National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)

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New Job at NABJcareers.org Audience Engagement Editor: Brooklyn, New York Slate Slate is hiring an audience engagement editor to help grow our website and podcast audiences. Ideal candidates think strategically about connecting with readers and listeners, and building lasting relationships with those audiences, with a focus on deepening engagement. They have a newsy sensibility; know how to write compelling copy for social media feeds; think creatively about how to combat news fatigue; have ideas for accessing new audiences; and are able to use analytics to guide strategy.  Slate values surprising ideas and smart analysis in our journalism, and we want the same on our audience team. The audience engagement editor will be able to identify how digital media trends are evolving and have a desire to experiment with new strategies and test those instincts. They will own projects from start to finish and work collaboratively with the rest of the newsroom. This is a position covered under a collective bargaining agreement between Slate and the Writers Guild of America East. Slate has offices in New York and D.C., though remote candidates will be considered for this position. See more jobs on the NABJ Career Center at NABJCareers.org #NABJJobAlerts

New Job at NABJcareers.org Booker: New York, New York TalEx Our client, Yahoo Finance, is looking for a confident, highly motivated, proactive Booker to join the team as a temporary contractor (with option to extend) in New York City. As a Booker, you will be responsible for securing interviews with high-profile guests, markets strategists and newsmaker. You perform your best under deadline pressure and know what it takes to get the exclusive. You must have excellent people skills and understand the importance of building and maintaining relationships with potential guests. You thrive in a collaborative team environment and want to contribute to something great every single day. A Snapshot Of Your Responsibilities: * Book guests under the deadline pressure of a daily live show * Track down difficult-to-find people using social media and other tools * Work collaboratively with co-workers to determine the best approach to securing high-profile interviews * Conduct in-depth research and pre-interviews (as well as suggest questions for the host) Pitch * unique stories and guests of interest to our audience * Coordinate and produce segments * Research a wide range of electoral, political, international, and economic topics Other Details: * Pay Range: $500-600/day * In Office (NYC) See more jobs on the NABJ Career Center at NABJCareers.org #NABJJobAlerts

New Job at NABJcareers.org Product Manager: Austin, Texas Texas Tribune The Texas Tribune, the state’s go-to source for Texas politics and public policy news, is hiring a product manager to help take our organizational priorities, processes, and cross-team collaborations to the next level. This is an exciting opportunity to guide major projects that help the Tribune evolve alongside the nonprofit news ecosystem. This role is housed in the Tribune’s product department, reporting to the chief product officer. The product department is the glue between editorial, technology, and business units, encompassing design, engineering, and analytics teams. This is not a project manager position, although good project management is essential for this role. It is a technical role — while the engineering team determines how to build a solution, the product manager determines what to build and why. They are the organization’s chief facilitator and help multiply our impact, collaborating with others to further long-term initiatives that improve our core products, tools, and organizational processes. We will count on this role to lead and communicate initiatives regarding product definition, idea generation, analytics, and user experience across the staff. As the sole PM for the news organization, this person should be excellent at prioritization, working to determine the most high-impact work across our website, membership program, newsletter portfolio, AI initiatives and internal workflows, among other initiatives.  The salary for this position starts at $80,000 and depends on qualifications. Benefits This job is full time and has the following benefits: * Medical, vision and dental insurance * Cellphone stipend * 20 days of paid time off each year * Up to 16 weeks of paid family leave plus four weeks of additional job protection * 401(k) matching * Support for professional training and attending industry conferences * Remote working flexibility Location While we would prefer candidates to be based out of our Austin office, we strive to enable flexibility in both hours and location, and would make exceptions for the right candidate who is willing to collaborate to find a schedule that works for all, and travel occasionally.  The Texas Tribune office is located in downtown Austin, steps away from the Texas Capitol building. We have colleagues in the organization that come into the office on a regular basis and colleagues that are based in various cities throughout the United States. We encourage our product team members to work from a location that allows them to do their best work with the exception that we do require that the person in this role be based in the United States.  How to Apply Submit your application by Aug. 5. Along with a résumé, please answer the specific questions in the… See more jobs on the NABJ Career Center at NABJCareers.org #NABJJobAlerts

