Beacon Opinion Editor​/Sr. Reporter

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

The ideal candidate:

• Has excellent writing and critical thinking skills
• Loves to read a variety of news and opinion articles
• 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
• Is culturally competent and strives for diversity and inclusion in the Opinion section
• Articulates opinions and a call-to-action in concise and persuasive writing
• Applies careful research and keen logic as well as emotion to editorial writing
• Manages time well; thrives on a busy schedule
• Must be able to handle stress well, including short deadlines
• Is diplomatic with community members who object to the editorial and all contributors
• Is willing to learn/try 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
• Attends staff meetings Mondays and Thursdays at 5:45 p.m. unless there is a conflict with a class and the editor approves the absence in advance. Staffers are strongly discouraged from registering for classes that meet during those time periods.
• Serves on Editorial Board and attends Ed Board meetings on Wednesday nights.
• Fulfills all reporter duties as listed in News (or Sports) Reporter job description.
• Plays leadership role as directed by adviser and editor-in-chief during Beacon Boot Camp training in August
• Presents a wide range of relevant editorial topics to the Editorial Board for their consideration.
• Researches and writes fact-based Beacon editorial about once a month after consulting with Editorial Board. The approval of a simple majority is required before publication.
• Performs reporting tasks necessary for preparing the editorial including interviewing sources when necessary.
• Reaches out regularly to UP students, faculty, and staff for thoughtful submissions on relevant topics, seeking varied, diverse, and inclusive points of view.
• Reads and fact-checks submissions, and works with contributors to ensure submissions adhere to AP and Beacon style and provide meaningful content.
• Posts all Opinion content and ensures the Beacon Opinion section is a respectful exchange of ideas, not allowing for personal attacks.
• Oversees Beacon staff sign-up for weekly commentary writing. Makes a sign-up sheet at the beginning of each semester.
• Arranges photographs of columnists.
• Communicates with contributors if there are questions or concerns about their submission.
• Strategizes creative ways to be a platform for opinions throughout the UP community, using digital tools to publish opinion polls, video, and other forms of media.
• Verifies identities of writers of all commentary and letters to the editor.
• Stays up to date on local, national, and international events as well as campus issues.
• Reads the work of professional columnists regularly and other readings as recommended by the adviser.
• May not be employed by UP Marketing or UP Athletics or on ASUP
• Must have at least a 3.0 GPA.

Has served previously on Beacon staff.

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

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

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