• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Temporary
• End Date if Temporary: 12/31/2025
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Standard Work Schedule:
• Building: Pulitzer Hall
• Salary Range: $75,000 - $80,000

Position Summary

Funded in part by the Delacorte Center/New York Community Trust, the incumbent will play a lead role in covering the media industry. Whether it is profiling emerging players in the field, unearthing important news, or exploring the dynamics reshaping newsrooms, this reporter will become a dominant voice of CJR.

Responsibilities

• Produce a regular stream of high-impact pieces—at least one per week—that help to define the rapid changes taking place in journalism. These should possess a combination of rigorous reporting and trenchant analysis. 
• Write regularly about the news, producing original reporting that keeps CJR in the public discussion around journalism. 
  • Subjects include: Suppression of press freedom in the United States and abroad; misinformation, disinformation, censorship, and reporting in exile; news business models at the local, national, and international levels; systems of power and labor in the journalism industry, and how that intersects with big tech; emerging forms of journalism, or news delivery; journalism ethics and media literacy.
• Be a leader in developing coverage plans for CJR through regular participation in newsroom discussions on coverage. 
  • Be present in the office, consistent with our hybrid schedule.
• Contribute across CJR’s platforms, with news coverage, analysis, enterprise reporting, scene writing, investigations, newsletters, and other multimedia storytelling as appropriate.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent related experience required.                    
• Minimum of 3-5 years related experience.                        
• Experience producing well-written and reported magazine-style writing. 
• Strong knowledge of the media industry, including a facile understanding of the trends and personalities. 
• Analytical skills and a proven ability to juggle multiple stories and tasks.  
• Strong knowledge and comfort working in the digital space, including an already established and robust social media presence.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as a reporter for well-regarded media outlets, nationally or regionally.
• A demonstrated ability to produce stories at a fast pace, as well as work that was more deeply reported.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

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