Bilin­gual Edi­tor Job for the Lati­no Com­mu­ni­ties Report­ing Lab at The Record Jour­nal News­pa­per in Meri­den Connecticut.

The Record-Jour­nal seeks a ver­sa­tile, bilin­gual edi­tor to over­see our grow­ing Lati­no Com­mu­ni­ties Report­ing Lab. We launched the lab in March 2021 after con­duct­ing a 5‑month lis­ten­ing tour in our community.

Apply Here: https://www.click2apply.net/Dozp4mc4rbALC86psqkpZ

We’re look­ing to fill this bilin­gual edi­tor job with some­one who has a pas­sion for the lab’s mis­sion — To ampli­fy the voic­es of our local Lati­no com­mu­ni­ties, includ­ing to pro­vide empow­er­ing, fact-based news, infor­ma­tion and resources for our Lati­no com­mu­ni­ties; to shine a light on injus­tices and inequities to pro­mote greater under­stand­ing and a more inclu­sive com­mu­ni­ty for every­one; to show­case the suc­cess­es and con­tri­bu­tions of Lati­nos as a way of inspir­ing young peo­ple to expand what they con­sid­er possible.

The Record-Jour­nal is owned by the RJ Media Group, an inno­v­a­tive, audi­ence-focused news orga­ni­za­tion based in Meri­den, Con­necti­cut, with a rich his­to­ry as a 154-year-old, fam­i­ly-owned com­pa­ny estab­lished in 1867. Our pub­lish­er and exec­u­tive vice pres­i­dent Liz White is the 5th gen­er­a­tion fam­i­ly own­er, and our pres­i­dent Eliot White is the 4th gen­er­a­tion fam­i­ly own­er. We pub­lish the Record-Jour­nal (a dai­ly news­pa­per), eight week­ly news­pa­pers and two web­sites, which com­bined reach 265,000 peo­ple, 100% of the homes in 9 towns week­ly. We also own Home­base Dig­i­tal, a cut­ting-edge dig­i­tal mar­ket­ing agency. Our com­pa­ny is com­mit­ted to pro­vid­ing qual­i­ty local jour­nal­ism and fact-based report­ing that informs and empow­ers our com­mu­ni­ty. Our com­pa­ny mis­sion is to be the pri­ma­ry cat­a­lyst that moti­vates peo­ple to con­tribute to the intel­lec­tu­al, civic, and
eco­nom­ic vital­i­ty of our communities.

Com­mu­ni­ty lis­ten­ing pro­vid­ed the foun­da­tion of the lab. In the com­ing year, the bilin­gual edi­tor will take the lead in an inno­v­a­tive lis­ten­ing project col­lab­o­rat­ing with jour­nal­ists, data experts, a net­work of com­mu­ni­ty lead­ers, and tech­nol­o­gy part­ners to under­stand the needs of our local Lati­no com­mu­ni­ties and build trust through deep­er com­mu­ni­ty lis­ten­ing, engage­ment and data gath­er­ing. The edi­tor will over­see con­tent cre­ation with an empha­sis on align­ing news strate­gies to best serve the com­mu­ni­ty using what we learned dur­ing the project.

Apply Here: https://www.click2apply.net/Dozp4mc4rbALC86psqkpZ

Pur­pose of the Bilin­gual Edi­tor Job:

Plan, super­vise and cre­ate news con­tent for pub­li­ca­tion in print, online and social media for the grow­ing Lati­no audi­ence in cen­tral Con­necti­cut. This posi­tion will assist the Lati­no Com­mu­ni­ties Report­ing Lab to ful­fill our mis­sion of ampli­fy­ing local Lati­no voic­es and be assigned duties relat­ed to ful­fill­ing that mis­sion with a strong empha­sis on lis­ten­ing to the needs of the audience.

