California Local News Fellowship - School of Journalism
Company: University of California-Berkeley
Location: Berkeley
Posted on: January 24, 2025
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Job Description:
Position overview
Position title:
California Local News Fellow
Salary range:
The UC academic salary scales set the minimum pay determined by
rank and step at appointment. See the following table(s) for the
current salary scale(s) for this
position:https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2024-25/july-2024-scales/t24-b.pdf.
Fellow salaries will start at either $60,000 or $65,000 depending
on work and educational experience. All fellows will receive
benefits from the University of California.
Percent time:
Full-time
Anticipated start:
September 2025
Position duration:
The fellowship will start in early September 2025 and will run for
two years, ending in August 2027.
Application Window
Open date: January 22, 2025
Next review date: Wednesday, Feb 5, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific
Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the
committee.
Final date: Friday, Feb 21, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but
those received after the review date will only be considered if the
position has not yet been filled.
Position description
The California Local News Fellowship program is a multi-year,
state-funded initiative to support and strengthen local news
reporting in California.
The fellowship is open to digital, print, audio, photo and
multimedia journalists. We're looking for candidates with relevant
experience as much as formal education. We welcome applications
from graduates of two-year, four-year and graduate-level journalism
programs as well as people who have not attended journalism
education programs but have a high school diploma or GED and at
least three years of newsroom experience. Successful applicants
will demonstrate core reporting skills, a commitment to a career in
journalism, and interest in accountability reporting in underserved
communities. The program will place approximately 40 fellows in
partner newsrooms throughout the state for two-year, full-time
reporting positions beginning in September 2025. Fellows will
receive robust training and mentoring from the program to augment
their newsroom experience.
The fellowship program partners with newsrooms throughout the state
that are seeking to meet their communities' information needs with
original local news coverage. We prioritize news organizations
operating in underserved communities, including for-profit,
nonprofit, public media, and community and ethnic media outlets.
Once newsrooms and fellows are selected into the program, they are
paired through a matching process that seeks to meet the needs of
individual newsrooms and interests of fellows.
Newsrooms and fellows are selected through an equitable and
transparent process, with input from the fellowship program staff
and fellowship advisory board, which represents journalism
education and newsroom leaders from around the state.
School: https://projects.journalism.berkeley.edu/cafellows/
Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
High school diploma or GED (or equivalent international degree)
Additional qualifications (required at time of start)
Applicants must meet one of the following criteria to be
considered:
Fellows should have five or fewer years of professional journalism
experience before joining the program.
Preferred qualifications
Ideal candidates will have experience working in local news, either
professionally or through a journalism education program, and will
submit clips that illustrate a variety of reporting genres and
skills. In certain cases, when matching fellows with newsrooms, the
ability to report in a language other than English and/or
proficiency in specialized journalistic skills (audio, video, data,
etc.) will be preferred. California residents will be given
preference and international candidates with authorization to work
in the US are eligible to participate.
Application Requirements
Document requirements
Reference requirementsPlease include your references in the
supplemental application form.
Apply link:
https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04772
Help contact: cafellows@berkeley.edu
About UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and
belonging. The excellence of the institution requires an
environment in which the diverse community of faculty, students,
and staff are welcome and included. Successful candidates will
demonstrate knowledge and skill related to ensuring equity and
inclusion in the activities of their academic position (e.g.,
teaching, research, and service, as applicable).
The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants
will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national
origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status.
Please refer to the University of California's Affirmative Action
Policy and the University of California's Anti-Discrimination
Policy.
In searches when letters of reference are required all letters will
be treated as confidential per University of California policy and
California state law. Please refer potential referees, including
when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service
or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality
prior to submitting their letter.
As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all
applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining
agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or
local government directives may impose additional requirements.
As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to
disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or
judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that
they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for
misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged
misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.
Job location
California (various locations)
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