Kennesaw State opened a job listing on its website May 23 for a deputy editor who will oversee operations of the Georgia News Lab and the Center for Sustainable Journalism.
According to the job listing, the deputy editor will “manage daily editorial operations,” as well as develop investigative reports and edit news stories and opinion columns. The deputy editor will also work on both regional and national long-term reporting projects and assist the senior editor in department projects.
Executive Editor of the Center for Sustainable Journalism John Fleming said that the deputy editor is a new “hybrid” position that will alternate between overseeing the Georgia News Lab and assisting with the CSJ.
The job listing states that one of the deputy editor’s key responsibilities will be to assist in the publication of the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, a daily news page published by the CSJ that covers national news stories regarding the juvenile justice system. The deputy editor will also assist in publishing Youth Today, another CSJ publication that focuses on news and issues within the youth services industry, according to its website.
Fleming said that the deputy editor position is currently open for applications, and no finalists have been selected.
According to their website, the CSJ is a journalistic organization sponsored by KSU that “aims to ensure high quality, ethically sound journalism.” The CSJ also provides learning opportunities to KSU students in “marketing, investigative journalism, photography, videography, social media management, website and app development, grant writing, fundraising and event planning,” in addition to hiring several full-time staff, many of whom are former student workers who decided to continue working for the CSJ after graduating KSU.
For those interested in applying for the deputy editor position, the job description and application can be found at kennesaw.hiretouch.com
