Jobs, Fellowships, and Funding
Shoutout to Mandy Hofmockel, Tommy Hamzik, Kanyakrit Vongkiatkajorn, Evan Mackinder, Alex Veeneman, and Joy Mayer for posting these on Slack! Check out the #jobsandinternships and #grantsandfunding Slack channels to see what other opportunities Gatherers are sharing.
Director of Member Strategy, News Revenue Hub: “The Director of Member Strategy works with senior leadership to help the organization understand how we can best serve our clients, and in doing so, plays a large role in helping the journalism landscape prosper.” Location: Remote. Deadline: 12/4/20
Social Media Producer, evening/weekend contract, The Washington Post: “This position is on our core social team, which is responsible for The Post’s main branded accounts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.” Location: Washington, DC. Deadline: 12/4/20
Newsletter Editor, The Washington Post: “This editor will help oversee and improve our existing newsletter portfolio, grow the audience for these products, and develop and evaluate proposals to launch new ones.” Location: Washington, DC. Deadline: 12/14/20
Summer 2021 Internships, Houston Chronicle: “Interns may be assigned to one of the following newsroom departments: Metro, Business, Photo, Digital, Page Design, or Features.” Location: Houston, TX (may be remote depending on COVID-19). Deadline: 12/18/20
Head of Community, STAT: “As the steward of the STAT community, you will understand how to leverage existing platforms and technology to engage and connect with an audience.” Location: Boston, MA
Finally, Hearst Connecticut Media is holding a
Virtual Career Fair on Thursday, December 10 for
multiple job openings. They are hosting an hour-long webinar with optional slots for informational interviews. Details &
RSVP here.
Community Updates
The Gather Slack is the thriving hub of our community, where we brainstorm together, ask for and offer advice, and connect with each other. Sign up as a Gather member to join Slack.
- Social media portfolios: One Gatherer shared an amazing example of how to showcase your social media experience for new opportunities. Check it out on Slack!
- Virtual brainstorming: Now that everything’s online, brainstorming has to go digital too. Gatherers swapped tools and ideas for ways to make digital brainstorming fun.
- Social team workflows: How do you integrate a new hire into your small social media team? Share your tips.
- Digital accessibility: Here’s what Max Resnik learned about making community conversations accessible over Zoom. Read the article or connect with Max on Slack.
- Reconsider “in need”: What are more accurate, less stigmatizing terms for describing when people are in need of particular services, items, etc.? Gatherers offered some precise guidelines.
- The “oops” email: How do you respond when you accidentally send a newsletter with a typo? The embarrassment is real, but humor works most of the time.
- Getting started in newsletters: A Gatherer is “new to the newsletter business” and wants your tips for how to get started. Share your advice here.
- Restaurant news by text?: Subtext co-founder David Cohn is playing with the idea of creating a way for publications to utilize text campaigns to build community around their local restaurant industry and is looking for brainstorming partners. Learn more on Slack.
- Election kudos: Want to check out some great examples of engaged elections work? This thread will put a smile on your face!
Hot Read: "Mapping Black Media" by the Center for Community Media at the Newmark J-School.
(This is the Gather community's most-shared story on Twitter this week. Look for other 'hot reads' in Friday's Nuzzel newsletter and in the #reads channel on the Gather Slack.)