Job opp: Writer for book project

Here's one from Kathy Seligman:

Writer needed for book project

A group of San Francisco doctors want help writing a book proposal and the book itself about the obesity epidemic and what can be done when diets fail -- the various surgical options available, psychological and physical problems that may occur from those options and correction of deformities created by massive weight loss. They are looking for a writer who has experience in writing/publishing books and dealing with agents and publishers. Interested people should contact Dr. Donald Brown, who is a plastic surgeon, at 415-923-3005. His e-mail is: dbrown@drdonaldbrown.com

Job Opps: Financial news reporter, North Bay

From Dan Fost:

Reply to: editor@dealflowmedia.com
Date: 2007-09-27, 6:20PM PDT


A growing North Bay financial news publisher is seeking energetic staff reporters and editors to cover emerging alternative investment markets full time for our semi-monthly newsletters. We are looking for journalists with a strong interest in finance, hedge funds, and alternative investment classes.

We need aggressive reporters who can dig up news on market trends and events and deliver original news and analysis on innovating investment markets. You should have at least two years of experience as a reporter for a print or online news publication, preferably a targeted financial newsletter or investment publication. Strong computer skills in MS Word, Excel and Outlook are required. An understanding of capital market dynamics, securities law, and alternative investments is highly desirable.

This is a full-time staff position with top pay and full benefits in our comfortable modern offices, located 30 minutes north of the Golden Gate Bridge in sunny Petaluma. Interested persons should reply with resume, cover letter, and links or attached writing samples, to editor@dealflowmedia.com.

Job opp: Tech reporter for Dow Jones

Here's an opening for tech reporter at Dow Jones News (in SF), brought to our attention by Anna Chan, who's over at KGO-TV.

http://careers.peopleclick.com/jobposts/Client40_DowJones/BU1/External/PCK314-6942.htm

Job opp: Writer for UC Berkeley

Here's one from Kathryn Bader at UC Berkeley. She tells me that the job is suited to an established journalist or feature writer accustomed to balancing deadlines and priorities, and to addressing varied audiences (both staff and faculty). Print-journalism experience is highly desirable. It is not an entry-level position, or particularly well suited to those seeking to transition from other communications fields. You can find the online posting at http://jobs.berkeley.edu/.

Posting Title: Principal Writer
Requisition: 007224
Department: University Relations
Location: Off Campus-Berkeley
Salary: $47,844 - $67,836
First Review Date: 09/25/2007

Job Description:

The Office of Public Affairs plans and implements communications and media strategies to enhance public knowledge and support of the University of California, Berkeley. University Communications, a unit within Public Affairs, has primary responsibility for campus communications, their editorial content, and print and online publishing and design. The staff works as a team to convey the quality, diversity, vitality, and preeminence of UC Berkeley to its many audiences.

Effective communication with the campus community is a critical component of this mission, improving the operation of the campus and disseminating the message of Berkeley's quality and value to broader audiences. The primary vehicles for campus communication are the Berkeleyan, a weekly eight-page newspaper for faculty and staff, and the campus NewsCenter, newscenter.berkeley.edu.

The Berkeleyan Writer works with Public Affairs staff and with contacts all around campus to gather the most essential and compelling campus news and determine the best way to present it.

Responsibilities:

