Employment Requirement: Colorado Public Radio (CPR) strives to maintain a workplace that keeps employees mentally and physically safe. CPR requires employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless a medical or religious accommodation is timely requested and approved. All candidates offered a position at Colorado Public Radio will be required to comply with the COVID vaccine mandate and procedures prior to their first day of employment.
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Who We Are:
Colorado Public Radio is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that produces meaningful news, music, and cultural experiences to everyone in Colorado using the power of the human voice in all its forms. Roughly 95 percent of CPR’s funds come from the private support of listeners, businesses and foundations. For more information, visit www.cpr.org.
- CPR News delivers in-depth, insightful and impartial news and information from around the world, across the nation and throughout Colorado, examining its relevance to our state and connecting it to our community.
- CPR Classical takes listeners on an in-depth exploration of thoughtfully curated music – with an emphasis on Colorado’s classical community – providing context to a broad range of meaningful and compelling works from past to present.
- Indie 102.3 takes listeners inside the world of new and independent music – exposing them to up-and-coming artists and highlighting Colorado’s local music scene.
- Denverite is an online news source dedicated to Denver's curious and concerned.
- KRCC is a public radio station in Colorado Springs, Colorado, serving Southern Colorado. KRCC is operated by Colorado Public Radio in partnership with Colorado College.
Our values inspire, inform and guide our everyday actions. They serve as a set of expectations and a promise we make to ourselves, our partners and audiences.
• Creative • Curious • Ethical • Inclusive • Respectful
At Colorado Public Radio we are committed to cultivating and sustaining a diverse and inclusive workplace that helps us represent the voices of the communities within Colorado. We highly encourage individuals with unique contributions such as ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity, nation of origin, age, language, veteran status, color, religion, disability and sexual orientation to apply to our openings. CPR is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone to our team.
Colorado Public Radio (CPR) is seeking a Max Wycisk News Fellow for Digital Audiences.
About the Fellowship:
The CPR News Fellow for Digital Audience’s work is connected to the overall success of CPR in attracting, earning trust of and developing relationships with audiences -- learning to measure their success and the newsroom's success through key performance indicators. They will produce clean and confidence-inspiring digital content on multiple platforms. The fellowship is specifically designed to support recent graduates and early career journalists, and folks looking to pivot into this field.
Key learning objectives for the experience include
- Developing digital production skills through their contributions to CPR’s web content, social media, and newsletters.
- Developing practical audience thinking skills (who is this story meant to serve, how might that impact how and when we produce and distribute it, how would we know if we were successful?).
- Developing the skills to manage social media accounts for a public media group and assess engagement metrics and google analytics.
- Developing editing and style judgment.
- Understanding the key skills and experiences needed to pursue a career in public media.
About You
Our ideal candidate will have the following qualities:
You have experience coordinating social media accounts in some capacity. You have demonstrated experience thinking through how to reach audiences on social media, demonstrated experience writing and maintaining a newsletter, experience writing news copy, and strong AP style skills
- Comfort with WordPress or something similar
- Experience working under deadline, strong decision making under deadline skills
- Good communication and the ability to coordinate coverage
- Digital literacy as it relates to learning new tools, software and apps
- Ethics around headline and photo images
- An awareness of where to find audience data and how to utilize it to inform action.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Basic understanding of HTML, experience navigating a Content Management System and using analytics software.
- The ability to navigate complex challenges and be resourceful in seeking solutions.
- Familiarity with journalism, its practice and basic understanding of how news is gathered. Solid news judgment.
- Experience with writing either for a news website or generally, good grasp of spelling and grammar, understanding of how to construct an argument. Ability to write in the voice of a publication.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with a diverse group of people across many areas of interest and across platforms.
- Dedicated to producing news that reflects and serves a diversity of potential audiences in Colorado through language, images and accessible tools.
- Must have less than two years of relevant professional experience in the field of journalism.
Education Equivalency
- Bachelor’s degree in Journalism or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Benefits:
Colorado Public Radio is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package that reflects our culture of caring. Our employees have access to: 100 percent employer paid individual health, dental, life, and disability coverage; an outstanding paid family medical leave policy plus paid holidays and a very generous sick, vacation, and personal time off plan; voluntary offerings such as vision; flexible schedules; engagement and development opportunities; and a casual atmosphere.
Position Information:
Position Type: Full-Time, Temporary. The fellowship runs for 12 months, from September 2024-August of 2025. Employment beyond this date is not guaranteed.
Starting Pay: $20.80 Hourly (Budgeted for 40 hours per week)
Application Requirements:
To apply, please submit a resume here.
https://secure.entertimeonline.com/ta/MOPBC0031.careers?ApplyToJob=620940103
Incomplete Applications will not be considered.
At Colorado Public Radio we are committed to cultivating and sustaining a diverse and inclusive workplace that helps us represent the voices of the communities within Colorado. We highly encourage candidates with unique contributions such as ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity, nation of origin, age, language, veteran status, color, religion, disability and sexual orientation to apply to our openings. CPR is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone to our team. If you need reasonable accommodation at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.