New Job at NABJcareers.org Culture Reporter: Minneapolis, Minnesota Arts Midwest Posting Date: July 8, 2024  Department: Communications   Reports to: Managing Editor   FLSA: Non-Exempt   Classification: Part-time/hourly; 20 hours/week. Grant funded through June 30, 2025.   Revision Date: June 2024   Pay: $30/hour, plus benefits.   Schedule: Monday-Thursday, ~5 hours a day (time flexible based on editorial schedule and applicant needs)   Job Location: Remote. Must reside in Arts Midwest’s nine-state region of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, or a Native Nation that shares this geography.  Application Instructions: Please apply by completing our online application with your resume, cover letter, two written work samples and one work sample that showcases short-form video, and contact information for three references by Monday, July 22.     Potential Interview Dates: First Round: August 12-15. Second Round: August 22-28  Preferred Start Date: September 16, 2024     About the Position Arts Midwest’s Creativity News Desk team is growing! We are looking to hire a Culture Reporter to support our coverage of creativity and culture in the Midwest. This work includes conducting interviews, writing and filing ten 500-word articles every month, setting up stories in Arts Midwest’s website, creating at least two social media reels per month based on stories you are writing, as well supporting other editorial tasks as needed.   This is a remote position, with some travel through the year to meet with the Arts Midwest team. This role relies on embracing remote work systems and technology to coordinate tasks, connect with the team, and report on stories.   This position is funded through a grant and is only guaranteed through June 30, 2025. We are currently seeking funding to continue this work beyond that date.   This work seeks to advance the vision, goals, and impact of the organization and is rooted in Arts Midwest’s commitment to equity, integrity, and learning.   About You    You are passionate about telling stories that highlight Midwestern creativity. You want to celebrate the multifaceted people, cultures, and histories present in this region. You should have a journalism and/or writing background, with at least two years of experience reporting on arts, culture, and community. You love experimentation and enjoy creating content that quickly engages in formats that appeal to general audiences, both in written form and on social media. Good interpersonal skills, cultural competency, thoughtful storytelling skills, and a commitment to DEIA (diversity, equity, inclusion, and access) are essential.   Arts Midwest is committed to maintaining a workforce that is diverse across many lines of difference. We strongly encourage… See more jobs on the NABJ Career Center at NABJCareers.org #NABJJobAlerts

Take the chance to level up your skills for #NABJ24! Join us for our "Getting Ready for Chi-town" series. Session 1 (7/10) covers Convention Prep Tips, Interviewing & Networking Skills. Session 2 (7/18) offers Resume Tips with a Live Resume Editing Session. 🔗’s below ⬇️

New Job at NABJcareers.org Multiplatform Producer/Editor, Community and Engagement Team: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania WHYY About WHYY   WHYY serves the Philadelphia region with trusted journalism, eye-opening storytelling and intimate local arts programming. Our curiosity and commitment to this community is what drives our programming. It’s also what drives our hiring.   Below you’ll find an employment opportunity in the fast-paced setting of the Philadelphia region’s leading public media provider. The award-winning professional staff of WHYY sets the bar high in television, radio and online. Whether it’s preparing a program to air or a behind-the-scenes role in support, all positions are vital to continuing—and growing—our impact in our community.   WHYY offers a voice to those not heard, a platform to share everyone’s stories, a foundation to empower early and lifelong learners and a trusted space for unbiased news. Learn more about our Social Responsibility Program. It’s how we live.   About the Role     The Multiplatform Producer/Editor on the Community and Engagement Team is adept at producing and reporting news content across numerous broadcast and digital platforms. This role is focused on telling stories about and across our region’s communities, creating content with our newsroom’s community partners and helping to support the distribution of community partner content. This job is for a journalist who has beat reporting experience, an understanding of teaching and training, and solid producing and editing skills. The multiplatform producer will have work regularly publish across WHYY News platforms, including general assignment stories. In addition, the candidate will support the content creation of community and engagement team programming and partnerships. The multiplatform producer co-reports to the Senior Manager of the Community and Engagement Team and VP of News. The position requires working with some members of both the community team and newsroom.   The multiplatform reporter may be assigned to report daily news stories, work on producing special projects and support overarching content creation on the Community and Engagement Team. The multiplatform producer may also host in person events and/or produce TV specials and digital projects as assigned.    The multiplatform producer/editor has strong reporting and editing skills and is an enterprising journalist that is capable of developing, redistributing and adapting content for production across different channels. This agnostic approach to redistribution of content amplifies storytelling across platforms such as radio, web, podcast, social media and digital products. The candidate has experience with the aforementioned platforms. This journalist will assist community partners and staff with production and producing… See more jobs on the NABJ Career Center at NABJCareers.org #NABJJobAlerts

