MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM FACULTY POSITION - SOCIAL MEDIA

Location: Keene

Qualifications:

Tenure-track Assistant Professor: Ph.D. in Mass Communication or related area of study with journalism, and especially social media, as a primary focus; at least one year of college teaching experience; fluency with Adobe Photoshop, Premiere and other professional media production software; and competency with computers, prosumer cameras, and professional hardware/ journalistic tools, including DSLRs, DARs and video cameras. Candidates who are ABD and near completion will also be considered, but the degree must be complete by August 1, 2021.

Clinical Instructor: Masters degree in journalism or related area of study; a minimum of five years of professional experience working in social media; fluency with Adobe Photoshop, Premiere and other professional media production software; and competency with computers, prosumer cameras, and professional hardware/journalistic tools, including DSLRs, DARs and video cameras. Preference will be given to applicants with college-level teaching experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

Three or more years of professional experience as a journalist. Additionally, the College has identified desirable qualifications that support our commitment to creating and maintaining a diverse campus community including the ability to speak a second language or to bring a multicultural perspective to the campus.

About the Opportunity:

Keene State College invites applications for a Tenure-track Assistant Professor or Clinical Instructor in the Department of Journalism, Multimedia, and Public Relations (JMPR) starting August 2021. We are seeking candidates who have extensive experience in social media, an educational background, and the professional experience necessary to help JMPR expand its offerings with the creation of a social media option within the major.

Keene State College has the only stand-alone, four-year journalism degree program in the University System of New Hampshire, and one of the few such programs in New England. The major prepares students for careers in the field by enabling them to build print, broadcast, and digital media skills in an applied setting. Journalism, multimedia, and public relations students at KSC have the opportunity to work for the school newspaper, The Equinox, and the weekly 30-minute television newscast, KSC-TV News, as well as WKNH Radio and the weekly campus sports webcast, Inside Owl Athletics. Internships with professional media organizations and businesses are also an important part of the program. The journalism program is housed in the Media Arts Center, where students use the journalism computer lab, the television broadcast studio, and audio and video editing labs. The Journalism, Multimedia, Public Relations curriculum at Keene State College emphasizes the concepts of press objectivity, fairness, accuracy, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press, as well as the development of analytical writing, research, message creation, production, and presentation skills. You can learn more about the program by visiting: https://www.keene.edu/academics/programs/jrn/.

The successful candidate will teach an introductory level course in social media to students in the major, as well as advanced coursework in media analytics/metrics and social media production. The ability to teach traditional writing/reporting classes is welcome. Collaboration with academic and non-academic departments/ programs, including The Equinox and KSC TV News, among others, are also a required part of the position.

An Assistant Professor will teach twelve credits, typically three 4-credit courses, per academic semester. Additional responsibilities include participating in departmental activities and campus-wide committees, maintaining an active record of scholarship, and professional development.

Clinical Instructors are full-time, non-tenure track positions who are members of the bargaining unit and whose responsibilities typically focus on delivery of instruction with applied focus in a specific area, as well as providing service to the department, the college, and/or the profession. Clinical Instructors teach 16 credits per academic semester.

As part of their regular teaching responsibilities at this public liberal arts college, faculty members may teach courses both in the major and in the Integrative Studies Program. For more information about this program, please see: http://www.keene.edu/isp/.

Our students come from diverse socio-economic and educational backgrounds, with a high percentage of first-generation college students. By the time Keene State College students complete their undergraduate experience they develop critical thinking, creative inquiry, intercultural competence, civic engagement, and commitments to well-being and to sustainability that will serve them as active citizens and lifelong learners. We strongly encourage individuals to apply who will support the College's ongoing efforts to help students become responsible global citizens.

At Keene State College, we share a commitment to diversity, equity and multiculturalism as key elements of academic excellence. We seek faculty with a desire to provide support, mentorship and direction to prepare students to work within diverse communities. One of our aspirations is to develop social change agents with the knowledge, skills and experience to compassionately engage with their future employers, peers and those they serve from diverse backgrounds. Faculty actively engage in collaborative work and service within the department and across the College to advance future-thinking curricular and co-curricular approaches that strengthen our Liberal Arts focus and achieve the College's goals for inclusion and excellence as outlined in the College's Strategic Plan.