Howard G. Buffett Foundation Visiting Professor of Visual Journalism

Arizona State University - Phoenix, AZ

Full-time - Senior

Phoenix, AZ

51-100 employees

Educational Services

About the position

The Howard G. Buffett Foundation Visiting Professor of Visual Journalism at Arizona State University is a full-time faculty position aimed at a leading photo or video journalist. The role involves teaching, mentoring, and editing upper-level undergraduate and graduate journalism students in producing enterprise visual storytelling. The position is based at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and spans from January 1, 2025, to August 16, 2025.

Responsibilities

• Teaching advanced skills courses for undergraduate and/or graduate students in photo and video enterprise projects.
• Serving as a guest photo editor and coach in Cronkite News, editing student work and helping develop stories.
• Mentoring student reporting fellows and editing visual storytelling content produced by student reporting fellows in the Carnegie-Knight News21 initiative.

Requirements

• At least five years of professional journalism experience in visual storytelling.
• Bachelor's degree.

Nice-to-haves

• Publication/distribution of work by national or international news organizations.
• Experience with both photojournalism and video production.
• Experience mentoring, editing or teaching students or beginning reporters.
• Experience leading teams of reporters and/or producers.
• Ability to report and produce content in Spanish.
• A graduate degree.

Benefits

• Full-time, benefits-eligible position.