Writer/Associate Editor
Thursday, July 15, 2010
By: Melanie Mulcahy

The Southern Poverty Law Center is seeking a Writer/Associate Editor for its award-winning education project, Teaching Tolerance.

The project is dedicated to helping K-12 teachers promote equity and respect in the classroom and beyond. The project publishes a semiannual magazine distributed at no charge to over 400,000 educators, produces free multimedia curriculum packages, and operates a website,www.teachingtolerance.org. Teaching Tolerance magazine has won more than twenty EdPress awards; the project's documentary films have been nominated for three Academy Awards. The Writer/Associate Editor will edit and coordinate Teaching Tolerance blogs; write blogs, articles and web copy; monitor and contribute to the TT Facebook page; conduct research, check facts and perform general copyediting duties.

Responsibilities:

Writes and edits for print and online publications
Maintains the TT blog by scheduling bloggers, identifying topics, editing and submitting posts
Engages Facebook audience by monitoring news, framing stories in a tolerance context, posting items
Conducts research and fact checking for TT publications
Participates in departmental meetings and collaborative projects
Performs copyediting for departmental publications
Other duties as assigned

Qualifications/Requirements:

Bachelors degree in journalism, communications or English
Three years of writing and editing experience
Familiarity with and commitment to educational equity issues and/or a sophisticated understanding of multiculturalism and diversity issues
Strong editorial skills
Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines

The Writer/Associate Editor works at the Southern Poverty Law Center's headquarters in Montgomery, Alabama, and reports to the Managing Editor. Interested candidates should send a cover letter, resume, references, and writing samples to humanresources@splcenter.org or mail to: Human Resources, Southern Poverty Law Center, 400 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36104.

The Southern Poverty Law Center is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from people of color, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people, people with disabilities and women. The Center does not discriminate on the basis of gender, disability, age, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, race or ethnicity.