The Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) is a union, dedicated to improving the workplace and the quality of life for all education employees and to protecting their hard-won rights. Equally important, we are an association of highly qualified professionals, committed to establishing and maintaining optimal conditions for student learning from preschool through graduate school.

The Communications Division is looking for a Communications Specialist who will a) work closely with locals and other MTA divisions to develop communication strategies that connect members to the life of the union, b) assist local campaigns with media and public relations activities, c) partner with MTA leadership on internal and external communications, and d) help develop and implement effective communication strategies for the Association. This position will report to the Director of Communications and is conveniently located in our North Quincy headquarters.

Some of the responsibilities of this job include but are not exhaustive are the following:

*Proactively identifies potential issues and events of significance to members, elected leaders, and staff, and recommends effective communications activities and programs to the Director.
*Identifies and responds to the communications needs of locals; assists and trains locals in the development and implementation of communications strategies that connect members to the life of the union, including cutting-edge social media and digital platforms.
*Assists MTA leadership in writing and producing internal and external communications, including news releases, statements, member emails, social media posts, and articles for MTA publications.
*Assists the Director in coordinating relations with the media, including radio, television, cable television, digital publications, and newspapers.
*Collaborates with Field and Organizing to establish media “street teams”, engaging and training rank and file members on social media, writing letters to the editor, and other tasks.
*Produces material for MTA web and social media posting, and provides advice, guidance, and recommendations to staff.
*Writes and edits articles and other materials for internal publications, external media purposes, and websites and social media pages.
*Covers and reports on events and activities.
*Writes press releases and coordinates interviews and public appearances.
*Coordinates press conferences, news briefings, and other events.
*Takes photographs for MTA publications and websites.
*Writes public statements and speeches, helps develop position papers, and conducts related research in support of assigned tasks.
*Other duties as assigned.

To be successful in this role you will need:

*Commitment to the mission and strategic goals of the MTA and the organized education profession.
*Bachelor's degree or master’s degree related to communications, public relations or journalism preferred, or equivalent professional experience.
*Excellent writing and speaking skills.
*Demonstrated experience with media relations, social media, copy editing, desktop publishing, and design and production of promotional materials.
*Personal transportation and license (or alternative driving option) required; willingness to travel (generally, statewide) and work nights and weekends.

MTA has a competitive compensation program with a robust benefits package that includes: a defined benefit plan, 401k, medical, dental, STD, LTD, paid holidays and a generous time off program.

MTA is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all staff.

The Coalition For Property Tax Justice is seeking applicants to assist with communications and social media related to the tax foreclosure crisis. The Coalition’s work focuses on the following problem:

From 2011-2015, 1 in 4 Detroit homes have been subject to property tax foreclosure. We have not seen this number of property tax foreclosures since the Great Depression. More troubling, a recent study found that over this period the City assessed between 55%-85% of Detroit homes at rates that violated the Michigan Constitution, placing the unprecedented number of property tax foreclosures in disrepute. For more information, read this op-ed in the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/opinion/coronavirus-cities-property-taxes.html

The Coalition for Property Tax Justice is looking for a communications expert to work with us for 10-15 hours a week to complete the following tasks:
1. Work with an additional outside partner to develop and implement the Coalition's digital organizing strategy
2. Manage a team of 2-3 undergraduate and graduate students
3. Serve as person with ultimate responsibility for implementation
4. Organize a weekly 30min meeting with the broader team to ensure all tasks are completed and students have what they need.
5. Specific skill and experience areas that are helpful: organic social media, email (use Action Network), CRM, online ads, broadcast/cold peer-to-peer texting tools (currently use Strive & Spoke)

Requirements: Applicants must have a background in communications and stellar writing skills. They must be able to work independently and meet deadlines. Applicants with basic design skills, such as making flyers and social media posts on Canva, preferred. Please indicate in your cover letter the number of hours per week and the time during which you would be available to work.

Inaugurating and overseeing the Patheos faith and belief podcast network as well as various video projects.
Executive producing new podcast shows and video series, including sourcing hosts and editors for new shows as needed, and overseeing the creation of video content for Patheos.
Overseeing all elements of podcast and video production from initial idea to final product—budgeting, identifying technology needs, creating timelines, editing audio, managing relationships with advertisers and contractors, ensuring final quality of all shows, and advising on platforms and promotion strategies within the podcast space and our YouTube channel.
Identifying areas of growth for Patheos in both the audio and video arenas.
Identifying and pursuing external partnerships related to audio and video projects.
Assisting with audio as needed, potentially including live events and recordings.

