Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia · Remote Solely
Title: Southeast Asia, Consultant Reports to: Tina Rosenberg, co-founder Position Type: Independent Contractor Compensation: $864 USD / per month, up to 32 hours a month, plus $2K for travel Duration: 12 months, possibil…
Skills: Journalism, Solutions journalism, Training, Coaching, Project management
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The consultant will act as a regional expert to increase the reach and impact of solutions journalism by training journalists and newsrooms. They will also foster relationships with media outlets, manage peer networks, and track the impact of their work through quarterly reporting.
Candidates must have demonstrated experience in reporting or editing solutions journalism and possess strong project management and networking skills. Fluency in English is required, and the candidate must currently reside in Southeast Asia.
Title: Southeast Asia, Consultant
Reports to: Tina Rosenberg, co-founder
Position Type: Independent Contractor
Compensation: $864 USD / per month, up to 32 hours a month, plus $2K for travel
Duration: 12 months, possibility of renewal
Location: Southeast Asia-- (remote) This role is specific to Southeast Asia– the person in this role must currently live in Southeast Asia and reside there for the duration of this engagement (including in Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam, and introduce the approach to local journalists and newsrooms elsewhere, including Brunei, East Timor, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar.)
Application Closes: Aug 12 midnight EST
Interviews Aug 17 - Aug 21
Contract begins: late August
Since 2013, the Solutions Journalism Network (SJN) has worked to legitimize and spread solutions journalism — rigorous reporting that examines not just problems, but also effective efforts to respond to them — in order to rebalance the news. We’ve made a strong case for how and why audiences and society benefit when solutions journalism is integrated into the news — and we’ve had real success. We’ve worked with over 600 news organizations and 25,000 individual journalists and, based on growing demand for our work, currently staff are working across the United States as well as in Africa and Europe. Around the world, solutions reporting is being adopted by news organizations because it increases audience trust and engagement, sharpens accountability and can open up new sources of revenue.
Today we believe it is more urgent than ever that we take bold action and significantly broaden our reach. Building on our foundational work with newsrooms, we are embarking upon an ambitious new strategy aimed at advancing a system-level change across the field of journalism, in which strong communications will play a critical role. Working with a core group of journalists, content creator journalists, educators and allies, we aim to engage tens of thousands more along with hundreds of news organizations in a movement to ensure ready access to news that is informed by solutions reporting. Our vision of success is sweeping but achievable. With broad adoption of solutions journalism, we envision an increase in society’s capacity to solve problems, widespread reach of more complete and accurate coverage, advances in fairness in reporting and a public that is actively involved in the stories being told about their communities
Role Description:
We seek a part-time consultant for a 12-month engagement (with the possibility of renewal) of five to ten hours per week to increase the reach, practice and impact of solutions journalism in Southeast Asia.
The consultant will become the regional solutions journalism expert, able to speak with confidence to newsrooms and journalists and to present at conferences about when and how to apply a solutions journalism approach, its impact and why it matters. After completing the Introduction to Solutions Journalism and the Train The Trainers (ToT) training and certification themselves, they will forge relationships with journalists and news outlets and connect them via a peer network, develop or adapt training resources, and provide coaching and support on solutions journalism stories that lead to publication.
They will provide quarterly reports tracking the impact of their work and support and grow our current roster of Southeast Asia accredited solutions journalism trainers, including in Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam, and introduce the approach to local journalists and newsrooms elsewhere, including Brunei, East Timor, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar.
This role is modeled on prior and ongoing work in other countries and regions of the world including Latin America, Brazil and India. Our Latin America Consultant helped to increase the practice of solutions journalism. Specific accomplishments include providing one-on-one coaching, compiling resources for trainers and practitioners, helping establish peer networks and creating a local WhatsApp group to connect previously isolated solutions journalism practitioners. Our work in India and Brazil utilizes a quarterly impact progress report to ensure consistent, meaningful tracking. Using these models as a guide, we will work with the SE Asia solutions journalism Consultant to set achievable goals in a region where solutions journalism is not widely known or practiced.
\nDeliverables:Does this sound like your calling? We hope so: We’re an energetic, ambitious, and fun bunch, and we want great people to join us.
Equity, Justice, Diversity and Inclusion at SJN means a workplace where individual differences are recognized, appreciated, respected and responded to in ways that fully develop and utilize each person’s talents and strengths. Diversity of perspective, identity, and experience is important to us. We want to reflect and serve the whole of society. As a result, we encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to seek employment, and we make all employment decisions without regard to race, age, gender, sexual orientation, or any other factors protected by federal, state or local law. To request a reasonable accommodation, contact Eva Blanc, eva [AT] solutionsjournalism [DOT] org
A: Start with this “brief but spectacular” video made for PBS and featuring David Bornstein, one of SJN’s co-founders. Check out the SJN website, new research on how audiences respond to solutions journalism, our most recent survey of our newsroom partners and this study on how solutions journalism can lead to increased revenue.
A: The SJN application does not include a cover letter. Instead, we ask a series of questions that we hope will provide the opportunity for you to share your thoughts. All applicants respond to the same questions, which removes the guesswork of a cover letter and enables you to focus on the things we’re most interested in knowing about your qualifications for this role. (note: after the application questions, you will see a final box that says "ADDITIONAL INFORMATION" and the preview text says "add a cover letter or anything else you want to share”. Please do not upload a cover letter here.
A: Once the application period closes, a team of SJN staffers will review all of the applications and contact candidates who move to the next stage of the process, which will include 1-2 rounds of interviews and, possibly, an additional (brief) assignment.
The Solutions Journalism Network is an independent, non-profit organization working to support and spread the practice of solutions journalism: rigorous and compelling reporting on responses to social problems. The Solutions Journalism Network is driving this practice change in several ways: 1. LEARNING PLATFORM: Our website is the go-to source for tools on the practice of solutions journalism. We offer guidebooks, checklists, and case studies—all for free. 2. JOURNALISM DEVELOPMENT: We’re working with dozens of the nation’s leading news organizations to build the practice of solutions journalism in newsrooms. We provide training and story coaching, connect journalists with data providers, and offer modest project funding. 3. COMMUNITY: SJN’s emerging network offers journalists and news organizations a platform for shared learning and collaboration, and in-person events offering professional development, connections, and celebration for journalists interested in doing solutions journalism.
Offices: 79 Madison Ave., #224, New York, NY 10016, US
The Solutions Journalism Network is an independent, non-profit organization working to support and spread the practice of solutions journalism: rigorous and compelling reporting on responses to social problems. The Solutions Journalism Network is driving this practice change in several ways: 1. LEARNING PLATFORM: Our website is the go-to source for tools on the practice of solutions journalism. We offer guidebooks, checklists, and case studies—all for free. 2. JOURNALISM DEVELOPMENT: We’re working with dozens of the nation’s leading news organizations to build the practice of solutions journalism in newsrooms. We provide training and story coaching, connect journalists with data providers, and offer modest project funding. 3. COMMUNITY: SJN’s emerging network offers journalists and news organizations a platform for shared learning and collaboration, and in-person events offering professional development, connections, and celebration for journalists interested in doing solutions journalism.
Offices: 79 Madison Ave., #224, New York, NY 10016, US
