Job Description:
Oxygen Media is seeking a Senior Digital Shows Producer for a one-year contract position to help manage and develop content related to Oxygen programming for digital platforms. The ideal candidate has a broad array of journalistic and digital editorial experience, including editing, writing, video storytelling, social media, and the ability to use research and real-time metrics in maximizing content performance.

The Senior Digital Shows Producer will be responsible for working with on-air programming, production companies, and digital producers and editors to develop long-range and episodic show content. Solid reporting, copy-editing, and fact-checking skills are crucial to this position.

Experience and interest in true crime content is highly desired – as is having a grasp on how to navigate legal risks like defamation. Proficiency in web publishing skills (HMTL, CMS environments, Photoshop) is a must. Candidates must be metrics and performance-focused, organized, and detail-oriented under deadline pressure.

Responsibilities:
• Manage producers and/or editors – assigning, editing and publishing true crime stories related to Oxygen programming.
• Develop and manage a long-range editorial plan for Oxygen programming.
• Work with audience development to create content that will excel on search engines and other platforms, including Social, Apple News, YouTube, etc.
• Serve as a liaison to on-air programming, production companies, and legal.
• Collaborate with video producers and social producers to create content for Oxygen.com and for its social platforms, including Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter or Snapchat.
• Pay attention to research reports and real-time metrics to guide content strategies for maximizing unique visitors and video streams.
• Collaborate with social team to develop strategies for maximizing content performance.

Qualifications/Requirements:
• 5+ years of experience working for a media company or major website that generates original content, preferably in the true crime space.
• High degree of proficiency in writing: blogs, headlines, original reporting, interviewing skills, video scripts, and social media copy.
• High degree of proficiency in analyzing data from web and social reporting tools; Omniture, Facebook Insights, Crowdtangle, Pars.ly, etc.
• Experience with Photoshop.
• Knowledge of HTML and CMS environments.

Desired Characteristics:
• Ability to maintain a sense of humor.
• Sharp editorial judgment and skills (writing, copy editing, accuracy).
• Experience optimizing content for social media platforms.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to pay attention to detail.
• Ability to liaise with talent and interview talent.

Oxygen, NBC’s true crime network, is looking for an full-time digital editor for a one-year contract position to handle assigning and editing breaking crime news as well as lighthearted crime features — and things in between. We’re looking for someone with keen news judgment who can write killer headlines, juggle several things at once, and suss out original stories while using analytics and an understanding of SEO to plan coverage. Experience covering or editing crime stories essential as is an understanding of the legal system.

Solid reporting, copy-editing, and fact-checking skills are crucial to this position. Experience and interest in true crime content is highly desired – as is having a grasp on how to navigate legal risks like defamation. Proficiency in web publishing skills (HMTL, CMS environments, Photoshop) is a must. Candidates must be metrics and performance-focused, organized, and detail-oriented under deadline pressure.

American Experience is an award-winning historical documentary series broadcasting nationally on PBS and is the longest running and most watched history series on television. The series brings together on air and online some of the world’s preeminent and most insightful historians, journalists, authors and witnesses to history. Our goal is to cement American Experience as the go-to source for great history, great storytelling and a broader understanding of where we’ve been and where we are going as a nation.

American Experience is committed to presenting more voices, perspectives and experiences across our platforms. To foster a work environment that values inclusiveness and reflects the broad perspectives of the American public, we encourage qualified applicants from all racial, ethnic, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds, sexual orientations, gender identities and functional limitations to apply, especially those from historically marginalized communities.

JOB OVERVIEW
We are seeking a multimedia producer who can capitalize on the content of the series and on the unique access we have to some great thinkers. The multimedia producer will create content that supports our broadcast documentaries, brings compelling historical stories to digital audiences in a range of formats and provides valuable context for understanding today’s headlines and political, social and scientific trends.

Reporting to the director of digital content, the multimedia producer will create unique engaging content that might be written, video, graphic or audio and will commission original articles and content in other media. You will be the lead writer for digital content, across formats, including articles, scripts, historical comics and interactives. You will create content that helps to grow the American Experience digital audience, and you will assist with developing new content partnerships and avenues of digital content distribution. This position will work closely with a video producer/editor who will be creating additional related content. Both will work within a team that includes editorial, digital and marketing professionals.

