Summary This role is designed to cultivate a skilled visual journalist capable of identifying, reporting, and crafting compelling narratives through video, photography, and diverse visual media, underpinned by robust writing, audio, and digital storytelling expertise. The position focuses on transforming raw visual potential into high-impact stories that resonate with audiences across various platforms. Responsibilities Research, pitch, and report original stories within the organization's editorial scope, prioritizing narratives with strong visual potential. Cultivate the ability to spot compelling characters, scenes, moments, and environments that translate effectively to screen. Conduct insightful interviews and collect accurate, verified information from both primary and secondary sources. Capture high-quality video and photography on location, refining skills in framing, composition, lighting, sound, and visual sequencing. Plan visual narratives through the creation of treatments, shot lists, storyboards, and production briefs. Craft engaging video scripts, voice overs, captions, headlines, and supporting digital copy. Acquire practical video editing and post-production capabilities, including sequencing, sound design, graphics, subtitles, and basic color correction. Produce short-form and long-form video content for social media, digital publications, documentaries, and other organizational products. Understand how platform dynamics, formats, and audience behaviors shape visual storytelling while maintaining editorial integrity. Collaborate closely with editors, producers, graphic designers, illustrators, animators, and technology teams to enhance visual narratives. Experiment with animation, data visualization, mobile journalism, and emerging storytelling tools to elevate the story. Uphold informed consent, source protection, conflict sensitivity, and journalistic ethics, especially when filming vulnerable individuals or communities impacted by violence or humanitarian crises. Establish sound field-safety protocols, equipment management, and risk-assessment practices. Analyze audience and editorial feedback to refine the clarity, utility, and engagement of visual journalism. Transition from supporting roles to independently conceiving, reporting, shooting, and producing complete visual stories.