Job Available at U-Maryland J-Lab

The Institute for Interactive Journalism at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism is looking to fill the new position of Assistant Director, a key position in a small grant-funded center. The Assistant Director will work closely with the Executive Director in producing all of the center’s training activities, editing and writing for the center’s five Web sites and all print publications, outreach and marketing, grant development and strategic planning. The Assistant Director must track new developments in new media, participatory journalism, citizen journalism and innovations in journalism and use that information to write, edit and assign freelance stories for Web and print publication. The Assistant Director will help applicants for J-Lab grants and entries for J-Lab awards programs and track progress of J-Lab pilot projects.