Identify, Report and Write Campus News (75%).
* Using sound news judgment and knowledge of campus priorities, gather story ideas from campus and propose them to the Berkeleyan Editor, or take on story assignments from the Editor. Work with the Editor to determine the most appropriate approach and scope for scheduled articles, encompassing a broad range of topics. Research subjects, interview sources, and write news, feature stories, briefs, and captions in a clear, lively style, working under weekly deadlines.
* Work closely with Editor to revise stories as needed. Adhere to Associated Press and Public Affairs editorial styles.
* Identify art and graphics to illustrate stories and schedule photography as needed, in consultation with the Editor and designer.
* Cultivate a broad network of campus contacts, with special attention to assigned beats, and check with them regularly to keep abreast of campus news and developments. Work closely with all Public Affairs writers to coordinate story ideas.
* Working with the Berkeleyan staff, write award announcements, publication notices, news and research briefs, and calendar items.
* Write headlines, photo captions, charts, sidebars, and other related materials.
* Work with designer as requested on layout and graphics; assist with proofreading in Quark or other applications and formats.
* Coordinate and carry out special projects, packages, or sections for the Berkeleyan as needed.
* Attend weekly editorial meetings to determine content. Participate in long-term planning for content.
* Maintain broad knowledge of current campus issues and issues in higher education.
General Assignment Writing (25%)
* Assist with writing for other Public Affairs and campus publications, as assigned.
* When the Berkeleyan is on hiatus, continue to cover campus news for publication at the online UC Berkeley NewsCenter. (Also during these periods, develop story ideas and evergreen stories for post-hiatus editions of the Berkeleyan.) Continue to work with the Berkeleyan Editor on these stories.
* Take on special Public Affairs writing assignments as assigned by the director of University Communications, with workflow coordinated by the Berkeleyan Editor.

Requirements & Qualifications:

* Substantial professional experience and demonstrated excellence as a news and/or feature writer, with solid news judgment and a clear and lively writing style.
* Experience in a fast-paced editorial setting, working under tight deadlines with competing priorities.
* Ability to develop compelling story ideas into engaging multi-source articles, interacting with people at all levels of the university.
* Ability to understand the campus's complex, multi-level organization and to exercise discretion and sound judgment in dealing with sensitive or confidential issues.
* Excellent interpersonal, interviewing, and research skills.
* Commitment to accuracy, an eye for detail, excellent grammar, knowledge of style standards for newspapers, and the ability to apply all of these in your writing.
* Proven effectiveness in working on teams.

This position has been designated as sensitive and may require a Criminal Background Check. We reserve the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of a Criminal Background Check.

Job opp: Tech editor at TheStreet.com

Here's one from former biz reporter Pia Sarkar, who now writes for TheStreet.com:

TheStreet.com, a New York-based financial news site, is looking to hire a technology editor for its San Francisco bureau. Interested candidates should have some prior editing experience, preferably in business. Must work well under tight deadlines. The office is staffed by five reporters and a bureau chief, all very friendly and laid back. For more information, please contact Pia Sarkar at pia.sarkar@thestreet.com or TheStreet's San Francisco Bureau Chief, Michael Goodman, at michael.goodman@thestreet.com

Job opp: Copy editor/writing coach for high school project

Here's one from Nanette Asimov:

A collaborative consisting of the Contra Costa Times, the Lesher Foundation, the Contra Costa County Office of Education, and CSJI is looking for a freelance journalist (or retired journalist) to act as a copy editor/writing coach for a newspaper to be produced by students at Contra Costa high school this next academy year (October through May). Approximately 8-10 hours a week average, communicating with student writers via email, helping them improve their copy for publication, $750 per month. The newspaper will be districted to county schools initially, then included in the CC Times.

Contact me if you are interested or know individuals who might be.

Steve

Steve O'Donoghue, Director
California Scholastic Journalism Initiative
steveod@caljournalism.org
(415) 509-1518

Publishing opp: San Francisco Downtown

PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITY

San Francisco Downtown, a free life style magazine serving Downtown since 1992, is for sale. Solid brand and good opportunity for a journalist with an entrepreneurial flair and business savvy who may wish to stay in the business or in SF.

Ideally positioned to serve the exploding Mission Bay district in addition to SoMa and adjacent neighborhoods.

Buyer should plan on hiring a full time advertising salesperson or perhaps partner with one if he/she prefers the editorial side. Sales have been handled by the publisher's wife part-time (2­3 days per week) for several years after he underwent heart surgery.

Asking $97,500. Publisher will carry paper for well qualified buyer with meaningful down.

