Idea Lab

Job Openings at Social Entrepreneurial Startup

by Aaditeshwar Seth
2008 Knight News Challenge Winner

Company background: Gram Vaani is a social entrepreneurial startup focused on building innovative models of media delivery for rural areas of India. Media is an important agency to bring social change and responsible politics, but novel technological and business methods are required to successfully and scalably enable services in the challenging rural environments. Our open-source product line is aimed at low-cost systems co designed with local communities, and has been funded by the Knight Foundation of the US as part of their prestigious global news challenge competition for 2008. Join our young and high powered team for an extremely satisfying,...

• November 9, 2008
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Swimming Lessons for Journalists

by Amy Gahran
2007 Knight News Challenge Winner

Yesterday on the Poynter Institute's E-Media Tidbits blog (which I edit), contributor Alan Abbey posted an item about the latest spate of newsroom layoffs. He noted: "For media workers, these aren't necessarily bad times. For every job shutting down at LA Times, there is probably one (albeit less well paid, less prestigious, and more nose-to-the-grindstone) opening up in new media. However, for media veterans, this downturn does feel similar to the widespread closures of coal mines and steel mills 25-30 years ago. What can we do with our outdated skills?" That's pretty blunt talk, and I'm glad that Abbey had...

• July 4, 2008
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Know a Good Manager?

by Geoff Dougherty
2007 Knight News Challenge Winner

One of the biggest challenges of building ChiTownDailyNews.org has been running the business side of things -- fundraising, ad sales, etc -- while also trying to build a network of volunteer community journalists, edit their stories, manage our bloggers and beat reporters. As of this week, we're looking to break those tasks into two separate jobs. All of our non-editorial operations will be supervised by a general manager, and we're looking to fill that role ASAP. You can check out the complete job posting here. And please pass it on to anyone you know who might fit the bill....

• March 21, 2008
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