One Acre Fund is growing fast: we aim to more than double in scale within the next five years. This growth will be fueled by fundraising. We are looking for a proven and passionate writer to join our dedicated 8-person writing team within our broader Business Development team.

You will report to a senior writer, immediately take on a portfolio of reports and proposals for smaller grants, and receive intensive writing mentorship over the first 6-12 months. Your work will then quickly ramp up in value, complexity, and independence. This is a career-track position, with multiple pathways to management based on performance and preference.

Primary responsibilities:

Write grant reports and proposals. Our writing team crafts powerful prose about One Acre Fund's work and customers, with emphasis on strong logical flow, hard data, and farmer-centric perspectives. This is a backend role; you will partner with our frontend fundraisers to tailor each piece to each donor through a collaborative drafting process.

Manage complex projects. We expect writers to "own" all stages of a writing project, with support from colleagues and team leadership. You will set and manage timelines, coordinate input from multiple teams, and ensure error-free work, typically for 2-3 overlapping projects at any one time.

Invest in program fluency. To be effective, writers must develop and sustain a deep working knowledge of One Acre Fund's operating context, model, results, and future plans. For individual projects, you will also often conduct additional research into potential donors or specific aspects of our work.

Secondary responsibilities:

-Process fundraising-related correspondence received at our US office
-Provide ad hoc writing/research support to senior team members
-Contribute to team-wide writing tools/systems

CAREER GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
One Acre Fund is proud of our culture of continual growth. You will have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance, including career reviews every six months and quarterly opportunities to discuss aspirations and career goals. We invest in helping our people build rewarding long-term careers at One Acre Fund, which in turn helps us grow stronger as an organization.

QUALIFICATIONS
-Minimum of Bachelor's degree
-Minimum 2+ years of professional writing experience. This can include - but is not limited to - professional experience in journalism, grant writing, and/or copywriting.
-Can share 2-3 writing samples that demonstrate ability to write concise, well-structured, jargon-free prose
-Can share 2-3 concrete examples of having successfully managed complex writing projects with multiple stakeholders
-Genuine commitment to rural communities. You are passionate about providing opportunity to the hardest-working farmers on the planet.

PREFERRED START DATE
As soon as possible.

JOB LOCATION
New York City, USA

DURATION
Full-time job

BENEFITS
Health insurance, paid time off

ELIGIBILITY
This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of the US.

APPLICATION DEADLINE
We hire on a rolling basis which means that applications are reviewed and processed on a continuous basis until a hire is made.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and purpose. One Acre Fund aspires to build a culture where all staff feel consistently valued, represented, and connected – so that our team can thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we serve.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Identifying potential bloggers from across a variety of faith traditions; those “mission fit.”
Overseeing and managing communication with Patheos bloggers—supervising and monitoring fit.
Identifying areas of growth for Patheos within the blogsphere.
Overseeing topical blog channels, including submissions, applications and promotion.
Regularly uploading new content to website.
Training bloggers on how to create a post/blog page that increases traffic without use of clickbait.
Revamping and promoting Patheos “bloggers guide to success.”
Developing spaces for community and conversation building within Patheos blogs and on social media.
Contributing ideas and stories towards other Patheos projects and working with the editorial team as needed.

The Council’s David Rockefeller Studies Program is one of the country’s largest foreign policy think tanks with a widely respected and influential research staff. The Studies Program’s aim is to advance the discussion of American foreign policy and international affairs through its writing, publications, public outreach, and discussions.

Think Global Health is a CFR-sponsored online magazine that examines the ways that health shapes economies, societies, and everyday lives around the world. In its first nine months of operation, the site has published more than 300 articles from nearly 300 authors, representing over fifty countries on six continents, and it has attracted more than 1.7 million pageviews. Major news outlets, such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Atlantic, BBC, Vox, New York Magazine, and many others, have shared and linked Think Global Health articles and interviews.

Under the direction of the Director of the Global Health Program, the Deputy Managing Editor will be responsible for managing daily operations for the magazine, writing content, coordinating the work of contributors, and editing.

