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Assistant or Associate Professor of Practice in Journalism

Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:44:10 GMT

Dallas, Texas Southern Methodist University
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
Spring 2025
Assistant or Associate Professor of Practice in Journalism
Position Number 06048

The Division of Journalism invites applications for a non-tenure-track Professor of
Practice who will teach beginning and advanced writing and reporting courses. The
anticipated teaching workload is four courses per semester and may include other
Journalism courses depending on area of expertise. Responsibilities also may include
academic advising, committee work, and/or student media advising. The position begins
August 2025.

This is a Professional and Teaching faculty position. While it is not eligible for tenure, it has a three-tier promotion path and opportunity for long-term (five-year) contracts which may, at the top rank (Professor of Practice), be renewed annually contingent on job performance. Professional and Teaching faculty’s primary responsibility is teaching, though courses may be substituted by significant service roles. Additional service may include academic advising, recruiting, student mentoring, and other departmental service as needed, and will be negotiated based on teaching load and departmental needs. Creative work and research are not expected, though they may be rewarded.

Qualifications
Requirements for the position include:
• A bachelor’s degree in media, journalism, communications, or related field; and
• University-level teaching experience.
A master’s degree or equivalent experience is preferred. The ideal candidate will
possess at least three years of professional media experience in a major market. Hiring
is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of a background check.

Application instructions
To ensure full consideration for the position, the application must be received by
March 7, 2025, but the committee will continue to accept applications until the position
is filled. Applications should include 1) A cover letter describing relevant experience,
teaching philosophy, and reason for interest in the position; 2) a curriculum vitae; and 3)
the names and contact information for three references. Applications must be submitted online via Interfolio link http://apply.interfolio.com/163010. For questions about the position and application process, please contact search committee chair Jake Batsell at jbatsell@smu.edu.

SMU, a private nonsectarian university of roughly 12,000 students, is an inclusive and
intellectually diverse community that is dedicated to academic excellence. SMU offers
excellent benefits including same-sex domestic partner benefits. Learn more about our
programs and beautifully shaded campus of Georgian-Revival-inspired architecture at
www.smu.edu.Docusign Envelope ID: F87BBC85-376A-41BA-A9CD-6ED3FCB47456

The Division of Journalism, housed within the Meadows School of the Arts, is home to
nearly 200 majors across degree programs in Journalism and Fashion Media, along with
specializations in business and sports media. The Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex is a
culturally rich arts and global business center, and we take advantage of our location in
the nation’s fifth largest media market. Our student media outlets provide opportunities
to create professional-level work and develop leadership abilities, and small class sizes
allow faculty to know their students and foster personalized instruction and mentorship.

SMU will not discriminate in any program or activity on the basis of race, color,
religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status,
sexual orientation, or gender identity and expression. The Executive Director for
Access and Equity/Title IX Coordinator is designated to handle inquiries regarding
nondiscrimination policies and may be reached at the Perkins Administration Building, Room 204, 6425 Boaz Lane, Dallas, TX 75205, 214-768-3601, accessequity@smu.edu.

Criminal Justice Reporter

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:29:26 GMT

Ann Arbor, Michigan Michigan Radio, University of Michigan

Position Summary

Michigan Public, NPR's largest member station in the state, is looking for a Criminal Justice Reporter. Reporting to our News Director, you will pitch and report stories, newscast spots, sound-rich features, long-form investigations, podcasts, and
digital-only projects. You will also collaborate with passionate journalists and editors who have produced projects like the Peabody-winning podcast Believed and nationally recognized coverage of the Flint Water Crisis.
This is an onsite position, which will be based at our station in Ann Arbor or one of our news bureaus in Detroit, Flint, or Grand Rapids, depending on your location. The standard work schedule is Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, with night and weekend work required as needed based on the news cycle. Reliable transportation is necessary to fulﬁll the duties of this role, which will include traveling to locations in Michigan for reporting assignments, mostly in the Lower Peninsula. This position offers a salary range of $55,000 - $65,000 with a comprehensive beneﬁts package.

Responsibilities

Identify, investigate, and produce criminal justice stories on multiple platforms (broadcast, digital, podcast, photography) with various treatments (sound-rich features, host/reporter 2-ways, print/digital)
Collaborate with a diverse team to meet production deadlines
Perform all responsibilities in a manner consistent with Michigan Public's high journalistic standards to ensure that accuracy and fairness are central characteristics of all content produced

Beneﬁts

Michigan Public is a service of the University of Michigan. In addition to a career ﬁlled with purpose and opportunity, we offer a comprehensive beneﬁts package to help you stay well, protect yourself and any eligible family members and plan for a secure future. Beneﬁts include:

Generous time off
A retirement plan that provides two-for-one matching contributions with immediate vesting upon meeting eligibility requirements
Many choices for health, dental, and vision insurance
Life insurance
Long-term disability coverage
Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses

Application Deadline

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and ﬁlled any time after the minimum posting period has ended.

Michigan Public EEO Statement

Michigan Radio is committed to attracting and retaining a creative workforce ﬁlled with varied perspectives and experiences to enhance and continue our mission of producing trusted content to grow a diverse community of listeners. We are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment for people from all backgrounds, identities, and ages.

