What are the responsibilities and job description for the Emerging Journalists Fellowship position at livingHR?
Are you an aspiring multimedia journalist who’s interested in working in public media? If so, this may be the job for you. Our client in the Public Media industry is hiring its second Emerging Journalists Fellow—a position created to not only help bridge the gap between college and gaining the needed experience to start your career, but also to give those who may have been out of school for quite some time an avenue to a new career. With this fellowship, our client is working to cultivate the next generation of journalists and industry leaders.
This is a year-long program with a start date in August of 2025 through July 2026. While most work will be done between the hours of 8am-5pm Monday-Friday, the fellow will need to be available for work outside of those hours and on weekends when needed.
Annual Salary: $45,000 plus benefits and generous PTO.
\n- The chosen fellow will be immersed in the news operation and involved in story production from pitch to completion.
- The ideal applicant is passionate about telling stories amplifying voices of people in traditionally underserved communities, understands the importance of journalistic ethics and is passionate about a career in public media.
- Throughout the duration of the fellowship the person hired will be expected to file short form spot news and long-form stories for broadcast as well as multimedia stories for digital.
- The fellow will also learn to produce and host local segments.
- As this is a fellowship, the organization is committed to providing professional development and mentorship.
- Curious
- Self starter
- Able to take direction
- Mission driven
- Ability to connect and interact with people from different cultures, backgrounds, and ethnicities.
- Experience with journalistic, creative and/or academic writing
- Experience working as a journalist in a college or professional newsroom
- Understanding of journalism ethics
- Experience recording and editing audio
- Experience recording and editing video
- Bilingual (Haitian Creole, Spanish, Portuguese)
- Experience writing and posting to digital media including websites and social media
How to Apply
To be considered for this position, please include your resume, a cover letter of interest (telling us why you want to work in public media, what you hope to achieve in the fellowship, and your interest or experience in promoting traditionally underrepresented voices and issues in media), and three work samples. Those samples could be in the form of news stories (audio or written), creative writing (five pages max), academic writing, etc.
Salary : $45,000