Essen­tial Functions

• Super­vise team of reporters
• Plan, cre­ate and edit dig­i­tal first and dig­i­tal only con­tent in Eng­lish and Span­ish for the Lati­no com­mu­ni­ties in our cov­er­age area.
• Abil­i­ty to inter­view all kinds of peo­ple and to do research.
• Process infor­ma­tion and write it in a fair, accu­rate and com­pelling manner.
• Abil­i­ty to cap­ture pho­tos and video and per­form basic edit­ing functions.
• Knowl­edge of cur­rent social media appli­ca­tions and trends, with the abil­i­ty to post to house social media accounts in both Eng­lish and Spanish.
• Help to over­see Lati­no Com­mu­ni­ties Report­ing Lab Com­mu­ni­ty Advi­so­ry Board.
• Pre­pare bilin­gual con­tent for pub­li­ca­tion on the web and social media.
• Con­tribute to email newslet­ter, text mes­sag­ing plat­form and stake­hold­er newsletter.
• Take an active role in audi­ence-lis­ten­ing activ­i­ties to con­tin­u­al­ly ensure news strate­gies meet the needs of the audience.
• Per­form oth­er activ­i­ties as necessary.

Min­i­mum Qual­i­fi­ca­tions for the Bilin­gual Edi­tor Job

• Min­i­mum edu­ca­tion­al require­ment, Bachelor’s degree.
• Min­i­mum 4–5 years report­ing expe­ri­ence or equiv­a­lent expe­ri­ence, expe­ri­ence as a news edi­tor preferred.
• Bilin­gual Spanish/English in both speak­ing and writing.

Knowl­edge, Skills and Abilities

• Abil­i­ty to con­ceive and exe­cute enter­prise report­ing on high­ly spe­cial­ized top­ics with authority.
• Abil­i­ty to han­dle dai­ly, short-term and long-term assign­ments simultaneously.
• Excel­lent com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills, shows ini­tia­tive, and exer­cis­es good news judgment.
• Mul­ti­me­dia and social media savvy required with expe­ri­ence shooting/editing photos/videos.
• This posi­tion requires the abil­i­ty to trav­el local­ly to gath­er news­wor­thy content.
• A valid dri­ver’s license and vehi­cle are required; or, if no dri­ver’s license, reli­able and at-the-ready transportation.

RJ Media Group is an inno­v­a­tive, audi­ence-focused news orga­ni­za­tion based in Meri­den, Con­necti­cut, with a rich his­to­ry as a 154-year-old, fam­i­ly-owned com­pa­ny estab­lished in 1867. Our pub­lish­er and exec­u­tive vice pres­i­dent Liz White is the 5th gen­er­a­tion fam­i­ly own­er, and our pres­i­dent Eliot White is the 4th gen­er­a­tion fam­i­ly own­er. We pub­lish the Record-Jour­nal (a dai­ly news­pa­per), eight week­ly news­pa­pers and two web­sites, which com­bined reach 265,000 peo­ple, 100% of the homes in 9 towns week­ly. We also own Home­base Dig­i­tal, a cut­ting-edge dig­i­tal marketing
agency. Our com­pa­ny is com­mit­ted to pro­vid­ing qual­i­ty local jour­nal­ism and fact-based report­ing that informs and empow­ers our com­mu­ni­ty. Our com­pa­ny mis­sion is to be the pri­ma­ry cat­a­lyst that moti­vates peo­ple to con­tribute to the intel­lec­tu­al, civic, and eco­nom­ic vital­i­ty of our communities.

We are an Equal Oppor­tu­ni­ty employ­er com­mit­ted to a diverse work­force. We do not dis­crim­i­nate on the basis of race, reli­gion, col­or, nation­al ori­gin, gen­der, sex­u­al ori­en­ta­tion, age, mar­i­tal sta­tus, vet­er­an sta­tus, or dis­abil­i­ty. Any can­di­date select­ed must pass a back­ground check and drug screen as a condition.

Apply Here: https://www.click2apply.net/Dozp4mc4rbALC86psqkpZ

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