University of Michigan EEO/AA Statement

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/afﬁrmative action employer.

Faculty Editor, Philadelphia Neighborhoods

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 14:17:45 GMT

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Temple University Lew Klein College of Media and Communication Department of Journalism
Temple University Klein College of Media and Communication
Faculty Editor, Philadelphia Neighborhoods

The Department of Journalism in the Klein College of Media and Communication at Temple University invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure-track, faculty editor of Philadelphia Neighborhoods, a student media publication providing news and information for Philadelphia’s underserved communities. Expected start date is fall 2025.

This position requires an experienced digital editor to oversee student journalism. Applicants should have significant newsroom experience and an ability to develop student work in multiple media through coaching. The ideal candidate will pair this professional experience with experience teaching at a university level. We seek a colleague who can contribute to teaching, mentoring, and professional development across our journalism offerings. Specific qualifications include:

Facility with WordPress and other digital content management systems to support backend production. This position will include posting stories online and teaching students and faculty to do so.
Working knowledge of best practices in reporting and presentation on multiple platforms, including journalistic writing, visual storytelling, data, and audio journalism. Candidates may specialize in one of these areas but must be willing to work with students producing all forms of news content.
Knowledge of community engagement and trauma-informed journalism practices and ability to include these in course curriculum and student reporting practices.

The position is primarily responsible for the class JRN 3696: Philadelphia Neighborhoods, a news reporting class taken in the junior year of study, which prepares students for capstone multimedia journalism in their senior year. In this class, students assume a role at Philadelphia Neighborhoods, the department’s hyperlocal student news publication, and carry out their duties as part of that newsroom. Students produce six multimedia reporting projects over the course of the semester, at a rate of about one every two weeks. Completed work is published to philadelphianeighborhoods.com. The instructor is responsible for teaching two sections of this course and overseeing the students’ story production in the Philadelphia Neighborhoods newsroom, from pitch to publication.

This position is expected to be offered at the rank of assistant professor of practice. Candidates with significant professional experience may be considered for appointment at the rank of associate professor of practice.

Faculty members in the Department of Journalism share a commitment to collegiality and caring – for each other, for our students, and for the communities we belong to. We embody diversity and practice inclusivity. Our creative work and research inform our practice and lead us to pursue solutions. We seek colleagues who are willing to collaborate within and outside of our department and who want to join us in building better journalism education.

Our department has about 300 journalism majors and offers an undergraduate major and two minors. We are also home to a Master of Journalism program. In addition, faculty may collaborate with Klein-based initiatives such as the Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting, the Claire Smith Center for Sports Media, and the Center for Community-Engaged Media.

The Lew Klein College of Media and Communication is among the largest comprehensive colleges of communication in the nation. The college enrolls nearly 1,500 undergraduate students and about 150 graduate students. Temple University’s community includes over 30,000 students in the region and at several international campuses. For more information about the department, college, and university, please visit http://klein.temple.edu.

Temple University is an equal opportunity, equal access affirmative action employer, committed to achieving a diverse community.

Applicants should submit the following: (1) a cover letter describing the candidate’s experience and interest in community-based student journalism; (2) a curriculum vitae; (3) a statement of teaching interests and philosophy; (4) names and contact information for at least three references. Review of applications will begin on March 5, 2025, and will continue until the position is filled. Please submit applications and inquiries to journ@temple.edu. You may also direct queries to the chair of the search committee, Linn Washington, linn.washington@temple.edu.

Managing Editor, Investigations

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:17:51 GMT

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Philadelphia Inquirer is seeking a Managing Editor, Investigations, a masthead position, to run its prize-winning investigative team. We’re looking for a news leader with an impressive track record of helping reporters navigate complex stories that expose abuses of power, government corruption, and exploitative business practices.

Some of our award-winning investigations include Toxic City: Sick Schools; Under Fire; Crumbling City; and The Wrong Man.

The Inquirer, winner of 20 Pulitzer Prizes, is owned by the nonprofit Lenfest Institute, a philanthropic organization dedicated to sustaining local news. The Philadelphia area is a diverse and vital region — a major hub in healthcare, education, and financial services, and home to five professional sports teams. The area also is anchored by a major city with deep poverty and civic ills that cry out for committed reporting that can drive change.

Ideal candidates for this job will have 5 to 10 years experience developing, managing and landing significant investigative stories and presenting them in innovative ways that use all the sophisticated tools and platforms available.

They will help reporters assess ideas, screening for accountability and impact, manage public records requests, and keep momentum on monthslong investigations. They will also supervise the Quick Strike unit (3 reporters, 1 editor), which produces fast-turn accountability stories, often spun from major breaking news. Ideal candidates will have conceived and edited different forms of storytelling, from narratives to interactives, and have a flair for honing copy.

This position involves juggling a variety of high-level projects, weighing in on story selection and direction, guiding the reporting and writing process, revising and line editing, as well as working with staffers from other desks, such as data, video, interactives and audience. This person will report to The Inquirer’s editor and senior vice president, Gabriel Escobar.