We are a YouTube production company in the true crime & police body cam niche. Our channel has gained a massive following which has generated well over 11 million views and over 60k subscribers. Our mission is to bring unique, high-quality content to our YouTube audience.
Role Overview:
We are seeking a Public Records/FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) Request Specialist to help us acquire unreleased police footage (with bodycam and/or interrogation videos being our top priority). You will play a critical role in shaping our police/true crime content, inspired by popular channels like “Code Blue Cam” and “Crime Scene Cam”.
Key Responsibilities:
– Research & Identification: Research and Discover interesting local incidents/cases where footage has not yet been made public. This will mostly be through FOIA/Public Records request, but everything that has not been widely covered on YouTube will also work! This means that interrogation footage found in different journalist archives can be used as well!
– FOIA Submission: Initiate requests to departments holding the desired footage. While we are open to handling the actual submission, your guidance on the best approach to ensure success is crucial.
– Track submissions: Provide our team with concise descriptions of each case to determine its viability for our content.
Preferred Qualifications:
– Familiarity with the FOIA request system, with a bonus for prior experience in successful submissions. It is not a requirement that you have submitted these request previously, we will train the right candidate!
– Interest in or experience with true crime. As you have to identify useful cases, then you should either have a genuine interest in true crime or have worked in the legal niche before. If none of these apply, then you need to be willing to learn in order to get some context on true crime and what type of stories that we will be interested in telling.
– Strong research skills, strong investigative journalism skills, and strong communication skills.
– We welcome global candidates to send an application as FOIA request can be submitted by anyone – but knowing the system is still essential.
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