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Job Posting POSTED today at 3:07 p.m. Executive Producer (San Antonio Express-News) The San Antonio Express-News is looking for a talented and accomplished digital journalist to lead the daily operations of its award-winning subscriber website, ExpressNews.com. The Executive Producer will oversee the packaging and promotion of all digital editorial content published on the site, as well as its distribution on social media channels, newsletters and the Express-News’ free site, mySA.com. The EP will supervise a team of multitalented producers and data visualization journalists and work across the newsroom to guide the staff in seeking new, innovative ways to tell meaningful stories. This person will manage the creative design of major ... IRE Radio Podcast | Fostering Disparity By Blake Nelson | 10.03.2016 IRE RADIO POSTED today at 10:41 a.m. TAGGED audio, data journalism, Podcast, foster, American Indian, children Brandon Stahl has spent years reporting on foster care for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. But at a meeting with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, he stumbled across a fact he’d never heard before: Minnesota places a higher share of American Indian kids into foster care than any other state. A year-long investigation with data journalist MaryJo Webster left them with a series of articles, some heartbreaking stories, and one big question. You can find the podcast on Soundcloud, iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play. If you have a story you think we should feature on the show, drop us a ... Read more ... Job Posting POSTED today at 9:41 a.m. News Producer (KSTP-TV) Are you a producer who wants to really produce a newscast vs just stack a show? Do you want to produce a newscast that will inform and entertain viewers? Do you want to grow into an EP and be a leader in your newsroom? KSTP is the station for you. Our well-sourced reporters don’t MMJ. They work with talented photographers. Our directors have technical directors and we have real people running our studio cameras so you don’t need a code to execute changes with your newscast. We have 6 live trucks, 3 mobile live units and our own ... Job Posting POSTED today at 9:37 a.m. Investigative Producer (KSTP-TV) KSTP-5 Eyewitness News is seeking an experienced investigative producer who has the chops to bring it every day. This candidate will have a minimum of 3 years working as a producer in a competitive market, and have at least 2 years working hard-edged investigations that have earned recognition and brought results. This producer will join a newsroom that digs deep, works sources to come back with facts and documents that separate our investigative stories from everyone else in our markets, and hold people in power accountable. You will join a dedicated team that operates on the premise that what we ... Job Posting POSTED today at 9:26 a.m. Lecturer in Journalism (University of Florida) The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications is seeking an experienced professional journalist with a national reputation to join our faculty in the Department of Journalism. The CJC is widely considered one of the world's preeminent colleges in the study of journalism and communication, and is housed at one of the nation's most comprehensive and esteemed public universities. We have a long history of employing the “teaching hospital” model through our various venues of immersion. We are equally adept at research and have centered much of our intellectual exploration at the intersection of science, storytelling and ... Some N.C. lottery players win so often, their good fortune defies logic By Extra Extra | 09.30.2016 EXTRA EXTRA POSTED Sept. 30, 2016 at 2:24 p.m. TAGGED CAR, Finance, Gambling An exhaustive review of North Carolina lottery winners by The Charlotte Observer found that some players are gaming the system and hurting taxpayers in the process. Analyzing 189,000 lottery win claims between 2006 and 2015, The Charlotte Observer found a high percentage of repeat winners, including licensed retailers who sell tickets to the general public. These repeat wins were almost statistically impossible ­– sometimes one in a trillion – and yet the same players continued to win. Job Posting POSTED Sept. 30, 2016 at 1:48 p.m. Assistant Professor, Magazine Journalism (SUNY College at Plattsburgh) The Department of Journalism & Public Relations at the State University of New York, College at Plattsburgh welcomes applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position with an anticipated start date of August 2017. The successful candidate will be committed to excellence in teaching, research and service in an institution dedicated primarily to undergraduate education. It will be expected that the person taking on this role will demonstrate an understanding of and sensitivity to diversity and gender issues, as SUNY Plattsburgh is committed to ensuring that its graduates are educated to succeed in an increasingly complex, multicultural, and interdependent world. Responsibilities Include ... Industrial air pollution often comes from a group of ‘super polluters’ By Extra Extra | 09.30.2016 EXTRA EXTRA POSTED Sept. 30, 2016 at 11:57 a.m. TAGGED Business, CAR, Energy, Environment, Government (federal/state/local), Pollution Almost a third of all toxic air pollution in the United States in 2014 was due to 100 facilities in the country, according to a nine-month investigation by The Center for Public Integrity. In partnership with the Weather Channel and the USA TODAY Network, The Center for Public Integrity reported on the health impacts of these super polluters and noted their concentration in places like Indiana and Kentucky. The Center for Public Integrity linked two previously independent data sets from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to find accurate levels of pollutants in towns with power plants, coal factories and ... 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