Video Reporter

Date Posted	September 29, 2025
Industry	Digital Media
Specialty	Not Specified
Required Education	Bachelor's Degree
Job Status	Full-time
Salary	$75,000 to $80,000

Description:

Civil Eats Is Hiring a Video Reporter

Join Civil Eats in telling the stories that shape our food future

Journalism is at a critical inflection point. At a time when misinformation spreads quickly and trust in media is fragile, Civil Eats delivers much-needed insight into the workings of the U.S. food system, with dependable accuracy and integrity. Since 2009, we’ve been dedicated to producing rigorous reporting that cuts through the noise and helps readers understand the forces that shape every bite we eat.

Civil Eats believes that journalism must hold the powerful to account and represent a breadth of voices, especially those that aren’t often heard. We stand by nuanced, deep storytelling within a digital media landscape increasingly focused on clicks and hot takes. Our work is rooted in a vision of journalism that not only informs but also encourages critical thinking and empowers readers to act, driving meaningful change in food, agriculture, and policy.

Joining our team now means being part of an independent newsroom that is deeply committed to fact-based, inclusive journalism that resists oversimplification, challenges power,and uplifts voices often left out of the conversation.

About Civil Eats

Civil Eats is an award-winning, nonprofit newsroom that has been shining a light on the U.S. food system for more than 16 years. At a time when political divisions and the climate crisis fan our fears and threaten our collaborative spirit, we offer fair, accurate, and accessible journalism that reveals how our food system works—and where it breaks down. Our reporting has earned multiple national awards and has helped our audience—from policymakers to concerned citizens—work toward solutions that create a more just and fair food system. 

As we grow, we are looking for a full-time video reporter to help us expand our storytelling, reach new audiences, and break down complex topics in a clear and compelling way. Join us in telling the biggest story of our time: about how we choose to feed ourselves and our communities, amid climate and biodiversity crises and historic inequality.

Why Join Civil Eats?

We believe in journalism that educates, inspires, and holds power to account. As part of our small but mighty virtual team, you’ll collaborate with editors and colleagues who are deeply committed to mentorship, creativity, and editorial excellence.

If you are passionate about justice, sustainability, and equity in the food system, and you thrive on translating complex policy and science into compelling human stories, we want to hear from you.

At Civil Eats, our work is guided by these core values:

●      Lead with Compassion + Empathy

Our reporting begins with employing empathy for everyone in our brittle food system. Internally, we encourage all team members to bring their authentic selves to their work, while seeking empathy for and uplifting underrepresented voices in our reporting.

●      Prioritize Integrity

We are fair in our reporting, substantiating every claim and seeking input and comment from all sides.

●      Practice Intellectual Rigor

We go deep to tell the whole story; we resist simplification, hot takes, and clickbait. We give people the historical background and wider current context that allows for better understanding of an issue and lets our readers reach their own conclusions.

●      Communicate With Clarity 

We strive for clear, direct communication as an organization, with each other, and with our readers.

●      Cooperate + Collaborate

We seek ideas, opinions, and contributions from all team members in our editorial system and production. We value working together, both within our newsroom and with the broader communities we cover. Our team is collaborative, transparent, and supportive, fostering clarity in both communication and storytelling.

●      Empowerment Through Knowledge

We present the fullest, deepest, most accurate and well-balanced reporting possible.

The Role: Video Reporter

As Civil Eats’ video reporter, you’ll create impactful, highly visual content that explores the U.S. food system through explainers, features, and interviews. You’ll be working closely with our editorial director and audience engagement editor to produce standalone videos, complimentary videos for upcoming stories, and promotional videos for Civil Eats projects, which will be featured on the official Civil Eats social media platforms.

You’ll also be responsible for pitching, reporting, and editing these journalistic videos while working closely to our editorial and audience team. This is a newly created position, and we will ask you to lean into our values of cooperation and collaboration as the role evolves.

Key Responsibilities:

●      Work collaboratively with Civil Eats’ editors to produce multiple news reports and/or features per month, consistently of high quality.

●      Conduct interviews, phone calls and/or meetings, and perform other research as needed to gather background for planning of stories and article series.

●      Source and/or produce visual content for videos, including photos, videos, charts, and maps.

●      Write, edit, and occasionally post stories via Civil Eats’ content management system (WordPress).

Desired Skills & Experience:

●      5+ years in journalism, with at least 5 years producing video in a newsroom setting.

●      Strong technical and creative video production skills (Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Capcut).

●      Knowledge of and familiarity with food systems, agriculture, and other environmental issues (required).

●      Experience in reporting in the field with multiple camera setups, while exercising news values and principles.

●      Exceptional written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.

●      Available to travel within the U.S. to report on assignments. 

Who We’re Looking For

We strongly encourage candidates from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences, including those from historically marginalized communities, to apply so we can build a team that reflects the diversity of the communities we wish to serve. We view diversity as multi-dimensional and intersectional, encompassing race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, ability, class, geography, veteran status, lived experiences, and more.

Salary & Benefits

Civil Eats offers a competitive and comprehensive salary and package of employee benefits. The salary for this 40-hr/week position is $77,500. This is a remote, U.S.-based position. 

How to Apply

Please review the full job description. All applications must be accompanied by a cover letter, CV, and links to recent video stories. Cover letters should be responsive to the mission of Civil Eats. Civil Eats is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring diverse employees. 

Applications accepted until the position has been filled; to apply, please send an email to hiring@civileats.com. All inquiries will be kept confidential. 

Civil Eats’ EEO Statement

Civil Eats is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive newsroom. It is Civil Eats’ policy to employ, retain, promote, terminate and otherwise treat all employees and job applicants on the basis of merit, qualifications, and competence. Therefore, it is a violation of Civil Eats’ policy to unlawfully discriminate in the provision of employment opportunities, benefits, or privileges; to create discriminatory work conditions; or to use discriminatory evaluative standards in employment, if that discriminatory treatment is, in whole or in part, based on a protected classification under federal, state, or local law.