Jobs in the Media

The Associate Editor participates in planning, researching, writing, editing and producing print and digital content for the Ford Foundation. The Associate Editor performs the full range of editorial functions in cooperation with other editors in the communications office.

Research/Planning
• Researching for content development
• Participating in overall planning and photo selection sessions
• Generating and shaping ideas for content in consultation with the foundation’s communications and program staff
• Staying current on relevant content in different media and clipping relevant content for internal distribution
• Helping program staff with planning and researching on ad hoc publications and events

Writing/Editing
• Writing and editing content for digital and print publications
• Preparing headlines, photo captions and data for charts and tables
• Scripting, preparing, photo researching power point and/or video presentations
• Helping program staff with writing and edition on ad hoc publications and events

Editorial Production
• Helping coordinate final copyediting and proofreading of content in consultation with the Managing Editor
• Uploading content into our content management system
• Overseeing summer interns, managing their projects and workload
• Condensing and otherwise preparing Foundation content for distribution on the website and news services
• Preparing financial, governance and other legal content for the Annual Report

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This position is located in Chicago, IL.

Background
The MacArthur Foundation seeks a Program Officer for its General Program.  The General Program is a dynamic, energetic program that makes grants on a changing set of topics within the following grantmaking areas: the New Ideas Initiative, Public Interest Media, Arts and Culture in Chicago, and the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions.  With a staff of eight, the General Program makes over $25 million in grants each year.  The Foundation is looking for someone with deep professional experience, excellent interpersonal, analytical, and communications skills, and the interest and intellectual flexibility to engage in work on changing topics and priorities.

Responsibilities
The Program Officer’s responsibilities will include:

• Soliciting and reviewing proposals in areas of assigned work;
• Evaluating proposals, applying his/her understanding of the field of work and goals of the program;
• Presenting written recommendations to the President and Board of Directors;
• Supporting the Program Vice President in overseeing the grants;
• Helping design new areas of work through conducting research;
• Identifying thought leaders from whom to solicit ideas in a wide variety of fields;
• Evaluating ideas outside of current program areas using his/her knowledge of work in a broad set of fields for their importance, timeliness, and suitability for impact with Foundation resources;
• Selecting and overseeing consultants to conduct planning processes to further develop grantmaking options;
• Organizing meetings of grantees and experts;
• Writing grant briefs and other reports.

This Program Officer will report to the Vice President of the General Program.

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The following positions are available with The Huffington Post:

Politics Reporter

The Huffington Post has an opening for a politics reporter whose immediate task would be to cover the 2010 mid-term elections. The position is based in our fast-paced Washington bureau.

Duties would include reporting and writing well researched, authoritative and provocative articles multiple times daily, filing on multiple platforms, and going beyond the horse-race stories to focus on policy and important themes.

Senior Editor, Locals

The Huffington Post has an opening for a Senior Editor that will manage all of our local sections.

Duties will include:
• Oversee the local editors and the content across the local sites
• Oversee development and expansion of local sites
• Check-in daily with the various local editors on editorial issues
• Serve as liaison for remote local editors on tech/edit/social issues and developments
• Lead editorial projects across all local sites
• Work with senior team on site-wide initiatives

Politics Editor

The Politics Editor is responsible for creating, aggregating and editing content for the Politics section of the Huffington Post. The position helps set the overall direction for political coverage as well as the tone of the Politics vertical. Duties include:

• Closely following political news around the web, from major news outlets to obscure blogs and Twitter feeds
• Utilizing an extensive range of editorial and tech tools to make HuffPost's politics coverage as creative, cutting edge, and interactive as possible
• Writing compelling headlines, selecting photos, and otherwise packaging stories
• Creating coverage plans
• Managing a team of interns
• Includes some editing and story assignment responsibilities

Copy Editor, DC office

The Huffington Post is hiring an editor to be based at our D.C. office.

Candidates should have a working knowledge of national politics and strong copy editing skills.

The position will involve editing a wide range of original content from HuffPost's reporting team, and working closely with the DC bureau chief and the politics editor on reporting coverage. At least two years of editing experience required.

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This position is located in Washington, D.C.

National Journal, a must-read destination for Washington insiders, seeks a Managing Editor with sharp editing and writing skills, excellent news judgment, a new media mindset, and a high energy level. National Journal publishes a range of original content, both online and in print, including NationalJournal.com, National Journal magazine, CongressDaily and The Hotline.

The Managing Editor will oversee the day-to-day tasks of creating and publishing a wide variety of Web and print content for one of DC’s most prestigious readerships. Daily responsibilities will focus on managing a team (or teams) of reporters covering politics. The Managing Editor will be responsible for working with reporters to conceive and produce stories for our Web site, as well as for CongressDaily and National Journal magazine. The Managing Editor will be expected to both edit and produce content.

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