Hi, all,
Please check out our 2 job descriptions-one if for multi-media and the other is for a scholar interested in political communication of various types.
We'd greatly appreciate you circulating widely.
School of Journalism
University of Texas at Austin
Multimedia News Faculty
As part of its ongoing curriculum development, The University of Texas at Austin School of Journalism seeks a faculty member with relevant multimedia journalism experience to play a key role in the new curriculum beginning Fall 2011. Experience in producing and/or managing online journalism content and the ability to work across media platforms is required. The ideal candidate will show promise in teaching a variety of multimedia skills courses, including leading a new capstone course that will integrate all journalism students in a web-based news product. Proficiency with a wide range of digital platforms, approaches and tools is desired.
Depending on qualifications, the position may be filled at the tenure-track or non-tenure track level. The ACEJMC-accredited School offers the B.J., M.A., and Ph.D. and is housed within a top-ranked College of Communication. Soon the School will move to its new home: The Belo Center for New Media, which will house a state of the art converged media newsroom.
Screening of applicants will begin January 24, 2011, and will continue until the position is filled. Send resume, contact information for three references (letters will be required if selected for an interview), and a statement of interest in the position to: Prof. Kris Wilson, Multimedia Search Chair, School of Journalism; University of Texas at Austin; 1 University Station A1000; Austin, TX 78712-0013.
The University of Texas at Austin is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
School of Journalism Senior Scholar
The University of Texas at Austin School of Journalism seeks a senior scholar to be appointed at the rank of tenured full professor (with possible endowment support), beginning Fall 2011. Candidates' research interests should address the vital issues of the day concerning journalism, the media, and democratic society, including (1) political communication and public opinion, (2) the changing media political economy, professional roles, and institutional structure, and (3) the impact of the emerging new media on citizenship and the public sphere-both nationally and globally. The successful candidate will work closely with the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation (www.annettestrauss.org<http://www.annettestrauss.org>).
Candidates must have a Ph.D. in a relevant academic field, a well-established program of nationally recognized research and publication, a commitment to classroom teaching, and record of mentoring graduate students. Also desirable is the ability to attract and oversee funded projects, to work collaboratively within the School and College of Communication--and with scholars in other disciplines both here and abroad. The School offers the B.J., M.A., and Ph.D. and is housed within a top-ranked College, which includes the nationally regarded Departments of Advertising/Public Relations, Radio-Television-Film, Communication Studies, and Communication Science and Disorders. Soon the School will move to its new state-of-the-art home, now under construction by the College: The Belo Center for New Media.
Applicant Instructions: Screening of applicants will begin January 24, 2011, and will continue until the position is filled. Send Curriculum Vitae, contact information for three references, and a statement of interest in the position to: Prof. Stephen D. Reese, Search Chair, School of Journalism; University of Texas at Austin; 1 University Station A1000; Austin, TX 78712-0013.
The University of Texas at Austin is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Journalism
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station A1000
Austin, TX 78712
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also: Director, Voces Oral History Project
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/voces/index.html
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