Financial Times careers: Investigations and Special Project Editor

Posted on 6 May, 2011 by Martin Stabe

Deadlines is 11 May: "He or she will have a strong background in investigative work, and Pulitzer-sized ambition. A strong background in computer-assisted and database reporting, a proven track record at some of the world's biggest news organisations, international frontline reporting experience, in-depth knowledge of multimedia and an interest in mentoring and coaching would ensure a successful application."

South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com: Computer-Assisted Reporting Specialist

Posted on 13 August, 2008 by Martin Stabe

Why don't we ever see jobs ads like this one in the UK? "The South Florida Sun-Sentinel is seeking an aggressive, skilled Computer-Assisted Reporting Specialist ... [who] will work as part of a CAR team on database acquisition and analysis, mapping, training of newsroom staff and development of intranet Web pages for use by reporters."

Ricochet: What Comes After a Career at a Newspaper?

Posted on 18 July, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"A lot of journalists are losing their jobs ... But Journalists by nature are resourceful people, so despite feeling very badly for my former colleagues, let’s look at where they’re headed next."

Eric Ulken: Technical skills in journalism jobs

Posted on 22 January, 2008 by Martin Stabe

"I took all the online job descriptions on JournalismJobs.com from this year, omitted the non-technical words (like "editor", "seeks" and "self-starter") and built a tagcloud out of the rest. Here's what it looks like..." (via Mark Hamilton)

Will Sullivan’s Journerdism: Online journalism job titles, responsibilities and pay rates (Part 2 of 2)

Posted on 16 October, 2007 by Martin Stabe

A handy guide to (US) online journalism job titles and approximate pay. Much of this also applies in the UK. (Job title conventions do not apply at the BBC, of course.)

MediaShift: Traditional Journalism Job Cuts Countered by Digital Additions

Posted on 24 August, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"the reality is that job openings are still plentiful — including print jobs at newspapers around the [United States]."

Teaching Online Journalism: What a hiring editor looks for (or, what’s your URL?)

Posted on 21 April, 2007 by Martin Stabe

The printed CV and pack of cuttings is outmoded, says Mindy McAdams, who looks at how journalists should present themselves online when applying for new jobs. (But note the first comment about the situation in the UK!)

Journalism.co.uk: Get job alerts by Twitter

Posted on 10 April, 2007 by Martin Stabe

More useful stuff on Twitter - Journalism.co.uk trials job alerts.

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