How I Got My Job At Vox (video journalism job tips)

Yes, in the grand tradition of my coworkers, I’m sharing how I got my job as a video producer at Vox. It’s a journalism job, a video job, a passion, and a pretty weird story.

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Check out their stories too:
Johnny Harris: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzwfWzGmCnw
Joss Fong on Production: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk1hePS5J5I
Estelle Caswell on creating Earworm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPwi5rNKpMk&t=7s
Cleo Abram on working on “Explained”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOu-3XX7BoA
Joe Posner on Vox’s process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N78pyQw8uY

I got my job producing Vox Almanac at some point in 2015, but even though that’s ancient internet history, I think there are some lessons for getting a video journalism job today. Also, I’m probably going to put this on my LinkedIn to get people up to speed. https://www.linkedin.com/in/philedwardsinc/

Written by Phil Edwards