The major responsibilities of this position will include (but are not limited to):

• Handle the day-to-day management of the website, including solicitation of possible contributors, oversee the issuing of the weekly newsletter, participating in the editing and preparation of content for the site, and posting content on schedule
• Periodically write on emerging global health issues for the site and conduct interviews of leading policymakers, front line health workers, and other experts working in the field
• Work with multiple contributors to the website to coordinate their submissions, including editing, verifying facts, ensuring the contributors adhere to deadlines, and conferring with authors regarding changes in style or organization
• Work in CFR’s content management system to create, build, post, and tag site content.
• Work with photography databases to select photographs to accompany articles and coordinate data visualizations for the site

Qualifications:
• Five or more years of professional editorial experience
• Exceptional writing and editing skills
• A demonstrated knowledge of and a passion for global health and international affairs
• Experience in global health, science, or international affairs journalism strongly preferred
• Bachelors degree or higher, with a high record of academic achievement
• Experience with digital publishing, social media, and multimedia editing
• Experience with content management systems, HTML, Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, and InDesign. Drupal experience preferred
• Prior work with data visualization, particularly Datawrapper experience, preferred
• Demonstrated ability to manage projects in a deadline driven environment
• Entrepreneurial self-starter with proven ability to work with small groups and senior staff, and on projects spanning different time zones and cultural contexts

Documented is seeking a reporter to help us tell immigration stories through data.
Immigration is a data-heavy beat. Federal agencies like the Justice Department, ICE and USCIS publish data sets that are fertile ground for stories. There are also immigration stories to be found in Department of Labor data, Census Bureau data and many other sources. We want a reporter who knows how to find these data sets, how to discover stories in the numbers, and who has the skills to report them out and put a human touch to the numbers.
Some of the data sets we work with are relatively small and can fit in a single spreadsheet. Others are massive and sprawling and spill over to multiple files and tables. We need the data reporter to be able to handle both. Knowledge of Python, R or SQL is essential as is Excel. Knowledge of the immigration system is not needed, but it is helpful. Most important is a willingness to learn and enthusiasm for the subject
Documented is a small but growing team looking for someone who can help us think bigger about how to use data and how to use it to reach different audiences. Our reporting is both for and about immigrants and we have a growing body of work in Spanish that is dedicated to providing valuable information to undocumented New Yorkers. In the coming year, we will begin regularly publishing in Chinese as well. We want our data stories to appeal to those audiences as well as immigration lawyers and other professionals working in the field.
We will expect you to contribute news stories regularly while assisting on special projects. We want a teammate who is not afraid to give us feedback, make their voice heard and whom we would learn from as well. While we use data in our stories regularly, our team does not contain anyone with data expertise, so we are eager to learn from this person as much as they will learn from us. This also means this person will have to be able to complete projects with little oversight. This is also an opportunity to help develop a program for future reporters and editors.
Responsibilities include:
Expectation to publish news stories regularly. Should be able to balance long term projects with quick turnaround news stories.
Creating a data library of all the datasets they can find related to immigration and immigrants
Weekly analysis of immigration court data to find stories and trends
Collaborating with reporters on investigative and news stories
Building and maintaining databases

Documented is recruiting an Information Ecosystem Assessment Lead to conduct research on the information ecosystem and information needs of English-speaking Caribbean immigrants living in New York.
Documented is working in collaboration with the Listening Post Collective to conduct research that will form the basis for a new vertical and beat at the publication focused on Caribbean New Yorkers. The goal is to learn what the current information landscape is among the community and what platforms and technology people are using to get information.
The main goal and timeline of this job are:
To work with members of the Listening Post Collective and Documented to execute research and surveys with Caribbean New Yorkers on what their information habits and needs are. (March-May 2021)
The Assessment Lead(s) for this project will be responsible for:
Designing and conceiving of surveys and research strategies
Researching and reaching out to key groups in the Caribbean community
Recruiting and managing local community liaisons to support survey distribution, host focus groups and listening sessions and provide other assistance as needed.
Building and supporting relationships with media makers, community organizations, and residents interested in supporting local information needs.
Help organize a public forum to share the final assessment with community stakeholders.

The Wayne Jay quintet is a jazz group founded in Boston Massachusetts in 2007. We are looking for someone to do a video interview and online article about the group and it's members. This would require a profound knowledge of social media and other outlets that may be useful in promotion. This is a paid position that will also come with many other paid opportunities.

Pay: $50+ an hour

WBAI 99.5 FM SEEKS PROGRAM DIRECTOR

PACIFICA RADIO STATION, WBAI-New York, 99.5 FM, is searching for a Program Director to supervise WBAI's on air program format, assure FCC compliance and oversee on-air fund drives among other responsibilities. WBAI, one of five stations in the Pacifica Foundation network, is a mission-driven, member-supported, non-commercial station that broadcasts arts, culture, music, news and public affairs. Providing alternatives to corporate broadcasting and conventional public radio, WBAI also streams and its archived programs can be heard at wbai.org.

Salary $57,500.00 - $65,000.00 annually - commensurate with experience.