New Job at NABJcareers.org General Manager: Spokane, Washington Livingston Associates Spokane Public Radio (SPR), a beacon of informed public discourse and cultural enrichment in Spokane, WA, serves its community with a diverse blend of news, music, arts, and educational content. Founded in 1978 with a mission to provide high-quality, artistic, educational, and informational programming which enhances and enlivens the cultural life and civic discourse of its listening communities, SPR reaches audiences in eastern Washington, northeastern Oregon and northern Idaho through its 3 FM stations, digital platforms, and community events. As a vital community resource committed to journalistic excellence and cultural representation, SPR is seeking a visionary leader to steer the organization into its next chapter. Our next General Manager will play a critical role in guiding SPR’s strategic direction, fostering innovation, organizational growth, and financial stability while ensuring the station continues to meet the evolving needs of the diverse communities we serve. This position calls for a dynamic and seasoned professional who understands public media’s crucial role in society, and who can effectively collaborate with a diverse range of stakeholders and lead a dedicated team towards achieving the station’s ambitious goals. Spokane is a welcoming, dynamic community offering big city amenities without the big city inconveniences. Our residents enjoy a vibrant downtown, thriving, walkable neighborhoods, a wide range of cultural experiences, excellent public schools, four universities, and over 80,000 square miles of four-season recreational paradise including 4 rivers, 76 lakes, hundreds of miles of trails, 5 major ski/snowboard areas, 32 golf courses, and 128 public parks, all within a 90-minute drive. Salary: $95,000 – $105,000 Together the Board of Directors and Staff of SPR have developed the profile of the ideal next leader for the station. We will select from candidates that have the most highly developed skills and attributes in these areas: Leadership With Integrity: We seek a mission-driven individual who will foster and support a positive, collaborative, and transparent culture at Spokane Public Radio while driving continuous improvement in our effectiveness in serving the people of our region. Our most important asset is the trust our listeners and the community have in our programming and in SPR as an institution. The General Manager will: * Be a selfless, effective change agent who puts the mission and success of SPR first; * Be a respectful, honest, sincere, courageous, and ethical person of substance; * Demonstrate a commitment to and practice of candor and transparency; * Have great people skills and be effective with a wide range of stakeholders – from board to staff to individual donors and regional… See more jobs on the NABJ Career Center at NABJCareers.org #NABJJobAlerts

New Job at NABJcareers.org Health and Human Services Editor: Austin, Texas Texas Tribune The Texas Tribune, the state’s go-to source for Texas politics and public policy news, is seeking a full-time health and human services editor. The editor will manage our senior reporter for health and human services and reporters covering women’s health and mental health, with responsibilities for conceptualizing, assigning, and editing stories. The health and human services editor will define how we approach topics including hospitals, nursing homes, public health, eldercare, disability, the medical safety net, reproductive rights, health and hospital financing, Medicaid and the uninsured, health equity, and the state’s treatment of vulnerable Texans, including the foster care system and agencies responsible for people with mental illness and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. There are numerous stories to tell: The state has the most uninsured people in the country, and battles over abortion rights and expanding Medicaid coverage have made national news. The right editor will be equally attentive to finding richly human stories while also providing sophisticated analysis of data and trends. The health and human services editor will report to the Tribune’s managing editor for news. In addition to managing (currently three) full-time reporters, the editor will be assigned student fellows to supervise from time to time. The salary for this position will vary depending on qualifications; the minimum is $90,000. This position is based in Austin, but we would consider a remote option for the right candidate, as long as they are based in Texas. This is a full-time, exempt position with the following Texas Tribune benefits: * medical, vision and dental insurance * cell phone stipend * 20 days of paid time off each year * 16 weeks of paid family leave * 401(k) matching How to Apply Click here to submit your application by July 19. Along with a résumé and cover letter, please submit a memo detailing your vision for this position and how you would approach the work. We can't wait to hear from you. The Texas Tribune is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to diversity and building an inclusive environment for all, and we encourage applicants of all identities, backgrounds, ages, and abilities to apply. Learn more about The Texas Tribune here. See more jobs on the NABJ Career Center at NABJCareers.org #NABJJobAlerts

🌴 Join #NABJ and @Report4America for "When We Vote: Why It Matters." On Aug. 7 at 5:30 PM at Union Chapel, leading journalists will explore the impact of the racial voter gap. Free entry, all are welcome! Details here: https://lnkd.in/eMNP4hTb