Position Number: 11697
Department: Communication, School of
Salary Range: Commensurate with experience
Work Hours per Week: 35

Band: Function Leader B
Position Type: Full-time Staff
Description:

Current and Current.org, the nonprofit newspaper and website covering public media, seeks an Executive Director to lead a small team of reporters, editors, and advertising and business/circulation employees to achieve success.

The Executive Director is the key strategic thinker of the organization, applying his/her expansive knowledge of public media's changing environment in the leadership and motivation of Current's editorial, business development, circulation and advertising teams. This position operates under limited supervision. This position is contingent on revenues generated by the Current.

Educational Requirements:Bachelor's degree in journalism, mass communication or business or commensurate work experience required. M.B.A. a plus.

Minimum Requirements:
• 15+ years of professional experience in public media with at least 7 years of proven success working in a leadership level role for a media company required.
• Deep media industry knowledge, including digital proficiencies, required.
• Future-minded with a proven ability to effectively lead and motivate a team.

Preferred Requirements:
• Experience working in a business development role
• Fundraising experience

Additional Information:

This position is located off-campus at Current offices in Takoma Park, two blocks from the Takoma Metro station on the Red Line. Some night and weekend work may be required and the manager must be able to travel, with up to 25% time on travel. This position is contingent on funds generated by the Current program.

The primary responsibilities of the Newzulu NY Weekend Editor will be to:

1. Fact-check and verify to the highest journalistic standards incoming story submissions from contributors on weekends.
2. Repackage stories for our wire partners and media clients including video editing skills.
3. Manage the dynamic US community of Newzulu contributors (Newzulu.us) and expand it exponentially.
4. Helping to establish Newzulu as the US’s premier freelance journalism platform.

This role will work with the Newzulu.us Managing Editor as well as the Newzulu Global Editor-in-Chief, based in Paris as well as the global network of Newzulu weekend editors.

Daily tasks and desired qualities include, but are not limited to:

* Editorial and strategic management of the Newzulu.us site as well as Newzulu Wire
* Strong editorial skills: Reviewing, validating and publishing contributions (photos, videos and articles) on-the-fly, identifying and designating contributions with high news value
* Basic video filming/editing skills a plus
* Highly connected to the daily and long-term news agenda in the US and reactiveness to news stories as they break/unfold; issuing “Newscalls” to contributors and finding new potential contributors
* Collaborate with media sales team of our partner newswires and the Newzulu Paris team to ensure that contributions are published as quickly as possible, distributed and sold on the broadest possible basis in the US and abroad
* Management of a creative and buzz-worthy social media presence
* Be a model Newzulu contributor, by submitting interesting and well-produced stories on a regular basis
* Impeccable English spelling and grammar, intermediate level Spanish, French and other languages a plus

The ideal candidate for this position is a high-level energy journalist-entrepreneur hybrid. We're looking for someone with a passion for citizen journalism and news innovation, who has incredibly dynamic vibe, is a self-starter, creative achiever and problem-solver.

The candidate must have a sharp news sense and be able to sniff out good stories from a mile away. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are a must. You must be meticulous about your work and have a background that reflects competence in visual journalism.

We'd like to hear from candidates with a Bachelor's degree or higher with a proven track record of excellence in content contribution and working under pressure with rockstar social media community management skills.

THIS JOB IS BASED IN NEW YORK, USA.

A week-long training period in New York will be required.

Please use NEWZULU NY WEEKEND EDITOR as your subject line

The Grist Fellowship Program is an opportunity to hone your skills at a national news outlet and deepen your knowledge of environmental issues. We’re looking for early-career journalists with a variety of skills, from traditional reporting to multimedia whizbangery. We will offer exposure to the leading sustainability thinkers and theories of our time, real-world experience at a fast-paced news site, and the occasional toothsome fruit leather.

Fellows work out of Grist’s Seattle office. Fellows must make a six-month commitment. The fellowship pays $2,250 per month. In special cases the fellowship will be renewable once by mutual agreement between the fellow and Grist. Renewal candidates will be considered alongside the applicant pool for the next fellowship cycle.

Fortune is seeking an experienced editor to oversee its profiles on various social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn) and manage its audience engagement and growth.

Experience
The ideal candidate will have a business news/journalism background and must have at least one year of professional experience in online journalism, preferably with branded social media accounts. S/he must be eager to stay current with the quickly evolving online universe and have a passion for business news and continuing to grow the Fortune brand.

Requirements
• Excellent news judgment
• Ability to write impeccable, catchy copy
• A knack for finding new and interesting business stories on the social web
• Ability to thrive in a fast environment
• Knowledge and interest in business
• Hunger to learn

Responsibilities

• Implement brand-growing initiatives with a focus on audience engagement for all aspects of Fortune
• Manage and write posts for Fortune's Twitter feed, which has 1.3 million followers
• Manage and write posts for Facebook, Google+, Instagram, LinkedIn and other affiliated social networks
• Manage relationships with Fortune's content partners
• Follow breaking news, collaborate with home page editors and producers in promoting stories at the right intervals
• Develop Fortune's voice and posting strategy based on short- and long-term number analysis and editorial goals
• Identify emerging trends, networks and ideas in the social media world
• Work with our audience development team to assess what is and is not working
• Work with editorial staff to come up with strategies for social media on the site
• Train writers and editors on social media best practices
• Respond to comments and suggestions from users

On a typical day reporters at Law360 will file four stories. These stories cover a wide array of practice areas, including employment law, environmental law, intellectual property law and securities law; and most recently, mergers & acquisitions, private equity, real estate, project finance, and capital markets; in industries such as energy, financial services, health-care, media and technology.

