This position has been deemed critical by the School of Humanities and Sciences Dean’s Office and is exempt from the hiring freeze.
The School of Humanities and Sciences (H&S) is the foundation of a liberal arts education at Stanford. The school encompasses 24 departments and 24 interdisciplinary programs. H&S is home to fundamental and applied research, where free, open, and critical inquiry is pursued across disciplines. As the university’s largest school, H&S serves as the foundation of a Stanford undergraduate education no matter which discipline students pursue as a major. Graduate students work alongside world-renowned faculty to pursue and shape foundational research that leads to breakthroughs and discoveries that shed new light on the past, influence the present, and shape the future. Together, faculty and students in H&S engage in inspirational teaching, learning, and research every day.
In the Department of Communication, we study the ways that communication techniques and technologies shape who we are, how we govern ourselves, and what kinds of cultures we inhabit.
Big Local News, situated in the journalism program in the Department of Communication at Stanford, allows journalists – whether freelancers, reporters from one company or collaborators across multiple news organizations – to share data and work together as they report out stories. Our work is designed to be journalist-driven and transformative, to help find solutions for local newsrooms’ ability to produce accountability journalism and create impact. The Stanford Journalism program’s mission is to serve the public’s need for facts in a just, self-governed society. We develop tools to make it easier to discover important stories and lower the cost of accountability journalism through better use of data and algorithms. We aim to be pioneers in the field of computational journalism, partnering with media and technology companies and with faculty and students from the social sciences and engineering.
Position Summary:
The Journalism Program is seeking an Editor 2 to join its Big Local News team in tackling diverse data journalism and local journalism challenges. This position will contribute to the ongoing development of Big Local News as a sustainable infrastructure supporting local journalism. The Editor 2 will serve as a leader in external representation at conferences, as well as in collaborations, training sessions, and meetings.
Key responsibilities include managing and coordinating publishing and collaborations related to data analysis, narrative reports, and training materials. The Editor 2 will oversee staff to achieve the unit's research, publication, and collaboration goals.
This hire will work closely with Big Local News leadership—Founder and Co-Director Cheryl Phillips, Co-Director Serdar Tumgoren, and Faculty Director Dr. James T. Hamilton—to enhance the initiative’s impact within the local journalism sphere. The position, at 95% FTE, will involve supporting project goals across Big Local News.
Website: http://journalism.stanford.edu/ and https://biglocalnews.org
This is a 95% FTE, 2-year fixed term Exempt position. This position will be based on the Stanford campus and will be considered for an option of telecommuting (hybrid of working on-site and off-site or 100% remote), subject to operational need.
If you believe that this opportunity is a match for your knowledge, skills and abilities, we encourage you to apply. Thank you for considering employment opportunities with the School of Humanities and Sciences.
Core Duties:
Minimum Requirements:
Education & Experience:
Bachelor's degree and five years of relevant work experience or combination of education and relevant experience.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
WORKING CONDITIONS:
· May work extended hours, evening and weekends.
The expected pay range for this position is $111,319 to $132,242 per annum. The actual pay will be pro-rated based on the 95% FTE.
Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location, and external market pay for comparable jobs.
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The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classifications and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.
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Post Date: Mar 17, 2025
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