Photojournalist

At Lookout Local, our revival of local journalism starts by producing excellence every day, throughout the day, serving readers’ evolving needs with a wide range of meaningful and local/personal journalism, responsive to our diverse communities’ changing needs. The managing editor must be comfortable and enthusiastic about the wide range of content we will deliver. See more on Lookout here.Lookout Eugene-Springfield has an opening for a community-focused photojournalist with sports proficiency and experience shooting and editing social video to join our outstanding collegial teamWe need a visual storyteller who goes beyond taking images to accompany stories and understands that a photojournalist creates images that expand our correspondents’ storytelling.Lookout staff is engaged in the community both through the work we do as well as by participating in tabling at community events, school visits and Lookout Listens sessions with members.The University of Oregon is a significant part of our coverage, so a demonstrated proficiency in sports photography is a must for the ideal candidate.At Lookout, we believe that photojournalism is not just complementary and our journalist should have a genuine curiosity and willingness to cover assignments solo, delivering compelling visuals, informative cutlines and written reports. There is a great deal of independence and all Lookout journalists are expected to be expert planners, teammates and communicators.Lookout Eugene-Springfield is home to a cyclorama photo studio, which should be a playground for our photojournalist and our ideal candidate will have ideas for how to use this space to create visuals that engage our community.Our ideal photojournalist has a drone license and ideas for integrating aerial photography into our regular coverage.Mentoring is a key part of this position, and the photojournalist will work with correspondents on best practices in visual storytelling as well as with a summer photography intern.The position is expected to start June 22, 2026.Responsibilities:Document breaking news, features, sports, business, arts and community events through still and video journalismProduce social-first video content for platforms including Instagram and YouTubeCapture and edit short-form video, interviews, reels and behind-the-scenes contentDevelop strong relationships within the community to identify visual storytelling opportunitiesCover high school and Division I college sports with an emphasis on action photography and storytellingWork collaboratively with correspondents and editors to develop multimedia coverage plansQuickly edit and transmit photos and video on deadlineDevelop individual enterprise visual projects Write accurate captions, gather basic reporting information and contribute to story developmentHelp grow audience engagement through compelling visual journalism and active community presenceRepresent the organization professionally at public events and in community settingsMaintain and organize photo and video archivesBe an adept problem solverThe photojournalist position is a full-time, on-site position based in Eugene, Oregon. Known for journalism that goes beyond the superficial, Lookout staff always put the community at the center of our coverage.Lookout is a full-time, in-person newsroom with an office located in downtown Eugene.If you believe local journalism is built through relationships and visibility in the community, if you are curious, approachable, creative and eager to experiment with new storytelling formats while maintaining strong journalism standards, you could be the right fit for Lookout.Application Process:Please send your resume and cover letter to [email protected] with “Eugene Photojournalist” in the subject line; include a link to your portfolio with captioned images along with links to your video and/or social work.