Job site has an interesting local job listed

A reader notes:

I learned today from this terrific web site below, higheredjobs.com, that UT Arlington is looking for a publications editor. This might be something to add to your blog. Also, journalists ask me all the time about jobs in University communications and marketing shops. This web site is a very good source for these types of jobs.

http://www.higheredjobs.com/admin/search.cfm?JobCat=37"

Local SPJ chaper has a free workshop upcoming for freelancers

From my e-box:

Are you up Freelance Creek without a paddle? Come to SPJ’s free seminar on Saturday, June 6, at the University of Texas at Arlington and you should leave with, if not a paddle, at least some ideas on how to navigate chores like finding clients, negotiating with them, creating your own website, and dealing with taxes and 401Ks.

We’ll have panels on getting out in the market, dealing with the business side and visual and multimedia freelancing. The seminar is open only to media professionals; there is no fee.

Panelists will include:
Carol Zuber-Mallison, who, after stints at both the /Morning News/ and /Star-Telegram/, has had a successful freelance graphics business for 17 years;
Photographer Manuel Pecina of the American Society of Media Photographers
Paul Foutch, former stock market editor and business reporter of /The Dallas Morning News/, now with Edward Jones Investments;
Catherine Team, creator of NeedMedia.com, and an advertising and marketing pro for the past 30 years;
Meda Kessler, editorial director of /360 West/ magazine.

The seminar will run 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., with most of the action in Room 258, Fine Arts Building (Central Section). The Fine Arts Building is on the west side of Cooper Street at Greek Row Drive. Parking is available in faculty lots on the north side of the building and across Nedderman Drive to the west. Once you park, there should be signs directing you to the room.

Directions to UTA from I-30 are available at: http://www.uta.edu/maps/directions-i30

And here’s a map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=700+Greek+Row+Dr.+Arlington,+Texas&hl=en

Please RSVP to Gayle at gayle.reaves@fwweekly.com so we know how many donuts to buy. Also message Gayle with any questions or requests.

See you there!

Sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists-Fort Worth Pro chapter, with assistance from the University of Texas at Arlington and friends in the media.

Recent Dallas-area job postings

From a couple of readers:

http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=510512

http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=786114

http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=1051313

http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=1027379

and

Just got word today about an opening for an assistant public information officer at Lewisville ISD. It’s posted on the Texas School Public Relations Association website under job listings: http://www.tspra.org/page.php/services_jobs_listings.

Job posting -- Dallas PR firm

A reader sends this:

Hi, I’ve followed your blog and am so sorry about all of the cuts at the Dallas Morning News. I was a journalism major and would-be reporter before making the switch to the PR side of the business and am troubled by the industry changes. In any case, I am hiring at Jackson Spalding Dallas: http://www.jacksonspalding.com/employment.html. JS is an Atlanta-based independent marketing communications firm and we opened our Dallas office in March. In Atlanta, we have many former Atlanta Journal Constitution and Atlanta Business Chronicle reporters/editors on staff – journalists have always been highly valued and respected within our firm. I’m looking to fill a full-time position for someone with 2-4 years of experience and a summer internship.



Best,

Joanna



Joanna Singleton

JACKSON SPALDING

O 214.269.4401

M 214.206.5963

E jsingleton@jacksonspalding.com

Another freelance opportuntity

A reader who many of us knows says:

A woman I profiled a few years ago in Texas Living, Deb Lewin, is looking for a freelance editor to help her with a memoir. Don’t think she can pay much, but it’s a chance to sharpen book-editing skills, and Deb is a rare and special person. She was an Olympic athlete who was partly paralyzed in a car crash and has been an advocate for (and exemplar) of equestrian therapy. Deb won the 2009 NorthStar award from Henry S Miller and Highland Park Village for exceptional community service and volunteering, and anyone would enjoy working with her. Contact her at baobabbb@aol.com.

Please pass this around. Thanks!

Steve Steinberg
Director of Communications
Office: 206-616-0827
Fax: 206-616-6269

The sound of ghostly chains rustling

A reader sends this:

I heard a rumor today that the plans for the next round are already being made.

If anybody out there can either confirm or knock this down, please e-mail me.

The DMN is hiring

Save the irony. It's a job that somebody out there might want. A reader sends us this:

The Local News department is looking for a super-organized journalist with good writing and reporting skills for a news assistant’s position. The successful candidate will work on our fast-paced Metro Desk night team on a variety of assignments including writing news briefs, writing obituaries, assisting on the reporting of stories, manning the phones and watching newscasts. Aggressive staffers with good news judgment have an opportunity to cover breaking news and do enterprise reporting. Interested candidates should contact Mike Drago in Local News at mdrago@dallasnews.com or 214-977-8931.

And a boss says that while the layoff rules say something about people not being eligible for rehire for some period of time, applicants will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Meaning, I guess, that if someone they want to rehire applies, that the rules can be amended to suit.

Interesting job available in Dallas

A reader tells us:

PIO for the Dallas County health department is suddenly open -- right in the middle of the swine flu mess. The position will be posted on the Dallas County web site at Dallascounty.org. The salary range is between $45,000 and $57,000.

And as long as I'm posting:

We have a temporary opening at Sunwest Communications for a receptionist position. It would be 3 days a week for four to six weeks, depending on the health of our current receptionist. Contact stownsend@sunwestpr.com