Beacon Managing and News Editor

Job Title

Beacon Managing and News Editor

Stipend

$5500/year

Duties and Responsibilities

• This position is open to all UP students. However, preference is given to applicants with relevant experience.
• Plays leadership role as directed by adviser and editor-in-chief during Beacon Boot Camp training in August
• Assigns reporters news stories on multiple platforms, enforcing deadlines
• Is promptly responsive to email, Slack and text messages
• Ensures news coverage is accurate, fair, ethical, diverse and inclusive and allows for a wide range of representation of the campus community
• Approves and posts news content throughout the week
• Monitors news content for accuracy and promptly posts all corrections and clarifications for the News section when warranted.
• Assigns reporters beats and monitors their progress
• Is in charge of spread sheet (“story budget”) that lists all assignments. Updates regularly
• Coaches reporters on interviewing, reporting and writing with assistance from adviser
• Is available to reporters via phone, text, Slack and email and scheduled one-on-one meetings
• Edits news content and writes headlines
• Has authority over all recorded (podcasts, video) and live news content
• Posts at least one multimedia piece (ie: video, slideshow) in the News section per week
• Mentors other editors as needed
• Generates content ideas and coverage strategies for the news section
• Reports and writes stories for the News section
• Keeps up with current events, UP-related topics, student culture and higher education in general
• Supervises Community Engagement Editor on news content in Beacon social media
• Coordinates with Multimedia Editor in assigning news videos, photos, infographics,
• Encourages and executes innovation in multi-platform storytelling
• Oversees breaking news coverage
• Contributes two story ideas each week
• Acts as Editor-in-Chief when Editor-in-Chief is unavailable

General Qualifications and Requirements

• Must have at least a 3.0 GPA
• Has excellent writing and critical thinking skills
• Is insatiably curious, creative and proactive about learning
• Is a good listener as well as a natural leader
• Is dependable, considerate, ethical and emotionally mature
• Does not shy away from a challenge
• Can manage peers in a professional setting, holding them accountable
• Manages time and stress well; thrives on a busy schedule
• Must be able to handle stress well, including short deadlines
• Reads journalistic media for fun and curiosity
• Is excited about multimedia as well as writing
• Is a go-getter, strives for excellence, naturally goes above-and-beyond what’s expected
• Collaborates and communicates well in a team setting
• Is open to instruction
• Has at least one year of reporting experience

Time Commitment and Availability

• Attends staff meetings Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:40 unless there is a conflict with a class and the editor-in-chief approves the absence in advance. Beacon staffers are strongly discouraged from registering for classes that meet during those times.
• The person in this position makes up part of The Beacon Editorial Board. In addition to Tuesday and Thursday all-staff meetings, Editorial Board members also have a required meeting on Wednesday nights at 7.
• Meets with adviser and editor-in-chief every Monday
• Attends Beacon Boot Camp training in August