The Eastern Shore Cooperator has two positions through the Canada Summer Jobs program. The pay rate is $14.50/hr for a 30-hour work week, starting at the end of May.
If you would like to apply for one of these two positions, please send a resume and three samples of your work to [email protected] so that we can start interviewing as soon as we hear from CSJ.
The Cooperator’s editor has decades of experience as a writer, editor, and political analyst, and provides hands-on guidance. Several of our CSJ summer interns have gone on to attend the journalism program at King’s College, and one of them just finished serving as the paid editor for the Dalhousie student newspaper.
Here are the two positions:
The News Reporter (NR) will work with the Editor and the Assistant Editor to develop story ideas, conduct interviews, research background material, and write stories for both the printed edition of the paper and for use on the website and the Facebook page. The NR will write at least one substantive story per week. The NR will also do both still and video photography in connection with story assignments. (9 weeks)
The Social Media Community Manager (SMCM) will work with the editor to create content for Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. They will monitor local social media groups and pages to find story ideas, conduct interviews, and produce written and video journalism. The SMCM will engage with online followers by responding to messages, comments and shares that have questions as well as liking or reacting to posts and comments; these interactions with encourage more comments and community dialogue and debate. The SMCM will also develop an email marketing campaign to acquire new monthly supporters. (8 weeks)