Public media has a unique mission: to broadcast fair and truthful journalism, to facilitate conversations aimed at bridging political and cultural divides and to engage communities in solving local problems. Public media also provides universal access to all Americans to unique cultural content: noncommercial children’s programming, performances and documentaries about the arts, science, and history; and classical, jazz and folk music on the radio.
Public media is a national treasure, but it needs new blood, greater diversity and fresh ideas. That’s where you come in.
NPR and PBS stations are hiring! Because of the excellent education and training provided by your college, your students and alumni are well positioned to find great opportunities in public media. Right now, stations around the country are looking for reporters and editors, social media and digital experts, fundraisers and underwriting sales people; music hosts, videographers, engagement coordinators and event planners. I know this because many of these stations post jobs on publicmediajobs.org, the #1 portal for careers in public media. Many of these stations are participating in Current’s October 17 Virtual Career Fair, a recruiting event that’s free and accessible to your students and alumni.
The Virtual Career Fair is an excellent, easy way for your students and alums to job shop, make connections, learn about public media, secure follow-up interviews and get on the radar with recruiters for future openings.
Please take a moment to notify your faculty, students, and alumni about our October 17 Public Media Virtual Career Fair. Feel free to forward this email to your listservs, and career counselors, post a quick message to Facebook pages, or add October 17 to your school’s calendar of career opportunities with this link: http://www.current.org/jobfair
That’s also the link your students and alumni can use to reserve their free spot in the Public Media Virtual Career Fair.
Thanks for doing your part to strengthen the pipeline of diverse, digitally-savvy talent into public media.
Julie Drizin
Executive Director
Current: News for People in Public Media
publicmediajobs.org
301.270.7240 ext. 36