Beacon News & Managing Editor

This is not a Student Employment Position. This is a student volunteer experience. Volunteer experience participants receive monthly stipend payments.

• Has excellent writing and critical thinking skills
• Is insatiably curious, creative and proactive about learning
• Is a good listener as well as a natural leader
• Is dependable, considerate, ethical and emotionally mature
• Does not shy away from a challenge
• Can manage peers in a professional setting, holding them accountable
• Manages time and stress well; thrives on a busy schedule
• Must be able to handle stress well, including short deadlines
• Reads journalistic media for fun and curiosity
• Is excited about multimedia as well as writing
• Is a go-getter, strives for excellence, naturally goes above-and-beyond what’s expected
• Collaborates and communicates well in a team setting
• Is open to instruction
• Has at least one year of reporting experience
• Attends staff meetings Mondays and Thursdays at 5:45 p.m. unless there is a conflict with a class and the editor-in-chief approves the absence in advance. Beacon staffers are strongly discouraged from registering for classes that meet during those times
• Serves on Editorial Board and attends Ed Board meetings on Wednesday nights
• Meets with adviser and editor-in-chief every Monday
• Plays leadership role as directed by adviser and editor-in-chief during Beacon Boot Camp training in August
• Assigns reporters news stories on multiple platforms, enforcing deadlines
• Is promptly responsive to email, Slack and text messages
• Ensures news coverage is accurate, fair, ethical, diverse and inclusive and allows for a wide range of representation of the campus community
• Approves and posts news content throughout the week
• Monitors news content for accuracy and promptly posts all corrections and clarifications for the News section when warranted
• Assigns reporters beats and monitors their progress
• Is in charge of spread sheet (“story budget”) that lists all assignments. Updates regularly
• Coaches reporters on interviewing, reporting and writing with assistance from adviser
• Is available to reporters via phone, text, Slack and email and scheduled one-on-one meetings
• Edits news content and writes headlines
• Has authority over all recorded (podcasts, video) and live news content
• Posts at least one multimedia piece (ie: video, slideshow) in the News section per week
• Mentors other editors as needed
• Generates content ideas and coverage strategies for the news section
• Reports and writes stories for the News section
• Keeps up with current events, UP-related topics, student culture, and higher education in general
• Supervises Community Engagement Editor on news content in Beacon social media
• Coordinates with Multimedia Editor in assigning news videos, photos, infographics
• Encourages and executes innovation in multi-platform storytelling
• Oversees breaking news coverage
• Contributes two story ideas each week
• Acts as Editor-in-Chief when Editor-in-Chief is unavailable
• May not be employed by UP Marketing or UP Athletics or on ASUP
• You must have at least a 3.0 GPA

• Has served previously on The Beacon staff

Physical Requirements

Posting Number

Posting Number SE944-2023

Number of Vacancies

Number of Vacancies Multiple

Estimated Start Date 08/17/2026

Open Date

Open Date 02/11/2026

Close Date

Close Date 08/10/2026

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Contact
University of Portland
5000 N. Willamette Blvd
Portland, Oregon

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