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  "id": "1996-december-wanted-executive-director",
  "slug": "1996-december-wanted-executive-director",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1996-december-wanted-executive-director.html",
  "year": 1996,
  "month": "December",
  "monthNum": 12,
  "headline": "Wanted: executive director",
  "kicker": "IRE Notes",
  "author_name": "Bruce Moores",
  "author_title": "IRE staff",
  "affiliation": "Investigative Reporters and Editors",
  "summary": "Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) is seeking an executive director to lead the organization's training and professional development initiatives, requiring a journalist or experienced manager with demonstrated leadership skills and preferably computer-assisted reporting expertise.",
  "keywords": [
    "journalism",
    "leadership",
    "director"
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  "topics": [
    "Journalism & Newsroom",
    "Investigative Methods"
  ],
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  "full_text": "The leading association of investigative journalists is seeking an executive director to lead Investigative Reporters and Editors into the 21st century.\n\nIRE, the top newsroom training organization and standard-setter in our business, offers a host of services to the profession, including training journalists in advanced reporting techniques for print and broadcast, editing, and computer-assisted reporting. It is based at the University of Missouri-Columbia. If you have proven yourself as a journalist and manager, we want to hear from you.\n\nWe are seeking an energetic chief executive who will relish helping other journalists here and worldwide; oversee an $800,000 budget; manage a highly motivated staff of 20 individuals; raise funds; guide the development of educational conferences and publications; oversee various IRE programs, including the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting and the Periodistas de Investigacion; and spread the word about the good work of IRE.\n\nThe executive director reports to an elected board of 13 journalists. A seasoned journalist is preferred but not required. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated managerial and administrative effectiveness; master's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience; and superior organization and communication skills. If you know computer-assisted reporting, you will have an edge. This faculty position at the Missouri School of Journalism includes teaching responsibilities and generous benefits. Salary ranges $50,000 to 60,000.\n\nCandidates should send a cover letter, resume and three reference letters to Bruce Moores, IRE Search Committee, 138 Neff Annex, Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, Mo. 65211. A review of applications will begin in late January.",
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