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Multimedia Reporter, Space

The New York Times· Reporting
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Hybrid (New York, NY)$113.3k - $136kfull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Multimedia journalist to cover space exploration for The New York Times, reporting and producing text and video, with emphasis on breaking news, launches, and ambitious visual enterprise stories.

Responsibilities

  • Pitch, report and produce news, enterprise and explanatory stories in both text and video, including on-camera reporting.
  • Contribute to live and developing-news coverage, including launches, mission milestones, anomalies and breaking developments.
  • Help to develop well-structured scripts for linear videos and combine text and visuals in multimedia formats.
  • Monitor wires, local and regional outlets, social media feeds and other sources for developing storylines and reporting opportunities that help explain the beat and advance ongoing storylines, keeping us ahead of national competitors.
  • Cultivate existing sources and develop new ones to land exclusive stories to cover this beat authoritatively.
  • Work collaboratively across the newsroom including with editors, video producers, video and photo editors and motion graphics colleagues to develop stories from pitch through publication.
  • Ensure visual accuracy, fair representation and rigorous fact-checking.
  • 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.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience covering space or science-related topics
  • Experience covering complex subjects with elegance, sensitivity and fairness
  • A portfolio that demonstrates you are well-versed in a range of topics, and have a growing circle of sources across storylines
  • Demonstrated understanding of the video production process and creative instincts that go beyond traditional text formats
  • A willingness to be flexible as the news demands and the newsroom's needs evolve
  • An openness to trying new storytelling approaches, and a demonstrated ability to communicate clearly

Skills

Required:News reporting and storytellingVideo productionOn-camera reportingSource developmentStory scripting
Nice to have:Adobe Premiere ProVideo shooting

Benefits

  • variable pay such as an annual bonus and restricted stock
  • medical, dental and vision benefits
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s)
  • company-matching 401(k) plan
  • employee stock purchase plan
  • paid vacation
  • paid sick days
  • paid parental leave
  • tuition reimbursement
  • professional development programs
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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