Emerging Journalist Fellow

$45,760 - $45,760/Yr

Cascade Public Media - Seattle, WA

Full-time - Entry Level

Seattle, WA

Broadcasting and Content Providers

About the position

The Emerging Journalist Fellow at Cascade Public Media is a twelve-month program aimed at early career professionals in journalism. This role focuses on audience engagement and digital content support, helping to create journalism that reflects the communities served. The fellow will work closely with the audience engagement team, gaining experience in various media formats while promoting vital reporting and demonstrating the organization's values of integrity, community, innovation, and diversity.

Responsibilities

• Learn the ins and outs of how audience engagement and digital content support journalism, including newsletter writing, social media strategies, data graphics and web management.
• Assist the digital content manager and newsletter editor with engagement duties, including social media posts, headline writing or newsletter production.
• Act as the engagement lead on at least one newsroom-related project, creating an audience engagement promotional campaign.
• Learn how to read, report, and analyze data, including how analytics can impact reporting and newsroom strategies.
• Assist and shadow other journalists in the production of original enterprise journalism.
• Join regular planning and development meetings.
• May pursue occasional reporting opportunities on other assignment desks (news, investigative).
• Work with the editorial staff and others to help identify potential audio and video storytelling opportunities.
• Help bring fresh, innovative ideas to engage new readers, whether through social media, community outreach or other measures.
• Participate in training sessions.
• Collaborate with other team members to foster a positive and productive culture.

Requirements

• Degree in Journalism, Communication, Creative Writing, or related field experience preferred.
• Proven interest in and basic understanding of journalism.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Enthusiasm for the role of public media in a changing journalism environment.
• A proven and demonstrated understanding of journalistic ethical standards and practices.
• Ability to understand, relate to and communicate the perspectives of diverse communities.

Nice-to-haves

• Working knowledge of Content Management Systems.
• Working knowledge of word processing platforms.
• Working knowledge of AP style.
• Experience working in email management platforms is preferred.
• Previous experience, education or understanding of audience engagement's role in journalism is preferred.

Benefits

• Paid holidays
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Employee assistance program
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) matching