Email questions to: gordon@sfdowntown.com

Job opps: Communications director, research director, field organizers

Here's one forwarded to us by Dan Fost:

Communications Director:

A new nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the efficacy of state-level governance in California is seeking a communications director. The position can be based in San Francisco or Sacramento, but San Francisco is preferred. Communications Director will be responsible for developing and executing the communications strategy for a comprehensive, statewide, bipartisan governance reform effort, beginning with the organization's launch this September. Will work closely with team to build public awareness and involvement for specific reforms. Strong writing skills required. Campaign experience, knowledge of the state's media markets, and press corp is a plus. Competitive salary and benefits. Please send resumes to mweedn@deweysquare.com

Research Director:

A new nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the efficacy of state-level governance in California is seeking a research director. This person will be responsible for developing information to guide strategic decision making and ensure high quality of knowledge is readily available to staff and stakeholders. Ability to write concise, efficient briefing documents on a number of issues is a priority, as is accuracy and thoroughness on all projects. This position will work closely with the executive director, policy director and communication staff to develop, monitor and guide research activities. Excellent organizational skills are a must, as this position will be responsible for tracking and updating project knowledge and outcomes to ensure success in future campaigns. Public knowledge of public policy is required, and experience in policy making arena is preferred. Position can be based in San Francisco or Sacramento. Competitive salary and benefits. Please send resumes to mweedn@deweysquare.com

Field organizers:

A new nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the efficacy of state-level governance in California is seeking three field organizers to arrange the logistics of the statewide launch of the group. Positions will be responsible for identifying appropriate venues, contacting and scheduling meetings with key individuals in cities where launch events will take place, managing invitations to community leaders and local elected officials, and handling all meeting logistics. Excellent organization skills and campaign or field background required. Competitive salary and benefits. Please send resumes to mweedn@deweysquare.com

Job opp: Assistant director of CIIJ at SFSU

Assistant Director in San Francisco

Salary: Open
Type: Full Time - Experienced

San Francisco State University’s Journalism Department seeks an assistant director for the 17-year-old Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism (www.ciij.org). CIIJ addresses issues related to diversity and the news media through programs and research for students, journalism educators and journalism professionals. CIIJ strives to improve the Four Rs of the Journalism Pipeline: Recruitment, Retention, Revitalization, and Research. Founded at San Francisco State University in 1990 CIIJ believes that accurate and responsible journalism reflects the changing demographics of the society it serves. We develop programs and conduct research aimed at recruiting, retaining and revitalizing journalists and journalism educators. We seek to make journalism more inclusive from the classroom to the newsroom.

Requirements:
Candidates must possess a strong commitment to diversity in journalism, prior journalism or journalism education experience, excellent contacts in the profession and/or in journalism education; at least four years of professional and/or academic experience; previous teaching and/or managerial experience, ability to teach courses in diversity and journalism, at least a B.A. and an M.A. preferred.

OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES

-- Organization and performance of various administrative and technical duties in support of the day-to-day operations of this function including programming, fundraising and research
-- Providing journalism students with support services
-- Interpretation and application of specific operating policies and procedures in the organization, monitoring, and performance of related activities
-- Adherence to requirements and guidelines of the University Corporation, SF State and the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
-- Preparation of applicable reports
-- Performance of other duties as required

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

-- Implementing a strategic plan
-- Managing CIIJ’s high school, career and research programs.
-- Fundraising, budgeting and planning
-- Developing curricula for use in college and high school journalism programs
-- Designing, implementing and revising CIIJ programs
-- Designing and leading workshops for students, professionals, educators
-- Supervising staff of students assistants
-- Working with a broad range of constituencies, including faculty and staff; SF State administration and Development Office staff; college journalism students; high school students; journalism educators; journalists; foundation and corporate representatives; the news media, and the public
-- Provide students with internship, scholarship and other career information including cover letter and resume critiquing.
-- Actively participating in journalism organizations and committees
-- Public writing and public speaking
-- Compliance with all University Corporation, SF State requirements and guidelines including grant reporting and budget requirements

Position open until filled. Email a letter of application describing your qualifications and interest in the position, a resume and three references to Cristina L. Azocar, Ph.D. Director, Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave., San Francisco, CA. 94312-1722, cazocar@sfsu.edu. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

Preferred Education: Masters

NOTES: US Residents Only. Salary is commensurate with experience and includes an excellent benefit package.

