Job Title: Student Worker - Lariat News Editor
Job Classification: Marketing and Communications, Student
Department: Student Publications
Hiring Manager: Terri Evans
Contact: terri_evans@baylor.edu
Work Schedule: 20 hours per week
Desired Length of Employment: Fall/Spring
Pay Rate: $9.00
Job Description:
20 hours + $4,500 scholarship
The news editor directs the daily news coverage and oversees the assistant news editor, staff writers and lab reporters. The news editor works closely with the digital managing editor and photo editor to coordinate coverage online and in print. The news editor must have exceptional communication skills, be highly organized and have the skills necessary to coach writers on news writing as well as how to cover a beat and generate story ideas.
Job Requirements/Duties
- Communicates daily with staff writers and lab reporters regarding news coverage and long-term projects
- Strong leadership and communication skills
- Assigns stories, photos and multimedia
- Edits staff writer and reporter stories for content, grammar and Associated Press style
- Assists in news coverage and production as necessary
- Monitors the Lariat email account
- Monitors the wire services and assigns localized stories as necessary
- Responsible for one-on-one meetings with reporters and staff writers
- Enforces goals and deadlines
- Provide marketing and communications support to assigned area of responsibility
- Assist with various projects, activities or tasks related to marketing and communications
- Support marketing and communications strategies and perform duties accordingly
- Exhibit a willingness to take initiative and work independently and collaboratively
- Ability to comply with University policies
- Maintain regular and punctual attendance
Employer: Baylor University
Work Location: Castellaw Communications Center, Ste 232
Work Address: 201 Baylor Ave, Waco, TX 76706
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