Professor of Practice in Broadcast & Digital Journalism

Posting Details

Posting Details

Job #
076957

Job Title
Professor of Practice in Broadcast & Digital Journalism

Location
Syracuse, NY

Pay Range
Commensurate with Experience

FLSA Status
Exempt

Hours

As determined by department chair.

Job Type
Full-time

Rank
Professor of Practice

Campus
Syracuse, NY

Unionized Position Code
Not Applicable

Job Description

The Broadcast & Digital Journalism Department ( BDJ ) at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications is seeking a seasoned multimedia journalist to join our team as a fulltime Professor of Practice (PoP).
The successful candidate will have a track record of excellence in reporting news, at a network or in a major news market, on multiple platforms including: television, web, and social media. Specifically, the successful candidate will have extensive experience reporting; shooting and editing video; and storytelling for broadcast, web and social media platforms. Additional skills such as data journalism/visualization and audio storytelling/podcasting are a plus.
This position is the perfect opportunity for an experienced multimedia journalist who is interested in teaching the next generation of journalists how to tell stories across multiple platforms. A Professor of Practice is expected to stay active in the professional world of journalism and may use their summers to continue working in journalism. This position has a start date of August 2023.

About the Newhouse School of Public Communication
Widely regarded as the nation’s leading communications school, Newhouse is home to approximately 2,000 undergraduate and 180 graduate students. It is housed in a 250,000-square-foot, three-building complex that includes state-of-the-art classrooms, a 300-seat auditorium, a research center, an executive education wing, a café, and many spaces for formal and informal meetings and collaboration among students, faculty, and staff. The Dick Clark Studios and the Allen Gerry Center for Media Innovation include a high-tech entertainment production space, and provide the school with a cutting-edge media facility that gives students a strong preparation for careers in the profession.

Our students come from around the world and secure a place in the class through a highly competitive admissions process. This year’s incoming freshmen earned an average 3.9 GPA .

About the Broadcast & Digital Journalism Department

The Broadcast & Digital Journalism Department ( BDJ ) at the Newhouse School is regarded as one of the top training grounds for broadcast and digital journalists. Newhouse BDJ alumni are employed at all levels of journalism organizations around the world. BDJ alumni help provide students with an employment pipeline into the professional world.
The BDJ faculty are a diverse group of journalists with extensive professional experience and varied academic research and creative interests. We are passionate about the goal of training the journalists of tomorrow. We require our students work very hard at developing their skills. This requires us to work just as hard to give them what they need. Teaching in BDJ is not a step into semi-retirement.
The BDJ faculty also practice “service after the sale,” by building professional connections to help students find first jobs and continue to consult on future career moves. We have an excellent track record in building the Newhouse BDJ alumni network.
The department has a close working relationship with a number of news organizations. For example, Nexstar Broadcasting Group is a partner with our Graduate Capstone experience in Washington, DC. BDJ students produce stories in our nation’s capital tailored for individual Nexstar stations around the country. Also, we partner with The E.W. Scripps Company on its innovative Scripps Journalism Career Program and supply students to both Hearst and TEGNA producer training programs.
To learn more about the BDJ department, our faculty and our students, visit our website: https://newhouse.syr.edu/academics/degrees/bachelors/broadcast-and-digital-journalism

Qualifications

• Previous teaching experience is desirable.
• Successful candidates will show a commitment to mentorship or development of young journalists.
• A bachelor’s degree is required. An MFA, MA or MS is preferred.

Job Specific Qualifications

Responsibilities

• The primary responsibility of a PoP is teaching. The person hired will teach undergraduate and graduate courses including reporting for television, radio, web and social media. Additional classes may include cross-platform news writing, multimedia storytelling, and news ethics. The person in this role will teach six courses per academic year.
• The position requires a variety of service duties, including: academic and career advising; department, school and university committee service; curriculum development; and community/industry outreach. The Professor of Practice has a specific obligation to build and maintain successful partnerships with journalistic professionals and organizations. This is a nontenure track position. PoPs work under multiyear contracts.

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Physical Requirements

Tools/Equipment

Application Instructions

Applications will be reviewed as they arrive, with a priority submission deadline and full consideration given to those received in full by April 15, 2023. The search will continue until this position is filled. Questions should be emailed to the search committee chair: Anthony Adornato, chair of the BDJ department, at acadorna@syr.edu.
Applications should include the following:

1. Cover letter, emphasizing prior university teaching experience or identify the ways in which professional experience will translate into the classroom.

2. Resume/Curriculum Vitae


3. Three Statements addressing each of the following:
Teaching : The Newhouse School prides itself on the high quality of education it provides. Please submit a statement describing your philosophy of teaching and learning.

Diversity and Inclusion : The Newhouse School seeks candidates who have the communication skills and cross-cultural abilities to maximize their effectiveness with diverse groups of students, colleagues, and community members. Please describe how your past experience has prepared you to contribute to the School’s commitment to diversity and inclusion in higher education.

Research/Creative Activity : The Newhouse School values both scholarly
research and creative activity. Scholarship can include peer-reviewed journal articles, grant procurement, conference presentations and book development. Creative activity can include, as examples, industry trade or consumer media/news articles, and media production, development or multimedia storytelling (photo/video, film, sound, web design, apps, scriptwriting). Please describe how your experience will help you contribute to the University and School’s commitment to research and creative initiatives.
In addition, applications should include:
• Portfolio website URL
• List of three references with knowledge of your work, including name, title, address and email/phone contact information for each reference.
Required Documents
1. Cover Letter
2. Resume/CV
3. Teaching Philosophy
4. Diversity and Inclusion Statement
5. Research/Creative Activity Statement
6. Portfolio URL
7. Reference List

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Commitment to a Diverse and Inclusive Campus Community

Syracuse University maintains an inclusive learning environment in which students, faculty, administrators, staff, curriculum, social activities, governance, and all other aspects of campus life reflect a diverse, multi-cultural, and international worldview. The University community recognizes and values the many similarities and differences among individuals and groups. At Syracuse, we are committed to preparing students to understand, live among, appreciate, and work in an inherently diverse country and world made up of people with different ethnic and racial backgrounds, military backgrounds, religious beliefs, socio-economic status, cultural traditions, abilities, sexual orientations and gender identities. To do so, we commit ourselves to promoting a community that celebrates and models the principles of diversity and inclusivity.

Quick Link
https://www.sujobopps.com/postings/98321

Job Posting Date
03/22/2023

Application Deadline

Open Until Filled
No

Priority Consideration
04/15/2023

Job Category
Faculty

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