This newly created position of video producer calls for working on breaking news and creating major projects as well as providing training for other journalists.
Description:
ABQjournal seeks a journalist to join our multimedia newsroom to be the primary source of high quality video editorial and advertising content. Demonstrated experience with Final Cut Pro, AVID or equivalent software is required. Photoshop and Flash experience are a plus. Candidates should submit a letter of interest, resume and a list of links of work samples to dfriedman@abqjournal.com.
This person will shoot, gather, select, distribute and edit video clips; and manage and coordinate various video content projects and schedules, including video from the public. The producer will also edit and proof the content and deal with digital rights issues. The position may include occasional travel and requires flexible hours, including nights, holidays and weekends.
Qualifications
* Bachelor’s degree in Journalism or related discipline.
* A journalism background in newspaper, broadcast or photography preferred.
* Editorial experience with news video production, including highly developed shooting, editing, script-writing, voice-over.
* Must be willing to appear on camera.
* Experience with HTML, Youtube, GoogleVideo and broader video production tools are a plus.
2 Comments
From my perspective here in London, I’ve been following developments in US newspapers with interest, as similar processes are at work here – large staff layoffs and painful changes are underway, (several UK papers are ‘restructuring’…by laying off their visual staff…obviously we have geniuses at the top…) with more changes to come on the horizon.
For a while its been pretty clear to me that photojournalists in particular need a broader skillset to compete in the developing digital storytelling / imagery market.
Due to an injury (I broke my leg while shooting video…new opportunities eh? Doh!) I have some time on my hands for a while, and would like to spend some of it learning new stuff.
I’m well experienced in Photoshop, have been using Final Cut Pro for a while and will be dipping into Flash soon, but I was wondering if you could list or briefly outline what you would regard as essential skills?
Thanks.
I have a friend in Australia and the same thing is happening over there. Large scale layoffs, restructuring, consolidation of media and photographer like him are scrambling to stand out from the crowd by learning multimedia and avoiding the ax. I think this is a worldwide phenomenon and as the world gets smaller and smaller we’re going to see it become more homogenized.
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