Apply online at http://careers.poynter.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=2655219.32

Job opp: Assistant editor fluent in Chinese

Sorry for the infrequent postings. Just back from vacation. Here's the first of many as I catch up with my e-mail:

Assistant Editor/CHINESE MEDIA MONITOR

New America Media, the country's first and largest national collaboration of ethnic news organizations, seeks an assistant editor with fluency in Chinese to monitor the Chinese-language media, report on the Chinese-American community and build strong editorial relationships with Chinese-language media nationwide.

About New America Media:

Founded by the nonprofit Pacific News Service in 1996, NAM is headquartered in California, where ethnic media are the primary source of news and information for over half of the state's new ethnic majority.

NAM's goal is to promote the editorial visibility and economic viability of this critical sector of American journalism as a way to build inclusive public discourse in our increasingly diverse, global society. NAM produces and aggregates editorial content from and for the ethnic media sector and develops pioneering marketing services on behalf of corporations, foundations, and non-profits who are targeting ethnic media and ethnic communities.

The Assistant Editor/Chinese Media Monitor helps NAM stay on top of the news concerning the Chinese-American and Asian-American communities. By monitoring the Chinese-language media and keeping up-to-date knowledge of news about the Chinese community, the candidate will help bring visibility to the Chinese media sector and promote more coverage of the Chinese-American community.

Responsibilities:

--Maintain working knowledge of top news and issues in Chinese media and Chinese-American community
--Generate story ideas
--Maintain and build working relationship with Chinese media editors and reporters
--Monitor Chinese-language media daily for content relevant to mainstream readers
--Choose stories daily from the Chinese media, translate and summarize in English for wider distribution online
--Translate full-length stories weekly from Chinese media
--Report and write news and feature stories with focus on Chinese-American community.
--Assisting with program outreach
--Update New America Media website with fresh, relevant content
Create HTML-based newsletters and emails

Requirements:

--Fluency in Chinese. You must be able to read with ease at least two to three Chinese newspapers daily and cull stories from them to highlight on the NAM website
--Ability to translate stories from Chinese to English accurately
--Two to three years of solid journalism experience in writing, copy editing, headline writing and fact checking
--Strong sense of news and attention to detail and accuracy
--Enthusiasm for news related to the Asian-American and Chinese-American communities
--Knowledge of issues relevant to the Chinese-American community, including immigration, health, education, civil liberties, and politics

Technical Requirement

Familiarity with technology including Macromedia Dreamweaver, basic HTML, content management systems, and basic Photoshop

Plus: Any experience with multimedia, radio and public relations would be helpful.

This is a full-time position with full benefit package including vacation, medical and dental insurance. Please send a cover letter, resume, and writing sample in the body of the email to Mary Ambrose, Managing Editor, mambrose@newamericamedia.org.

Job opps: Field rep for Sen. Boxer, press officer for EPA

From former Chron politics writer Mark Simon:

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
Field Representative
United States Senator Barbara Boxer
San Francisco, California

July 2007

U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer has an opening for a Field Representative in her San Francisco Office.

Primary responsibilities include representing Senator Boxer at community events and advising the Senator about local concerns and priorities. Field Representatives meet frequently with constituents and local government officials on federal issues and help design and organize events for Senator Boxer when she travels in the area. This position will have responsibility for activities in a number of counties in the Bay Area.

The successful applicant will have a positive attitude and the ability to work and set priorities in a fast-paced and challenging environment. Strong writing and verbal communication skills are essential. Bilingual skills are a plus.

This is a full-time position with excellent federal benefits.

If interested, please send a cover letter and resume (preferably by fax) no later than August 15, 2007 to:

Adrienne Bousian
Deputy State Director
U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer
1700 Montgomery St., Suite 240
San Francisco, CA 94111
Fax: 415-392-4149

Please, no calls. Senator Barbara Boxer is an equal opportunity employer.

