TYT is America’s largest online progressive news network and the #1 most engaged news and politics network. The award-winning network is one of the top multi-platform online content creators, generating over 500 million views a month.
Most recently TYT received the Audience Honor in the Shorty Awards for News and Media. The Damage Report with John Iadarola was recognized with the People’s Voice Webby Award in News and Politics. Additionally, Indisputable with Dr. Rashad Richey was recognized as the fastest growing TV news show by the Hicks Evaluation group. In 2021, TYT received the Audience Honor in the Shorty Awards for Best in Live Event Coverage for their coverage of the 2020 Election. The Damage Report with John Iadarola was a 2021 Webby Honoree for Social Media Presence. Dr. Richey was recently awarded with the Global Icon Award by the Black Media Honors and was recognized with an award by the White House for his work with gang-affected and gang-affiliated youth and social advocacy.
Cenk Uygur was recognized by Mediaite on their list of Most Influential in News Media 2021. Host Ana Kasparian was named to the 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 Media List and The Daily Dot’s 20 Women of YouTube list. The Young Turks was recognized with a Webby Honoree for News and Politics: Series and Channel, won the Audience Honor for Overall YouTube Presence in the 2018 Shorty Awards and the Webby People’s Voice Award for News and Politics – Series. Over the years, TYT has been recognized by the Streamys, Webbys, and Shorty Awards. The Young Turks was awarded the Imagen Vision Award and the Vote It Loud Fifth Estate: Champion in Media Award for Best in New Media in 2016. In 2015, The Young Turks was named to Variety’s FameChangers List (No. 7) and The Hollywood Reporter’s Next Gen List (No. 1 in the News category).
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Role: AP for ‘Indisputable with Dr. Rashad Richey’- investigating tips and videos sent to Dr. Richey, producing exclusive stories segments
Industry: Political / News
Job Duration: Part- time (25 hours) 12 weeks, potentially FT after 12 weeks
Job Location: Los Angeles, CA or remote from CA, PA, NJ, NY, DC, CT, VA, GA, OH, OR, MD, IL
*This candidate would be working alongside IND Producer and AP and supporting EP/Host Dr. Rashad Richey
*CANDIDATE MUST BE PROFICIENT TO EXPERT ON PREMIERE – mogrt manipulation, b-roll creation, SOT preparation, interstitial editing
Primary Responsibilities
CREATIVE / EDITORIAL
- Research, investigate, vet leads, videos, and tips as assigned by Dr. Richey for Exclusive stories to break on IND
- Fulfill specific research requests by Dr. Richey
- All reasonable requests to be delivered within the scope of investigative producing and deadlines as assigned by Dr. Richey
- Conduct phone calls for verification of information, file FOIA requests, conduct all due diligence in the investigation and vetting of exclusive stories
- Write summaries of investigation for Dr. Richey
- Go through ‘IND TIPS’ email to track potential leads, pitch to Dr. Richey and then pursue to verify, investigate and produce stories
- PRODUCTION
- Once story is approved to produce, edit SOTs, request graphics, lower thirds, and fully produce exclusive segments
- Coordinate exclusive segment production with EP, Producer and AP
- Gather visual and audio elements (Gfx, masters, stills, etc.) from News Agencies, Social Media or other News Outlets
- Coordinate / produce / create visual and audio elements of the show (Packages, VO’s SOT’s, Statistics, Graphics) required to build the exclusive reports
- Quality Control: ensuring videos edited meet quality requirements.
- POST-PRODUCTION
- QC publishing (title and thumbnails, descriptions, crossposting)
- Identify exclusive stories in tracking sheet so AD can track video views and performance
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