply, please submit a cover letter, resume, and five links to relevant work.
Atlantic Media Values:
Across Atlantic Media, generally, the firm looks for two “pillar gifts” in its candidates. In all of us, these are more aspirational than actual, but they are central in our intentions.
• Force of Ideas: At the center of Atlantic Media work are the ideas within our writing. We believe that ideas – to the good and not – have consequence. Our highest work is bringing rigor, insight, intellectual honesty, to that ultimate purpose of separating the bad from the good, giving voice, argument, and flight to the latter.
• Spirit of Generosity:Atlantic Media seeks in its ranks a spirit of generosity – a natural disposition in each colleague toward service and selfless conduct. Atlantic Media writing should be cut from the same cloth – critical on the merits but informed by charity and forbearance in measuring motive and personal character.
Atlantic Media is an EOE of Minorities/Women/Vets/Disability.