And one from Andy Pollack:

EPA Region 9 here in S.F. is looking for a press officer. Info on the web at:

http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/jobsearch.asp?q=Reg+9-DE-2007-0028&salmin=&salmax=&paygrademin=&paygrademax=&FedEmp=N&tm=&sort=rv&vw=d&brd=3876&ss=0&FedPub=Y&SUBMIT1.x=0&SUBMIT1.y=0

Job opps: Communications at Kaiser

Here's one from former Chron metro assigning editor Tyra Mead, who now is senior communications consultant for Kaiser in Oakland:

Here are two in the office I work in at Kaiser. The senior communications consultant position would be more appropriate for someone with more years of experience; the specialist position is a more junior position. People can apply online at kaiserpermanente.org .

Job opps: San Antonio Express-News, The Record (N.J.), Register Guard (Ore.), Stanford

Apologies for the lack of postings. Here are some out-of-state job opps sent my way:

Job opp at San Antonio

The San Antonio Express-News has an opening on their projects staff for an investigative/enterprise reporter. They're looking for someone who can dig deeply and write artfully. (No contact info given, but their Web site is http://www.mysanantonio.com/.)

Job opps at The Record (Bergen County, NJ)

The Record has an immediate opening for a talented graphic artist/designer. We're seeking a multi-talented graphic artist/designer with creative vision and the ability to do it all, from designing pages for both news and features to doing info-graphics to creating dynamic images. The successful candidate will work in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines. We're looking for someone who can think beyond the norm, and way outside the box, to come up with fresh ideas. We want an artist with great news judgment and the skills to bring it all together in a visually appealing package that will stop a reader in his tracks. Candidates should have three to five years of daily experience, or equivalent.

We're seeking an experienced editor to join The Record's business team. This deputy business editor will assist the business editor and another deputy in planning and editing the seven-day-a-week business section and the Sunday real estate section. Duties include assigning and editing breaking news and enterprise and weekly reports focusing on North Jersey's major industry sectors. We're seeking a well-organized pro with superior time-management skills and the ability to juggle many tasks. Ability to work quickly and accurately to meet multiple deadlines is essential. Candidates should have at least five to seven years of daily experience, including at least three years as an editor.

The Record's sports department is seeking a full-time copy/layout editor. We're looking for a talented journalist with strong copy editing, layout and headline skills. Candidates should have a minimum of five years experience working for a daily sports section.

If you're interested in any of these positions, send a cover letter on why you want the job, samples of your best work and a résumé to Douglas Clancy, Assistant Managing Editor, The Record, 150 River. St., Hackensack, NJ 07601.

Some background about our newspaper: The Record is family-owned, medium-sized newspaper located in North Jersey, just 15 miles away from Times Square in Manhattan and a short drive from the shore and the mountains. It has won the "General Excellence Award" as New Jersey's best daily newspaper in 10 of the past 15 years, including three of the past four years.

Copy editors needed at Register Guard in Oregon

(From Karola Craib) A long-ago Chron copy editor who is now w. the Honolulu Advertiser sent me this:

I just got word that the Eugene, Ore., Register Guard is looking for two copy editors. It's a pretty good medium-sized daily, owned by a local family that has no apparent interest in selling, and is a Guild shop. Nobody here is interested, but somebody there might be. Eugene housing costs are high by Oregon standards, low by Bay Area standards. And Eugene is a pretty swell little town with at least one decent Italian restaurant (Beppe and Gianni's, www.beppeandgiannis.net) and neighborhood wineries that make better pinot noirs than Napa does.

Writer at Stanford

From Susan Gilbert:

