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KBIA Positions

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KBIA has two open positions currently:

  • one full-time position for News Director/Assistant Professional Practice Professor
  • one full-time position for News Producer
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News Director/Assistant Professional Practice Professor
NPR-affiliate KBIA and the Missouri School of Journalism are looking for the right candidate to lead our dynamic public radio station’s news team and train the next generation of audio journalists.

The station and school are located at the University of Missouri-Columbia. We are seeking applications for a candidate who is excited about the prospect of reimagining what a public radio news team can accomplish and who is ready to lead collaborative projects with partner School of Journalism newsrooms producing professional-quality work across platforms.

Our news director will also serve as a faculty member at the Missouri School of Journalism, leading operations for our Edward R. Murrow national award–winning radio station that is also a working laboratory for students at The Missouri School of Journalism.

The director will oversee planning, supervising and production of news programming for radio broadcasts, including in-depth and long form reports, as well as public affairs programming. Responsibilities also include classroom teaching, faculty committee assignments and service to the profession of radio journalism.

KBIA is part of a group of news outlets operated by the School of Journalism, including the Columbia Missourian, a community newspaper; KOMU-TV, an NBC affiliate; Vox Magazine and Missouri Business Alert. KBIA is located in a centralized newsroom with these outlets, and the news director will embrace the opportunity of working across platforms to create unique content.

Responsibilities also include developing and maintaining contacts with community leaders in the coordination and implementation of news and public affairs programming across digital and on-air platforms; planning and producing promotional announcements for upcoming news and public affairs reports; and training Missouri School of Journalism students, including classroom teaching.

The position carries an academic rank of Assistant Professional Practice (non-tenure track).

Qualifications:
A bachelor’s degree is required. Two to three years of experience in public radio news broadcasting, interviewing and production are necessary.

Application Materials:
We value the uniqueness of every individual and strive to ensure each person’s success. Contributions from individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives promote intellectual pluralism and enable us to achieve the excellence that we seek in learning, research and engagement. This commitment makes our university a better place to work, learn and innovate.

In your application materials, please discuss your experiences and expertise that support these values and enrich our missions of teaching, research and engagement.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

To apply, please visit https://hr.missouri.edu/job-openings to access the online application system. Required application materials include a cover letter summarizing qualifications, a resume, and a link to audio examples, including feature reporting. E-mail questions to Mark Horvit, Chair of the Radio-Television Journalism faculty at horvitm@missouri.edu.
Search for ACADEMIC POSITION JOB ID: 48358

Salary Range: Anticipated Hiring Range: $65,000-$73,660

Shift: Full-time in-person

Benefit Eligibility:
This position is eligible for University benefits. The University offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental and vision plans, retirement, and educational fee discounts. For additional information on University benefits, please visit the Faculty & Staff Benefits website at http://www.umsystem.edu/totalrewards/benefits

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News Producer
KBIA News at the Missouri School of Journalism has an immediate opening for a Producer who through reporting, producing and community building, works to connect directly with our community and amplify valuable and helpful voices that are often unheard. This desk will specifically help our newsroom tackle engagement-first reporting and projects, focusing on under-served communities in our region. Examples of this work could include in-depth reporting, interview segments, project management, and/or active community outreach work – all channeled into reporting and producing for KBIA on-air and digital within a converged newsroom.

This position serves on the staff of the Missouri School of Journalism with classroom teaching responsibilities and newsroom supervision of student journalists. In addition, the Producer works on and facilitates cross-platform content in a dynamic, converged newsroom with the school’s media holdings, including the Columbia Missourian, Vox Magazine, NBC-affiliated KOMU-TV, the digital statewide business publication Missouri Business Alert, and NPR-affiliate KBIA.

The Producer and the KBIA news team work at the intersection of two networks – a prestigious journalism school and public radio. The two cultures enhance and build on each other, empowering our news team to produce innovative, collaborative, award-winning journalism while training and teaching students at the Missouri School of Journalism. If this sounds like something you’d like to be a part of, apply to work with us!

Shift: Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm, with some nights and weekends

Minimum Qualifications: A Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience and at least 2 years of experience from which comparable knowledge and skills can be acquired is necessary. Some experience at an NPR affiliate station required.

Preferred Qualifications: Public radio broadcasting/production and fluency in new-media production and social media is desirable.

Anticipated Hiring Range: Salary Range: $50,367 - $55,000, commensurate with education and experience.

Grade: GGS-9E

University Title: Strategic Communications Consultant

Internal applicants can determine their University title by accessing the Talent Profile tile in myHR.

Application Materials: Upload a resume, cover letter, and the name and contact information for three references with the online application.
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

To apply, please visit https://hr.missouri.edu/job-openings to access the online application system.

Search for STAFF POSITION JOB ID: 50424

Benefit Eligibility:
This position is eligible for University benefits. As part of your total compensation, the University offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental and vision plans, retirement, paid time off, short- and long-term disability, paid parental leave, paid caregiver leave, and educational fee discounts for all four UM System campuses. For additional information on University benefits, please visit the Faculty & Staff Benefits website at https://www.umsystem.edu/totalrewards/benefits.

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Other Information
KBIA News is an award-winning, innovative newsroom located in the university town of Columbia, on the campus of the oldest journalism school in the world, the Missouri School of Journalism. Reporters at KBIA News cover this dynamic Mid-Missouri community, coach and edit journalism students, and file reports and features to NPR and other national programs. KBIA News enjoys close collaborations with Missouri public radio stations, the Harvest Public Media and Side Effects Public Media Local Journalism Centers, and with innovative campus organizations such as Investigative Reporters and Editors (I.R.E) and Reynolds Journalism Institute. KBIA staff also lead the way in innovative technologies and storytelling techniques, through community storytelling projects like Missouri Health Talks, and big data projects like Access Missouri. KBIA’s unique relationship with the journalism school means that this role serves on the staff of the Missouri School of Journalism, and the role includes classroom teaching duties as well as supervising and editing Journalism students in the newsroom. This J School partnership allows for an innovative, dynamic news environment that provides opportunities for a hard-working journalist to gain new skills, foster new media relationship and grow professionally. As evidence of all those efforts, in 2020, KBIA was honored with the National Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence.

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Values Commitment:
We value the uniqueness of every individual and strive to ensure each person’s success. Contributions from individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives promote intellectual pluralism and enable us to achieve the excellence that we seek in learning, research and engagement. This commitment makes our university a better place to work, learn and innovate.

In your application materials, please discuss your experiences and expertise that support these values and enrich our missions of teaching, research and engagement.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Equal Opportunity is and shall be provided for all employees and applicants for employment on the basis of their demonstrated ability and competence without unlawful discrimination on the basis of their race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable state or federal law. This policy shall not be interpreted in such a manner as to violate the legal rights of religious organizations or the recruiting rights of military organizations associated with the Armed Forces or the Department of Homeland Security of the United States of America. For more information, call the Director of Employee and Labor Relations at 573-882-7976.

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