News Director WEAA (889 fm)

Morgan State University   Baltimore, MD   Full-time     Management
Posted on April 17, 2024
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Posting Details

Posting Summary

Job Title

News Director WEAA (88.9 fm)

Division

Divison of Academic Affairs

Department

Dean School Global Journalism & Communication

Work Status

Full Time

Position Category

Staff

FLSA

Exempt

Pay Range

N/A

Minimum

Commensurate with experience

Maximum

Commensurate with experience

Fund Source

State Support

Job Duties

WEAA 88.9FM is located in Baltimore, Maryland, on the campus of the historic Morgan State University in the School of Global Journalism and Communication. Our mission is to empower, engage, and educate our diverse audience with news and music programming.

Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Oversees production and on-air anchoring of radio newscasts and public affairs programs.
  • Directs the assignment and coverage of news stories; covers, prepares and edits news stories for broadcast.
  • Provides editorial decision making and guidance to ensure compliance and accuracy and makes sure deadlines are met in a fast-paced environment.
  • Supervises staff reporters, on-call reporters, student interns, station volunteers and grant-funded news staff assigned to special coverage.
Requested Minimum Qualifications

EDUCATION:
  • The successful candidate has a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited College or University, in Journalism, Media Production, or a related field
EXPERIENCE:
  • A minimum of five (5) years of media management experience.
  • Consideration will also be given to candidates with eight (8) years of journalism experience, in lieu of a Degree.
  • In addition, these candidates are expected to also have outstanding recommendations from media managers.
  • All candidates are expected to have professional experience in news reporting and production.
Other Preferences for Consideration

Posting Detail Information

Posting Number

ST01150

Number of Vacancies

1

Job Open Date

04/16/2024

Application Review Date

Job Close Date

06/30/2024

Special Instructions to Applicant

Please enter Two professional reference in the References page of the application.

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
  1. * What is the highest level of education attained?
    • GED
    • High School Diploma
    • Associates Degree
    • Bachelors Degree
    • Masters Degree
    • PHD
  2. * How many years of media management experience do you have?
    • 0-1
    • 2-3
    • 4-5
    • 6+
  3. * How did you hear about this employment opportunity?
    • Public Job Posting
    • Internal Job Posting
    • Agency Referral
    • Advertisement/Publication
    • Personal Referral
    • Website
    • Other
  4. * Are you a current, past or retired Morgan University employee? Are you a current, past or retired State employee? If YES to pass, retired or current STATE employee, please put the agency. If not applicable, put N/A.

    (Open Ended Question)
Applicant Documents
Required Documents
  1. Resume
  2. Cover Letter
  3. Writing Sample
Optional Documents
  1. Transcripts (unofficial )
  2. Media File

Morgan State University

Baltimore , MD