Part-time police accountability community engagement coordinator

The temporary part-time community engagement coordinator will work with USA TODAY Network-New York editors producers reporters and videographers and also with NYS Police Accountability Project partners including the Syracuse University S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications to extend the reach of police accountability journalism online on social media and through organizing of community discussions on social media and through other means -- discussions focused on empowering residents and law-enforcement leaders to seek a pathway to better local TODAY Network-New York and the Newhouse School began seeking and obtaining police disciplinary records from local police departments in 2020 posting the first-of-its-kind database of these records from New York state communities in December 2021. Since this partnership has resulted in award-winning police accountability journalism and ongoing coverage of disciplinary lapses and 2026 we are expanding the collaborative approach and the resources attached to it. For at least one year the community engagement coordinator will grow audience and build awareness through:Creation of project-specific social channels and a social media approach that explains and promotes the projects impact for a younger social-first approach in particular will rely on video created for YouTube TikTok and Instagram Reels. These short videos might detail a reporters findings from our data or explore how to search our disciplinary database or seek ideas from our with our journalists and Syracuse University student-journalists to create video and with audiences on Reddit in discussing police accountability better policing strategies and culturally relevant police news and for AMAs hosted by our journalists and video discussions with law-enforcement leaders community members and researchers of policing and tend to Facebook group to promote content and field discussion of the issues the coverage an already created dedicated website that prominently displays the projects branding partnerships and exclusive data and video and story content to engage readers and potential future collaborators and partners. Coordinate with editors and partners to arrange and promote a handful of in-person or virtual community education sessions regarding police accountability issues and participate in video interviews of sources for police accountability stories and :Help create compelling video and social media related to police disciplinary records and the issues these documents highlight in New York and help manage police accountability social media promote new findings from the police disciplinary database on social media and on a dedicated web the intricacies of public records requests and policing issues so that social media posts and video are informative and useful and it a mission to inform and engage readers through immediacy insightful journalism and riveting with editors content creators visual journalists and producers and partners to shape social media storytelling to meet audience needs and interests on every aware of and alert to audience interests and questions and how headlines SEO social posts and effective short video help extend the reach of basic photos and video as :Bachelors degree in journalism communications multimedia organized detail oriented adaptable and flexibleAbility to multi-task and work well in a team environmentExcellent organizational analytical and oral and written communication skillsPrevious internship experience is a plusTechnical skills required for multiple aspects of the roleIdeal candidates will possess strong Office and video editing and PC CONSIDERATIONSStrong writing skills and a command of grammar and with social media and video platforms like Instagram Stories Reels and TikTok as tools to build audience and as a source for beat development. A self-starter who works collaboratively with others locally and regionally to meet common goals.A journalist committed to values of fairness diversity inclusion and are eager to learn more about you and how you fit this role. Please upload in one PDF document:Your resume - one to two pagesA short cover letter that outlines how you would approach the jobLinks to 2-3 online samples of your is important that these items be assembled into a single document and uploaded in PDF format. Completing these steps will ensure that your application receives the highest consideration.#Newsgnt#LI-CB1