Department of Journalism
Assistant or Associate Professor of Journalism, tenure-track or tenured
The Department of Journalism in the College of Media at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign seeks a colleague to teach primarily News Editing in traditional and new media. The Illinois journalism program is a strong professional program located in a research university. Candidates should know how to edit journalism content across multiple platforms, emphasizing grammar, usage, style, news judgment, storytelling, coaching, understanding of audiences and creativity. Ideally, we are looking for someone comfortable working with old and new media, words, images, charts, stats, databases, audio and video. Depending on the mix of selected candidates' strengths, teaching responsibilities could include news editing, multimedia production, new media, design, Web content and online publishing. Candidates must have a bachelor's degree; a graduate degree is preferred. Candidates with distinguished professional credentials will be seriously considered. Candidates must have made significant contributions to the field of journalism through scholarly research, creative journalistic endeavor and/or sustained professional achievement, and they must plan to continue such contributions. Experience teaching at the university level is desirable, although intense hands-on professional experience could suffice. Distinguished professional candidates are encouraged to apply.
Salary: Commensurate with experience.
Deadline: To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by by Sept. 15, 2008.
Nature of appointment: Academic year, full-time
Appointment begins Aug. 16, 2009.
To apply, please send full details on qualifications; and names, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of three references to:
Brant Houston
Search Committee Chair
Department of Journalism
University of Illinois
119 Gregory Hall
810 S. Wright St.
Urbana, IL 61801
217-333-0709
houstonb@illinois.edu
The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer.
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