Stanford University
Office of Medical Development
SENIOR DEVELOPMENT WRITER

Reporting to the director of communications in Stanford’s Office of Medical Development (OMD), the senior development writer manages all aspects of a wide variety of publications projects. S/he serves on a 5-member team that develops publications to promote, celebrate, or directly solicit private support for Stanford University School of Medicine and Stanford Hospital & Clinics. Priority programs include hospital replacement and renovation; cancer; cardiovascular medicine; neuroscience; immunity, transplantation and infection; orthopaedic surgery and sports medicine; stem cell biology; annual giving; and the medical alumni association. Typical assignments include case statements; brochures; white papers; donor, volunteer, patient, faculty, alumni, and student profiles; major gift proposals; newsletters; event invitations; OMD website updates; and elements of the medical alumni magazine, Bench and Bedside. The senior development writer collaborates with colleagues in the university’s Office of Development to ensure compliance with top-level themes and identity guidelines of The Stanford Challenge, a seven-year, $4.3-billion, campus-wide fundraising campaign that launched in October 2006.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
--Writing/Editing (70%): The senior development writer writes and edits copy as assigned by the director of communications and submits her/his work for final edits and approval. He or she also identifies, hires, and oversees the work of freelance writers and proofreaders as necessary to meet production goals and deadlines.
--Research and Collaboration (10%): The senior development writer conducts research as needed to The senior development writer conducts research as needed to complete assigned projects. Examples of necessary research include using the World Wide Web; contacting colleagues at other institutions, interviewing faculty, donors, volunteers, patients, alumni, students, staff, and others, reviewing central files, using a variety of campus communications and image databases, and exploring information in the university’s donor information system. The senior development writer collaborates with faculty, students, donors, volunteers, and OMD and other Stanford staff to plan and produce accurate and effective communications pieces.
--Production Management (10%): The senior development writer is responsible for managing the production and printing of projects as assigned by the director of communications. This includes developing publication concepts, scheduling and overseeing photo sessions, organizing information for and reviewing the work of contract graphic designers, and reviewing laser drafts from designers and blue lines from printers.
--Project Management (10%): The senior development writer is responsible for setting and tracking project schedules, monitoring projects to see that they remain on budget, and negotiating the multiple levels of approval (from faculty, staff, volunteers, and donors) required to complete projects on time, on budget, and on strategy.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum five years of experience writing in a professional setting. Development writing experience is preferred. Science or medical writing experience highly desirable. College degree required; preferable fields of study include English, journalism, and communications. Proven superior writing and editing skills.

Ability to synthesize large amounts of information and compose clear and persuasive prose. Ability to manage complex tasks simultaneously, coordinate the roles of various participants in projects, set priorities and schedules, and meet deadlines with a minimum of supervision.

Attention to detail and exceptional editing and proofreading skill.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to facilitate mutual understanding and work effectively with a wide variety of people including: faculty, administrative staff, development colleagues, donors, patients, students, alumni, and friends of the university.

Previous production management experience. Proven customer-service focus. Proficiency in computing applications including e-mail, Windows, Word, Excel, MS Project, PowerPoint, and Internet navigation tools. An understanding of the entire development enterprise—particularly within an academic setting—and the ability to work within that framework desirable. Ability to understand and comply with HIPAA regulations. California driver’s license and a car to travel to and from meetings on campus.

To apply for any Stanford job, an interested candidate has to apply online. Here's the URL for the jobs site: http://jobs.stanford.edu/ Right now, the job is posted under development, but the powers that run these things have promised to move it to communications. The job # is 26239 and if folks follow the directions and click on the search command without specifying any job, they can paste 26239 into the empty box (it's unhelpfully labled "key words") and the job will come up.

Job opps: Freelancing for SF Business Times

Here's one from Emily Fancher, senior editor at the San Francisco Business Times:

The award-winning San Francisco Business Times is seeking freelancers to write news and feature articles about Bay Area business. We primarily use freelancers for our focus sections and special publications. Topics include real estate, hospitality, biotech, law, finance, philanthropy, health-care and technology.

We're looking for sharp, motivated and organized individuals who hit deadlines and work well independently. You should have extensive journalism experience, but a business background is not essential.

We¹re a team of 15 reporters, editors and researchers in downtown San Francisco who work on a weekly publication that won the CNPA's General Excellence Award in 2006.

Please send a resume and five clips to:

Emily Fancher
Senior Editor
San Francisco Business Times
275 Battery St. Ste. 940
San Francisco, CA 94111

Or e-mail efancher@bizjournals.com

Job opps in education

A couple of education-related opportunities sent our way:

Chron education reporter Jill Tucker says Oakland's Unified School District is looking for a public information officer. It's a challenging job, but pays very well. She says the job hasn't been posted yet.

