Fellow, Reverb Video – MPR News

• Start Date:
  
  January 4 – December 3, 2027
• Hours:
  
  40 hours per week
• Location:
  
  St. Paul, MN
• Pay: $20/hour - $23/hour (salary will be based on individual's education and/or relevant experience)

Do you have a sharp eye for stories that shape the lives of younger Minnesotans, and a clear point of view on how to tell them on social platforms? Are you ready to take an idea from pitch to published video with independence and good judgment? Join MPR News as the Reverb Video Fellow, where you'll report, shoot and edit original social video about the people, places and issues that matter to young adults across Minnesota.

As a fellow, you'll work as a contributing member of Reverb, the MPR News social video team. You'll pitch and produce original stories, turn newsroom reporting into platform-native video for Instagram, Tik Tok and You Tube, and spend much of your time in the field gathering interviews and community voices across the state. You'll also have room to develop a recurring series or format of your own, use audience data to sharpen what works, and partner with reporters across the newsroom on coverage.

Your work will reach hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans, and you'll leave with a portfolio and professional network that position you for a career in public media.

Reverb is a small team of reporters, producers and an editor who create news for younger and more diverse Minnesotans. We center their perspectives, answer their questions, celebrate them and explore how issues affect them in unique ways. We serve young adults the news how they want it (faster, shorter and scannable) and where they are (on their phones and on social media).

You can see our work /reverb and on the MPR News Tik Tok, Instagram and You Tube accounts.

The goal of this fellowship is to provide you with immersive learning and real-world experience through impactful work. By the end of your fellowship, you will be able to:

• Learn how to develop, pitch and produce platform-native video journalism that meets public media editorial standards
• Learn how a multi-channel distribution strategy works in practice, including how one story is versioned across broadcast, digital and social platforms and why accessibility practices like captioning matter to reach
• Gain hands‑on experience with the full short‑form video workflow, from field shooting through editing and publishing
• Build skills in mobile and desktop editing tools used by the team
• Sharpen your news judgment, story framing and understanding of journalism ethics as it applies to social platforms
• Learn how audience data informs editorial decisions, including how to read platform analytics and benchmark performance
• Gain a greater understanding of how a social video team operates inside a daily news organization, including how social strategy connects to audience development and membership
• Learn how to rapidly respond to news and turn video on a tight timeline

In this fast-paced position, you will:

• Pitch, shoot, edit and publish short-form vertical video for MPR News social channels, with a focus on stories that resonate with younger and more diverse Minnesota audiences
• Create and adapt MPR News reporting into platform-native video formats, working with reporters and editors to translate radio and digital stories for Instagram, Tik Tok and You Tube
• Ensure published video meets accessibility standards, including accurate captions and sound‑off‑friendly design
• Assist with field production, including gathering interviews, b‑roll and person‑on‑the‑street content at news events and community gatherings
• Monitor trends, sounds and formats across platforms and bring ideas to Reverb pitch meetings
• Track performance of published video and contribute observations to the team's analytics…