Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism (www.journalism.columbia.edu) invites applications for the Director of the Tow Center for the Internet and Digital Media, who shall also be appointed as a professor of journalism (rank and track to be determined).
The successful candidate will serve as Director of the newly created Tow Center for the Internet and New Media Innovation, with responsibility for helping to create a new academic center dedicated to the teaching of journalism with innovative applications online and research into emerging uses of digital media in journalism.
We envision this center bringing visibility to the School’s contributions to this field of endeavor and study, seeking opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration with other Columbia schools and with external agencies and organizations.
In that light, the Director will be involved in executing and overseeing original scholarly research; collaborating with and studying news organizations, new and old; developing and testing new models for creating and delivering information, along with business innovations to support those models; and advising how to raise additional funds through research and program grants.
She/he will also be responsible for working closely with the Journalism School’s dean, dean of academic affairs, and faculty to ensure the development of an enhanced curriculum in digital media. In this role, the incumbent will develop and teach digital media courses, explore the best methods of reporting and journalistic presentation for the Internet, supervise master’s projects and theses, and advise students.
Qualified applicants are pioneers and leaders in digital journalism, from anywhere in the world, who are able to demonstrate scholarly and/or professional accomplishments worthy of appointment to a faculty position. Preference will be given to candidates who have experience in working with digital media, along with an understanding of curriculum planning and academic program development. A bachelor’s degree is required; advanced degree preferred.
This position will begin July 1, 2010, pending budgetary and administrative approval. Screening of applications will begin in February 2010, and the search will remain open no less than 30 days after posting and until the position is filled.
Letters of interest and curricula vitae can be submitted for consideration by visiting the following link: https://academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=52559
Columbia University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
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