Former Chron reporter Erin Hallissy alerts us to this job posting for editor of UCSB's alumni magazine:

https://jobs.ucsb.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=11840

Job opp: Desk supervisor at AP in SF

Brought to our attention by Kathleen Rhodes:

Position: Day Supervisor
Company: The Associated Press
Location: California
Job Status: Full-time
Ad Expires: August 3, 2007
Job ID: 796648

Description:
The San Francisco bureau of The Associated Press is looking for a day desk supervisor.

A pivotal player in one of the AP’s most dynamic news bureaus, the day supervisor plans and organizes the daily Northern California news report with input from bureau managers. This includes spotting and assigning breaking news coverage, editing copy, monitoring member content and assembling digests of top stories.

JOB REQUIREMENTS: We need a proven leader who has outstanding word editing skills and excellent news judgment, capable of reacting quickly and thoughtfully to important breaking stories. A courteous and helpful manner with AP customers and fellow staffers is essential. So is the ability to work well with other managers in Sacramento, Los Angeles, New York and around the world. A minimum of five years of newsroom experience is required, with at least two years of editing. The position carries with it opportunities for advancement within the world’s largest news organization.

To find out more about this job, go to:
http://www.journalismjobs.com/job_listing.cfm?JobID=796648

AP is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. To apply for this position, please copy and paste the following link into your browser address bar: http://ap.contacthr.com/8687604
or submit your resume and salary requirements through our homepage at https://careers.ap.org/viewjob.html?optlink-view=view-2303&ERFormID=newjoblist&ERFormCode=any

When applying, mention you saw this opening listed at JournalismJobs.com.

Job opp: Reporter at West Marin weekly

Chron travel editor Jeanne Cooper forwards to us this e-mail she received:

Subject: [Fwd: Community journalists wanted]

Hello all. One more job posting, from a friend of mine who's starting a new weekly paper in West Marin. Thought it could be of interest to reporters who are leaving the Chronicle, so feel free to pass along.

http://journalism.berkeley.edu/jobs/details.php?cat=newswire&ID=5695

www.wmarinpilot.info

Job opp: Part-time copy editor at Stanford

Another one from former Chron tech reporter and Pinoy Pod podcaster (say that 3x quickly) Ben Pimentel:

Stanford Biz School is looking for a part-time copy editor/proofreader. Pay is about $30/hr. Contact person is Cathy Castillo, director of publications. Her e-mail is cathy_castillo@gsb.stanford.edu

Job opps: Biz managing editor, information activist, communications manager

A smattering of opportunities ...

Managing Editor, Business News (petaluma)

A growing North Bay financial news publisher is seeking a superior managing editor to lead our coverage of alternative finance and investment markets full time for our website and print newsletters. We are looking for a corporate finance journalist, experienced in reporting on public equity and debt finance, with a strong analytical side.
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/wri/357441757.html

Information activist

Full-time Position (1 FTE), Oakland-based. Salary: $46,107 plus 3 weeks of vacation, medical, dental & vision (inc. domestic partners) and professional development opportunities. Men of color strongly encouraged to apply.

The DataCenter supports grassroots communities to build their research infrastructure and develop research and strategizing capacity from within to build their political power for change. We aim to reframe research as a tool for social change and self-determination in order to reclaim communities as the experts.

The DataCenter seeks an experienced information activist to collaborate primarily with youth and criminal justice groups across the country, especially those with bases among no- and low-income communities and communities of color, using research as a tool to build more successful campaigns, strengthen strategies, and increase capacity to utilize information and knowledge effectively for grassroots-led social change efforts. We use a wide range of research methods such as strategic, targeted research, census support, literature reviews and community based documentation projects.

Applicants should demonstrate a solid understanding of issues with regard to youth and criminal justice as well as an awareness of and openness to working across issue areas. Organizations we work with include: All of Us or None, Education not Incarceration, Critical Resistance, Highlander, Project South, Native Youth Movement, Providence Youth and Student Movement - PrYSM, Common Roots, Ella Baker Center and Southwest Worker's Union youth program.

The DataCenter is committed to reflecting our social justice values in all of our organizational practices. We engage in Shared Leadership and staff members are expected to play an active role in developing the organization. To learn more about Shared Leadership visit our website at http://datacenter.org/about/sharedleadership.htm. In addition, all staff engage in anti-oppression organizational culture work.

