The Ubyssey is hiring a news producer for a term ending April 2025.
The news producer is responsible for pitching, editing and writing articles on issues that affect students and the UBC campus with a co-editor. The ideal candidate is a UBC student who is passionate about journalism, is able to make deadlines and is interested in teaching and learning from others. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. Applications are due May 2 at 5 p.m. PT.
News Producer
May–August 2024: Casual work on a $150/month stipend, September 2024–April 2025: Full time (33 hours/week) at $17.40/hour.
Vancouver, BC (UBC), option for remote work over the summer.
Duration: May 2024 to April 2025.
Must be enrolled in one UBC class for the 2024/25 academic year
Duties
- Create engaging daily content about campus issues.
- Write complex or breaking stories.
- Edit and publish 8–10 stories per week, alongside a news editor
- Write two pitchlists a week.
- Lay out news pages for the biweekly print issue.
- Attend and live tweet AMS Council, Senate and Board of Governors meetings, and write or edit a meeting recaps.
- Coach volunteers through stories by helping find sources, teaching interview skills, editing, providing feedback, support and advice and educating new journalists on ethics and style.
- Edit stories for content, grammar, spelling and style. Assist with copyediting.
- Run weekly news meetings during the school year, and attend weekly editorial and staff meetings.
- Assist editors in production by proofreading and working with the visuals editor to finish content.
- Be present at The Ubyssey’s office between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., and until the end of production. Editors are excused from work to attend classes and cover stories.
Requirements
- Knowledge of people, stories and issues on UBC’s Vancouver campus.
- Strong journalistic writing, reporting and pitching skills. Editing skills preferred, but not required.
- Good grasp and understanding of UBC governance.
- Strong organizational and leadership skills.
- Working knowledge of libel and defamation as they relate to journalism.
How to apply
Email coordinating@ubyssey.ca with:
- A resume in PDF form.
- Three–four sentence answers to the following two questions:
- Why are you interested in being The Ubyssey’s news producer?
- What is the importance of student journalism at UBC?
- The links to or PDFs of three journalistic writing samples (no creative writing, creative non-fiction or academic essays).
- Two pitches for news stories.