- Produce multiple high-quality, timely and platform-appropriate videos for Newsweek’s website, social platforms and YouTube.
- Identify, source and create strong visual content that adds clear editorial value to Newsweek’s journalism.
- Respond quickly to breaking and trending news, anticipating the visual requirements of major and developing stories.
- Monitor agency feeds, official sources, social media and other relevant platforms for footage and emerging visual stories.
- Edit videos in the format best suited to each story and platform, including reporter-led, voiceover, caption-led and soundbite-led formats.
- Ensure all footage is accurately verified, clearly labelled, properly credited and correctly ingested into Newsweek’s systems.
- Optimise videos for their intended platforms, taking account of format, length, pacing, framing, captions and editorial angle.
- Collaborate with the Newsdesk, social team, reporters and editors to develop video-led coverage and support wider newsroom priorities.
- Apply sound editorial judgement and rigorous fact-checking to ensure accuracy, fairness, clarity and journalistic integrity.
- Keep assets and project files clearly organised and provide effective handover notes between producers and shifts.
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