Qualifications:
· Creative, inquisitive spirit with a commitment to social justice.
· Solid research experience (e.g. campaign or union research, community or grassroots research, oral history documentation, journalism, or academic research on social issues): designing research projects, conducting research, publishing or presenting research findings. And understanding of how research plays a powerful role in advancing grassroots-led social justice agenda.
· Demonstrated ability to coordinate projects and to develop organizational relationships.
· Competent at working within diverse cultural communities.
· Familiarity with grassroots organizing and experience with campaign strategy.
· Experience with or understanding of organizational development issues.
· Excellent oral and written communication skills.
· Computer and Internet skills.
· Interested in working in a collaborative environment defined by the values and principles of Shared Leadership.
· Ability to make a three-year commitment.
Desired:
· Program development and planning experience.
· Strong quantitative experience (e.g. statistical analysis, spreadsheet manipulation, working with large data sets).
· Training experience, rooted in popular education methods.
· Familiarity with Lexis/Nexis.
· Familiarity and connection with issues in the U.S. South.

TO APPLY: Please send resume and cover letter to: Hiring Committee, DataCenter, 1904 Franklin Street, Suite 900, Oakland, CA 94612-2912 USA. Please no phone calls or faxes. For more information about the DataCenter, visit www.datacenter.org. Application deadline extended to Friday July 6th, 2007.

Communications/outreach manager, senior data analyst

EdSource is expanding and we need additional staff to help make that happen. Our small agency needs to substantially strengthen its research, data analysis, writing, outreach, and project management capabilities. We are creating several new positions, including a Communications/Outreach Manager and a Senior Data Analyst - both full time. We are also hiring additional research staff, but the exact mix of positions, job titles, and responsibilities will depend upon the qualifications of the people who apply.

EdSource is a team-oriented agency with exceptionally high standards for productivity, quality, and meeting deadlines. We are looking for self-motivated, highly skilled individuals who share our commitment to the importance of a strong public education system and our intellectual curiosity regarding what that requires. We hope to fill these positions this summer.

If you or someone you know is interested, please go to our website to learn more. Details about these positions and the application process are at http://www.edsource.org/abo_jobs_607.cfm.

Job opp: Education reporter at Palo Alto Weekly

Here's one from Jocelyn Dong, managing editor at the Palo Alto Weekly (www.PaloAltoOnline.com):

I understand you've got a blog for out-of-work Chron staffers. If it's any help, we're looking for an education reporter. It's a good, honest reporting job in a town where people care passionately about the schooling of their children. We'd be happy to talk with any of your former colleagues.

Link and job posting below.

LINK:
http://www.embarcaderopublishing.com/employment/jobs/paw_2007.06.18.writer.html

Embarcadero Publishing Company Employment Opportunities

Staff Writer

The CNPA-award-winning, independent Palo Alto Weekly is seeking a versatile reporter to cover education, youth & family issues and community reporting.

Applicants must be self-starters with an easy flow of story ideas, with good analytical skills and an ability to develop a solid understanding of the complex local and statewide education system.

The Weekly, as a pioneer in online posting of news stories as early as 1994, is actively exploring the fast-changing interface between print and online journalism, and applicants should have an interest in and excitement for the many possibilities in this area.

The job requires several stories a week, daily news briefs posted to the Weekly's Web site and an in-depth piece every four to six weeks relating to children, schools or families or other assignments in the community.

Candidates should have at least two years beat-coverage experience, preferably in education, with strong writing and grammatical skills and be versatile in terms of coverage of different types of education and city-related stories. Dependability and a desire to maintain collegial relationships with editors are musts.

It is strongly preferred that applicants live in or near Palo Alto or be familiar with housing costs in the region. Out-of-state applicants with no roots in the area are strongly discouraged.

Send resume and three writing clips, with contact information, to Managing Editor Jocelyn Dong, Palo Alto Weekly, 703 High Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94302, or e-mail jdong@paweekly.com. No phone calls please.