A love for history and storytelling is essential, but you should also be a bit of a news junkie with a strong sense of digital and social media trends. You work well with a team and adhere to the highest journalistic standards.

This is a project contract position for 52 weeks.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Write, produce and commission content for digital platforms.
Manage technology.
Develop editorial partnerships and new avenues of digital content distribution.
Collaborate with digital and marketing teams to ensure aligned goals.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
5-7 years of experience in multimedia journalism or multimedia production for the web.
Must be a strong and versatile writer.

EDUCATION
Bachelor's Degree in relevant field of study or equivalent work experience preferred

The crisis in journalism threatens democracy – which is why we need a dramatic new approach to reinvigorating journalism, especially at the local level.

Report for America (reportforamerica.org/) is a national service program that places talented emerging journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities. We are calling on a new generation of journalists to serve in community news organizations across the country. We recently announced substantial new funding and that our second corps would have 60 reporters -- a dramatic increase from the first class of 13.

The program was co-founded in September 2017 by journalist/entrepreneurs Steven Waldman and Charles Sennott as an initiative of The GroundTruth Project (thegroundtruthproject.org/). It is backed by the Knight Foundation, Facebook, the Google News Initiative, the Ford Foundation and others.

We are looking for a talented National Director to help run this ambitious and crucially important program. With a growing staff of 6 and a $2.7M operating budget, the National Director, in partnership with the RFA Co-founders, will help build and manage a strong team and will manage the relationships with the news organizations where corps members are placed.

This position is based in Brooklyn, NY and will report to the President of Report for America, Steven Waldman. The GroundTruth Project is based at WGBH in Boston.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

The National Director will manage all staff focused on recruitment, corps member applications, service projects, training, and the corps experience. S/he will also be responsible for managing the relationships with RFA news outlet partners. S/he will be responsible for:

● The application process for would-be corps members that will allow RFA to grow from pilot phase to a movement.
● The professional application process for the 40-50 host news organizations RFA partners with.
● The corps training and mentorship strategies throughout the year.
● Overall communications and shaping the brand.
● Recruitment of both the news organizations and corps members.
● Working with shared services at the GroundTruth Project on budgeting, financial planning and fundraising.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE INCLUDE:

● Experience as a leader of a non-profit or service organization.
● Entrepreneurial skills and practical experience in both journalism and public service. (Ideally, journalism experience would include work in local news. Public service might include work with or participation in national or community service programs, military service or other non-profit organizations).
● Experience as part of a team that has scaled a startup organization.
● Great organizational skills, with experience in operations.
● A passion for the cause of local journalism and public service.
● A sense of humor!
● The ability to collaborate with wide varieties of people and an understanding of the spirit of a startup.
● Success at recruiting diverse teams, including diversity of ethnicity, gender, economic background and perspective.
● Excellent management abilities, both down and up.
● Commitment to and understanding of high quality, objective, local journalism.

(We don’t expect the candidates to be rock stars in all of these skills but this is our ideal!)

SALARY AND BENEFITS

Salary is commensurate with experience. RFA offers a variety of benefits including group health, dental, and vision coverage, group life and personal accident insurance, adoption assistance, commuter benefits, health care savings accounts, an employer assistance program, and marketplace discounts. Additional voluntary benefits include a voluntary retirement savings 403(b) plan, additional group life and personal accident insurance, and short and long-term disability insurance.

The Tricycle Foundation, publisher of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, is currently seeking a senior editor to help craft and execute its editorial strategy across multiple platforms, including the Tricycle Talks podcast, website, print magazine, and Buddhism for Beginners microsite. The ideal candidate will have deep interest in and knowledge of Buddhist philosophy and practice as well as the global Buddhist landscape.

The senior editor will not only work with contributors to produce content but also manage Tricycle’s editorial team and represent editorial in senior organizational meetings.

This position reports to the Editor & Publisher, and is full-time and based in our NYC office. Salary is commensurate with experience.

