Staff Photojournalist

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 team 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. 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. 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 photjournalist position is a full-time, on-site position based in Eugene, Oregon. We pride ourselves on our in-person, in-community presence in daily local news.