The Magazine, News & Digital Journalism Department (MND) seeks a tenure-track faculty member to teach longform narrative, with an emphasis on multiplatform story-producing, to undergraduate and graduate students. The successful candidate will have professional experience in writing, editing and/or producing longform journalism in audio, video or other digital formats, and be able to lead students in project-based learning from pitch through research/reporting, production and distribution. The role will involve collaboration with other faculty and staff to produce innovative student journalism with professional aspirations. This position has a start date of August 21, 2023.

About the Newhouse School
Widely regarded as the nation's leading school of communications, the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University is home to approximately 2,000 undergraduates, 200 residential master's degree students, 200 online master's degree students and 15 doctoral degree students. They are among the best in the country, having secured a place in the class through a highly competitive admissions process. The typical admitted first-year student has a 3.8 GPA and an SAT score in the 1300s

The school's 250,000-square-foot, three-building complex is a leading-edge learning environment where students are exposed to the tools and technologies used by professionals in the field. Features include Dick Clark Studios, a high-tech entertainment production facility that rivals many Hollywood studios; the Diane and Bob Miron Digital News Center, complete with a contemporary news set, a green screen, state-of-the-art lighting systems and cameras; the Alan Gerry Center for Media Innovation, a creative hub where Newhouse expertise in content development and production meets the latest media technology and programming trends; the Emerging Insights Lab, a state-of-the-art social media command center; and the Collaborative Media Room, home to
the student-produced multimedia news site, The NewsHouse.

In January 2020, the S.I. Newhouse Foundation announced a $75 million gift to the Newhouse School, the largest donation to Syracuse University in its 150-year history and one of the largest ever to any communications school.

To learn more about the Newhouse School, visit https://newhouse.syr.edu.

The Magazine, News & Digital Journalism Department has a strong tradition of excellence and alumni placement at leading media organizations, including the Washington Post, New York Times, Vox/New York Magazine, Conde Nast, Apple News, etc. The faculty prides itself on an innovative curriculum that prepares students to work in today's journalism world and lead the one that comes next. As a department, we value collaboration and community building among students, staff and faculty.

Our 17 full-time faculty members – all of whom come from industry – teach required courses in writing, reporting, data, editing, diversity and ethics, along with a variety of electives in emerging technology, multimedia and social media. The curriculum emphasizes understanding audience and multiplatform content creation.

More than 200 undergraduates and graduate students in the MND program participate in project-based learning that encourages experimentation and creativity. Several recent class or schoolwide journalism projects have gone on to win national honors from the Online News Association, Hearst Journalism Awards and the Society of Professional Journalism. The NewsHouse, a long-running digital news magazine, gives students both a learning environment and a public-facing outlet. Recent projects include topics such as student mental health, the consequences of I-81 on the Syracuse community and the 50th Anniversary of Title IX.

Program alumni maintain strong connections to Newhouse and Syracuse University. Our alumni are editors, reporters, podcast producers and social media editors, and work on audience engagement, design/dev and editorial strategy teams. They are found in numerous leadership positions and often return to campus to share their knowledge.

Please visit Syracuse University, Newhouse School and Magazine, News and Digital Journalism to learn more about our school and programs.