Responsibilities:

-Drive day-to-day editorial workflow, organize editorial and pitch meetings, and maintain editorial quality across channels
-Cultivate new writers and maintain relationships with longtime contributors
-Produce and edit content for the website and magazine
-Manage an editorial team of four, including mentoring and training junior staff
-Manage special sections and issues, participating in the magazine production process as necessary
-Work closely with Editor & Publisher and other senior staff members to ensure collaboration among editorial and other teams
-Manage the editorial budget
-Assist with editorial strategy for the Buddhism for Beginners microsite

Qualifications:

-5+ years of editorial experience (nonprofit and small team management experience a plus)
-A keen eye for both detail-oriented work and big-picture strategy
-Excellent planning and organizational skills
-Existing relationships with freelance writers you’d want to work with
-Deep interest in and knowledge of Buddhist philosophy and practice as well as the global Buddhist landscape, with an understanding of what makes for a good story in this niche
-A desire to produce content that elucidates and often challenges prevailing cultural narratives and norms

The Tricycle Foundation, publisher of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, is currently looking for a Special Projects Editor, who will be responsible for managing content creation for our new online resource, Buddhism for Beginners (tricycle.org/beginners), as well as our Dharma Talks and Film Club subscriber offerings.

This position reports to the Senior Editor, and is full-time and based in our NYC office.

Responsibilities:

Buddhism for Beginners

-Conceptualizing ongoing Buddhism for Beginners structure and content with assistance from the editorial team
-Setting and maintaining a workflow and editorial schedule for Buddhism for Beginners content
-Assigning writers and ensuring editorial quality as copy moves through its developmental phases (copy editing, proofreading, fact-checking, and SEO)
-Photography research and permissions with assistance of Photo Editor; commissioning illustrations or accompanying multimedia content
-Writing copy for “additional links” resource
-Maintaining feedback@tricycle.com; answering questions and responding to reader feedback through additional content

Web

-Managing the creation of monthly Dharma Talk videos; brainstorm teachers with the editorial team, coordinate shoot logistics, and oversee editing, transcription, and uploading process
-Managing monthly Film Club content, including obtaining screening rights and coordinating with directors and production houses
-Assisting with quarterly web issue upload
-Occasional research for Tricycle Talks podcast

Qualifications:

-At least 3 years of editing experience and a demonstrated ability to produce consistent high-quality work while juggling a variety of projects and deadlines
-Thorough knowledge of Buddhist history, philosophy, and practice across traditions
-Familiarity with SEO and best practices
-Knowledge of copy editing symbols
-Excellent written and verbal communication skills
-Organized, detail-oriented, and self-motivated
-Experience working in a nonprofit environment a plus

The AIP Media Services Division is seeking a Jr. Science Writer to support the Media Services Project Manager in the coordination, production, and dissemination of press releases and other media services products to enhance the awareness and media coverage of AIP journals and the AIP Member Societies and their conferences among the national and international media. The ideal candidate will be an individual contributor and will work independently under limited supervision. He/she will manage and navigate multiple projects within media services with minimal support and will build relationships within and across teams delivering key technical content to influence stakeholders.

AIP's Media Services division works with scientific societies, universities, and publishers to bring newsworthy research findings to the attention of the national and international media and the public.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in a field of science or journalism/communications/English and 1- 3 years’ experience in writing and editing news articles about science is required.
Demonstrated interest in and ability to write about the physical sciences and other branches of science, technology, engineering and mathematics for the nonscientist public.
Possess knowledge of AP style.
Ability to use content management systems and apply web standards.
Ability to work on site with team.
Good writing and editing skills, communications skills and news sense.
Proficiency in Microsoft software - Word, Excel & PowerPoint.

The Institute offers an outstanding benefits package and opportunities to learn and advance. We are located in College Park, MD, close to the Metro Green line.

[Company Details & Benefits]
The American Institute of Physics offers excellent benefits including medical, dental, vision, retirement, tuition assistance, on-site fitness center, and metro access. Learn more at www.aip.org

AIP is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer
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We are The Markup (https://themarkup.org/) -- a brand new nonpartisan, nonprofit journalism organization in New York City. We're hiring!
Our mission is to investigate and illuminate the societal effects of new technologies. Because technology is changing everything: who we vote for, how we raise our kids, who can get housing, jobs, healthcare and a comfortable life. Our goal is to hold the powerful to account, raise the cost of bad behavior, and spur reforms. We start publishing in 2019.
The Markup is looking for an Assistant Managing Editor, Investigative to lead our reporters through high-quality data-driven investigations illuminating the societal effects of new technologies.
The Markup is committed to building a team that includes a wide variety of backgrounds and perspectives, and an organizational culture that is reader-centered, inventive, rigorous, and courageous. A collaborative team-based approach is core for us: we won't tolerate jerks. We aim to be a place where a diverse mix of dedicated people will want to come, to stay, and do their best work. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, country of origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, or veteran status.

