CUTV is looking for a videographer to join CUTV’s production Local 514 which provides breaking news coverage across Montreal.
Local 514 is CUTV’s first web series, which has branched out to provide breaking news reports to cover off-campus issues, including politics, diaspora communities, social issues, climate and more.
The time commitment is 5 hours per week, for two months. This is a volunteer role with an honorarium offered, intended to help early-career journalists and students improve their skills with support of CUTV staff.
Videographers will be expected to cover and film a range of events, including press conferences, panels, protests and more.
We are looking for someone who is comfortable filming, editing, finding content to cover and pitching it to the team in a weekly production meeting. Videographers must be comfortable going into the field alone to film events and sometimes conduct video interviews. Those filling the role will be supported and gain experience in their interviewing skills.
Work entails:
-Filming events often on evenings and weekends, and sometimes in the day, depending on availability.
-Editing the content to be distributed on our YouTube
-Cutting 30 second to 1m30 highlights in vertical format to be distributed on Instagram, TikTok and Twitter, as well as writing short captions to be published with these reels.
-Prepping questions and interviewing sources at events
Hours: 5h/week (July 29 to September 30)
Pay: $200 honorarium
To apply, please attach your CV and a brief cover letter to hiring@cutvmontreal.org
