Job Posting: 2023/24 News Editor

Position: News Editor

Reports to: Managing Editor, Editor-in-Chief

Closing Date: March 9, 2023 at 10:00 p.m.

Terms of Contract: May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2024

Expected Hours: 25-30hrs/week

Hours may fluctuate from week to week

Salary: $958/month

Job Summary:

The News Editor shall be responsible for leading the operations of the News department and ensuring that volunteers have the resources and abilities to produce good news copy. The News Editor shall assist the Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor with planning, administration, and human resources management should circumstances warrant. The News Editor shall also be responsible for teaching interested persons about the operations of The Gateway. The News Editor must operate in accordance with the Gateway Student Journalism Society bylaws at all times.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Ensure that matters of interest for the News section are covered in a timely manner, with the priority being campus related news.
2. Write and edit a minimum number of articles per week as specified by the Editor-in-Chief for the News section.
3. Ensure that Board of Governors, General Faculties Council, and Students’ Council meetings are covered.
4. Coordinate at least one news-specific training workshop each semester, two if possible.
5. Recruit and train volunteers to write news.
6. Be available at the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor to edit copy for other online content.
7. Hold final say in the operations of the News section, subject to the intervention of the Editor-in-Chief or the editorial board.
8. Ensure appropriate photos and/or graphics are available for the News section
9. Ensure that news events of relevance to the student body are covered in a timely and conscientious manner.
10. Ensure, in conjunction with the Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor, that the tasks of any absent editor are completed.
11. In the case of the absence from, or vacancy of the Managing Editor, assist the Editor-in-Chief in the regular Managing Editor’s duties.
12. In the case of the absence from, or vacancy of both the Editor-in-Chief and the Managing Editor positions, the News Editor will act as the Editor-in-Chief.
13. Arrange and distribute media passes where applicable.
14. Perform other job-related duties as required by the Editor-in-Chief.

Qualifications:

1. Must be registered in the equivalent of at least one (1) course for credit at the University of Alberta during each term of the Fall and Winter sessions of their term in this position.
2. Must be available to work varying hours.
3. Must have basic computer skills.
4. Must have experience with news writing and gathering, as well as interviewing.
5. Must have a basic understanding of Alberta libel laws.
6. Must be able to deal effectively with Gateway and University staff, students, and the general public.

Please submit a cover letter, resume, and portfolio of up to five pieces to current Editor-in-Chief Emily Williams at [email protected]. Applications are due on March 9, 2023 at 10:00 p.m..

Interviews will be scheduled for the following weekend. The interview process consists of a 30-minute editorial test and a 30-minute interview, five minutes of which are dedicated to a job pitch by candidates.