The world of Jour­nal­ism is chang­ing. There are less and less Jour­nal­ist jobs to tell the world’s stories.

GroundTruth’s mis­sion is to serve under-cov­ered com­mu­ni­ties by sup­port­ing the next gen­er­a­tion of jour­nal­ists to do on-the-ground report­ing and to advance sus­tain­abil­i­ty, inno­va­tion and equi­ty in jour­nal­ism worldwide.

GroundTruth is build­ing an engaged com­mu­ni­ty around impact­ful jour­nal­ism and pow­er­ful sto­ry­telling by a new gen­er­a­tion, while sup­port­ing their careers as fel­lows, corps mem­bers and alumni.

Report for Amer­i­ca,  an ini­tia­tive of GroundTruth, is look­ing for a sea­soned news pro­fes­sion­al with 10 or more years in the jour­nal­ism indus­try to be the Region­al Man­ag­er for the west­ern U.S., which encom­pass­es Report for Amer­i­ca’s news­room part­ners and corps mem­bers in Cal­i­for­nia, Ore­gon, Wash­ing­ton, Alas­ka and Hawaii.

Report for Amer­i­ca matched 300 jour­nal­ist with 200+ news orga­ni­za­tions across 49 states, Puer­to Rico, Guam and Wash­ing­ton, D.C. in 2021. Each is focused on a crit­i­cal cov­er­age gap with­in their local community.

The posi­tion is remote, but the Region­al Man­ag­er will be expect­ed to live in the region, ide­al­ly in Cal­i­for­nia. Some trav­el is required.

The Jour­nal­ist position’s salary ranges from $75,000 — $89,000 and is a full time role in the organization.

The full job descrip­tion is below in this arti­cle as well as here where appli­ca­tions should be submitted:

https://thegroundtruthproject.org/regional-manager-west/

GroundTruth is a non-prof­it orga­ni­za­tion with an impor­tant set of Core Values:

Integri­ty

Rebuild­ing trust in jour­nal­ism is essen­tial to our mis­sion. We are com­mit­ted to truth-telling, equi­ty, and jus­tice in the com­mu­ni­ties we serve. And that starts with­in our orga­ni­za­tion, where every day we strive to do the right thing every step of the way.

Account­abil­i­ty

As cham­pi­ons of jour­nal­ism, it is our duty to hold peo­ple in posi­tions of author­i­ty account­able to the pub­lic. Ful­fill­ing that duty starts with us hold­ing our­selves to the high­est stan­dard by hon­or­ing our com­mit­ments to our part­ners, to one anoth­er, and to the com­mu­ni­ties we serve. We take respon­si­bil­i­ty for all of our work. When we make a mis­take, we own it.

Respect

To suc­ceed in serv­ing com­mu­ni­ties glob­al­ly, we must respect, lis­ten, learn, and under­stand our dif­fer­ent per­spec­tives. We cul­ti­vate a peo­ple-cen­tric cul­ture that appre­ci­ates the com­mit­ments we have made to each oth­er, our fam­i­lies, and our com­mu­ni­ties. We treat all peo­ple with dig­ni­ty and val­ue our col­lec­tive talent.

Excel­lence

In our quest to reimag­ine a new media ecosys­tem, as Jour­nal­ists, we prac­tice high stan­dards of excel­lence for part­ner­ships, for train­ing, and for rev­e­la­to­ry jour­nal­ism that makes a dif­fer­ence through hold­ing truth to power.

Col­lab­o­ra­tion

We fos­ter an inclu­sive cul­ture and work togeth­er to solve prob­lems, using the inge­nu­ity and exper­tise from through­out our orga­ni­za­tion to achieve our mis­sion. We’re stronger together.

Ser­vice

We will forge part­ner­ships that help put more corps mem­bers on the ground in local com­mu­ni­ties around the globe, telling sto­ries that for decades have gone untold. Our pub­lic ser­vice work is intend­ed to affect change.

Inno­va­tion

We will move cre­ative­ly with agili­ty to ensure that GroundTruth becomes the North Star of phil­an­thropic orga­ni­za­tions sup­port­ing local jour­nal­ism world­wide. Iter­a­tion is part of our DNA, as we rebuild local news.

Diver­si­ty, Equi­ty and Inclusion

The GroundTruth Project rec­og­nizes that our mis­sion to serve under-cov­ered com­mu­ni­ties by sup­port­ing the next gen­er­a­tion of jour­nal­ist can only be achieved by active­ly cul­ti­vat­ing diver­si­ty, equi­ty, inclu­sion and belong­ing in our orga­ni­za­tion, in the field of jour­nal­ism and in our wider world.