About the position
At The Markup, investigations are the heart of what we do. Our approach to investigative journalism is guided by the scientific method. We develop hypotheses and assemble data —through crowdsourcing, FOIAs, and automated data collection— to test our theories.
The AME will supervise our investigative reporters and data journalists, guiding them through their investigations and helping them write compelling articles based on our findings. They will support our team-based approach to investigations, helping to pair data journalists and reporters on stories. They will
provide counsel on reporting strategies and data collection techniques.
The AME will report to the Managing Editor and will be a key member of the editorial leadership team. This is an amazing opportunity for a smart, inventive person to get in on the ground floor, helping to build an exciting new publication.
Responsibilities

Supervise several teams of reporters and data journalists and set the agenda for their investigative output. Supervise and guide their reporting. Edit and copy-edit the articles produced by those reporters.
Coach and mentor investigative staff and train them in The Markup’s team-based data-driven investigative methodology. Keep them motivated and hard-working, and make sure they have the tools they need to do their jobs.
Supervise processes for pitching, approving, developing, scheduling, and vetting investigative stories. Kill stories when necessary.
Plan and produce multiple high-quality investigations per quarter.
Set and maintain editorial tone, style, and standards for The Markup's investigative work. Work closely with internal and external counsel. Ensure investigative staff understand and live up to The Markup's standards, and that the team achieves a high-quality editorial output overall.
Working closely with the design and graphics team to find ways to best showcase our investigative findings.
Act as a conduit for information across the newsroom with the goal of helping people know what's going on and stay aligned with each other.

Qualifications
We are looking for someone with deep experience in investigative journalism, and some experience with data journalism. You’ll need to be collaborative, transparent, and excited to be part of a team.
The skills we are looking for are:
You have a minimum of ten years of experience writing and/or editing in a high-quality journalism setting aimed at the general public.
You have minimum of five years of experience leading journalistic teams that have conducted significant investigations.
You have a deep familiarity with investigative journalism practices including those related to sourcing, leaking, and anonymity; data collecting and analysis, and FOIA requests; and deep familiarity with relevant law.
You have experience with data journalism, and an understanding of its value, ethics, methods, and challenges.
You have the ability to develop compelling long-form investigative stories, and to teach other people how to do it.
You have experience being responsible for upholding newsroom editorial standards.
You have a strong orientation towards making stories clear, understandable, and engaging for a generalist readership.
You have integrity, courage, and an orientation towards transparency, accountability, and collaboration.
Compensation
We pay fair and reasonable salaries, and we offer a generous benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life, disability, pet insurance, and retirement plan contributions.
The salary for this position begins at $125,000, and will be established based on the successful candidate's skills, abilities and experience.

The commercial real estate market is a hugely important part of the U.S. economy and Harrison Scott is seeking an experienced journalist with strong reporting skills, a passion for scoops and familiarity with business basics for Real Estate Alert. The weekly newsletter is read by investors and developers who are looking for information that can give them an edge in a fast-paced and high-stakes business.

The WorldPost, a collaboration of The Washington Post and the Berggruen Institute, seeks a senior editor to help commission and edit long-form essays for the magazine and to help develop and coordinate the magazine’s print layout and distribution model. Candidates should have at least five years editing experience, preferably editing long-form essays, and be well versed in international affairs. This full-time position is based in our Brooklyn office, operating Monday-Friday, with a competitive salary and benefits package.

Responsibilities:

Work closely with the deputy editor and executive editor to:

· Edit long-form essays ranging from about 2,000 to 5,000 words

· Backfield, sometimes significantly reworking or asking for rewrites or additions

· Commission influential contributors to write long-form essays

· Assign and stay on track of deadlines

· Help coordinate the magazine’s print layout

· Help develop the magazine’s distribution model

· Edit op-eds, video scripts and reported features

· Write sharp heds and deks

· Strategize with the audience growth editor on how best to promote each piece

Requirements:

~5 or more years of experience as an editor

~Knowledge of foreign affairs

~Strong writing and communications skills

~Bachelor's degree

Pluses:

~Experience in print media

~Fluency in foreign languages

Interested?:

Please send a resume and cover letter — combined as one document if necessary.