Required experience includes;
- BA/BS in Journalism;
- Two years of paid, full-time reporting experience;
- One year of paid, full-time reporting experience with a daily publication;
- Demonstrated reporting, writing and organizational skills;
- And an interest in business and legal issues.

Preferred experience includes;
- Graduate degree;
- Experience in news reporting (AP Style), covering legal, regulatory affairs, or business news;
- Or working with daily deadlines.

Hours for this position are 10:30a to 6:30p (regular shift).

Law360 offers extensive training on legal topics. Business or legal reporting experience is not required. However, professional reporting experience and strong writing and analytical skills are required to succeed in this job. Please note; qualified candidates will be asked to complete writing and reporting tests electronically.

The New York Daily News is seeking a data and programming whiz with a background in journalism to join our growing interactive team. This position would primarily involve data analysis, web scraping, building internal news apps and mobile-responsive interactive data visualizations, filing Freedom of Information requests and reporting. You’d be working with teams of journalists, designers, developers and multimedia producers to create dynamic print and web packages that pop. Your work would be a mix of local and national projects; self-generated ideas and collaborations with other reporters; long-term investigations, breaking news enterprise and searchable databases.

Desired skills:
• Ability to work collaboratively and congenially with multiple editorial departments.
• Ability to perform advanced data analysis using programs such as MySQL, Caspio, NaviCat, PostgreSQL, Google Refine and Tableau.
• Programming skills in JavaScript and PHP, Python or Ruby.
• Ability to visualize data using tools such as D3, Highcharts, Google Fusion, QGis, ArcGIS, MapBox, Leaflet and CartoDB.
• Proven track record winning Freedom of Information battles, strong news judgment that enables you to find a great story in a sea of numbers, and the ability to report it out.
• Participation in the open-source community and maintaining a GitHub repository a plus.
• Willingness to participate in training journalists on data skills to foster a culture of obtaining and analyzing data across the newsroom.
• Ongoing commitment to building new skills, which will be fostered by attendance at trainings and conferences.

The staff writer will be researching and gathering data, developing analyses, sourcing interviews, writing and marketing content. As the role progresses, the staff writer will be responsible for brainstorming and developing ideas for feature articles from beginning to end.

Requirements:

The ideal writer must be fact-driven, analytical, and able to communicate ideas effectively. You must be a self-starter with a strong work ethic who is comfortable with adapting and multi-tasking across several deliverables. BA/BS in Journalism, Communications, or Finance are preferable, with two years or less of professional experience.

Part-time job. Will aid Editor-in-Chief in managing of the site (posting news/blog posts; creating story ideas; social media) and will be given the opportunity to conduct interviews with players and write feature stories. Ability to work weekends a must.

BioPharm Insight’s New York team is looking for an Investigative Life Sciences Reporter. The focus is on uncovering scoops and delivering market-moving analysis in advance of company catalysts.
The successful candidate will cover all aspects of drug development, approval and marketing. The individual will also cover business development, litigation and general trends within the biopharmaceutical sector.
You will be tasked with conducting interviews with all types of experts including physicians, investigators/researchers, consultants, regulatory officials and industry executives.

PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
- Knowledge of the drug development process and healthcare industry required
- Excellent reporting, interviewing and writing skills required
- Ability to perform to a high standard under strict deadline pressure required
- Ability to work in an interactive news room environment required
- Two years of reporting experience covering some aspect of the life sciences industry or medical issues preferred
- Editing experience a plus
- Previous experience on a daily or weekly publication preferred
- Outstanding networking and contact-building skills required
- Bachelor's degree (preferably in Journalism and/or medical field) required

Univision, the leading Hispanic media company, is hiring a New York City-based Online General Editor for a new action, adventure and lifestyle sports brand called Alma Extrema.

The ideal candidate is an experienced, organized media pro who’s totally obsessed with action and adventure sports, the lifestyle that goes along with them, music, pop culture, memes, gifs, and just about anything on the internet that’s trending.

You’ll be responsible for the daily content publishing of Alma Extrema, including but not limited to writing catchy headlines, video description text, photo captions, scripts for original programming, and generally working to make Alma Extrema the top online destination for action, adventure and lifestyle sports video content.

Responsibilities

Work with Senior Editor to help define and maintain a distinct Alma Extrema voice and feel.
Write compelling SEO optimized titles and descriptions.
Interpret and respond to analytics.
Tracking of relevant comedy/music/sports/lifestyle feeds, websites, tastemakers, and social media sites.
Create editorial packages to meet advertising/partnership needs.
Organize and manage photography and illustrations.
Creating content from the available Red Bull Media library, other contributing partners and original productions.
Working closely with La Fabrica’s video production and shared studio operations.