The Job: Region­al Man­ag­er for Report for Amer­i­ca: A sea­soned Jour­nal­ist with 10 or more years experience

Descrip­tion:

The Corps Excel­lence Region­al Man­ag­er for Report for Amer­i­ca is a crit­i­cal posi­tion with­in the orga­ni­za­tion. This man­ag­er is charged with over­see­ing the run­ning of the pro­gram on a region­al lev­el from the per­spec­tive of the emerg­ing jour­nal­ists and the news­rooms that employ them. This posi­tion cov­ers the west­ern U.S., which encom­pass­es Report for Amer­i­ca’s news­room part­ners and corps mem­bers in Cal­i­for­nia, Ore­gon, Wash­ing­ton, Alas­ka and Hawaii.

The posi­tion is remote, but the Region­al Man­ag­er will be expect­ed to live in the region, ide­al­ly in Cal­i­for­nia. Some trav­el is required.

Respon­si­bil­i­ties and Essen­tial Functions:

• Ensure that corps mem­bers are cre­at­ing high qual­i­ty jour­nal­ism with­in the para­me­ters of their beat and that they have a mean­ing­ful, pos­i­tive expe­ri­ence in the program.
• Ensure that news­rooms are sat­is­fied with the work of their journalist(s) and the RFA program.
• Coun­sel and advise corps mem­bers on how to inter­act with their edi­tors, their beats and their communities.
• Work with all host news orga­ni­za­tions to ensure they fol­low Report for Amer­i­ca pro­gram val­ues, mis­sion and procedures.
• Con­duct reg­u­lar check-ins with news­rooms and corps members.
• Assist the VP of Recruit­ment and Alum­ni Engage­ment in iden­ti­fy­ing poten­tial news­room partners.
• Sup­port part­ner­ships with uni­ver­si­ties, jour­nal­ism groups and oth­er out­lets to devel­op corps mem­ber opportunities.
• Deliv­er week­ly updates about corps mem­bers and news­rooms in your region.
• Work with the Impact and Eval­u­a­tion Man­ag­er to eval­u­ate the corps mem­bers’ and news orga­ni­za­tions’ progress and satisfaction.
• Work with the VP of Pro­gram Devel­op­ment to ensure pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment for the corps members.
• Eval­u­ate and inter­view news­room and corps mem­ber can­di­dates for par­tic­i­pa­tion in the program.
• Work with Ser­vice Projects Man­ag­er on help­ing corps mem­bers iden­ti­fy ser­vice project part­ners and exe­cute projects in a time­ly manner.
• Over­see Advi­so­ry Corps Coun­cil and sup­port them with their goals.

Desired skill set:

• Sea­soned news pro­fes­sion­al with 10 or more years in the jour­nal­ism indus­try, includ­ing a min­i­mum of years as a manager.
• Qual­i­ty prob­lem solver capa­ble of coach­ing a diverse workforce.
• Effec­tive com­mu­ni­ca­tor with expe­ri­ence inter­act­ing and nego­ti­at­ing with news­room and indus­try leaders.
• Proven abil­i­ty to eval­u­ate, hire and men­tor journalists.
• Stew­ard of Diver­si­ty, Equi­ty and Inclu­sion ini­tia­tives, includ­ing vis­i­ble signs of com­mit­ment to all of these issues.
• Flu­en­cy in Span­ish is strong­ly desired.

Appli­ca­tions should be sub­mit­ted here:

https://thegroundtruthproject.org/regional-manager-west/

This job descrip­tion reflects essen­tial func­tions of the posi­tion for The GroundTruth Project/Report for America/Report for the World. It does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned for this par­tic­u­lar posi­tion. A shift in the roles and respon­si­bil­i­ties of this spe­cif­ic posi­tion or in the strate­gic needs of the orga­ni­za­tion may result in this job descrip­tion chang­ing. All changes will be made in con­sul­ta­tion with the employ­ee to the fur­thest extent pos­si­ble. FLSA Clas­si­fi­ca­tion: Exempt. The GroundTruth Project is an equal employ­ment oppor­tu­ni­ty employ­er and con­sid­ers qual­i­fied appli­cants for employ­ment with­out regard to race, gen­der, age, col­or, reli­gion, nation­al ori­gin, mar­i­tal sta­tus, dis­abil­i­ty, sex­u­al ori­en­ta­tion, or any oth­er pro­tect­ed sta­tus.

Report for Amer­i­ca is an equal oppor­tu­ni­ty employ­er and con­sid­ers qual­i­fied appli­cants for employ­ment with­out regard to race, gen­der, age, col­or, reli­gion, nation­al ori­gin, mar­i­tal sta­tus, dis­abil­i­ty, sex­u­al ori­en­ta­tion, or any oth­er pro­tect­ed factor.

Report for Amer­i­ca believes in fair and equi­table pay. Please note that actu­al salaries may vary with­in the range, or be above or below the range, based on fac­tors includ­ing, but not lim­it­ed to, edu­ca­tion, train­ing, expe­ri­ence, pro­fes­sion­al achieve­ment, busi­ness need, and location.