The Nonlinear Library EA - Tarbell is hiring for 3 roles by Cillian
Jul 17, 2024
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Summary
Tarbell supports independent journalism covering AI. Since 2022, we've placed journalists at TIME, MIT Tech Review, The Information, and supported another to write for the New Yorker.
We're hiring for three exciting roles to grow our organisation:
Fellowship Manager ($75-100k): a skilled project manager to own & expand our Tarbell Fellowship.
Operations Manager / Associate ($55-100k): implement & improve Tarbell's administrative & operational processes.
Special Projects Manager ($75-100k): lead one of our existing programmes or launch an entirely new initiative.
About Tarbell
Tarbell supports independent journalism covering AI. Our mission is to build a global community of expert journalists covering artificial intelligence.
We run three programmes:
Tarbell Fellowship: Our flagship programme provides early career journalists with training, a stipend of up to $50,000, and a 9-month placement at a major newsroom. 2024 placements include MIT Technology Review, TIME, Euractiv, The Information, and Lawfare.
Journalists-in-residence: We provide senior writers with funding to pursue longer investigations, explore entrepreneurial projects, and educate themselves on artificial intelligence. To date, we've supported Shakeel Hashim and Nathaniel Popper.
Tarbell Grants (coming soon): We'll provide awards of $1k-$15k for impactful reporting on artificial intelligence and its impacts.
Fellowship Manager
Key details
Deadline:
Apply by Sunday July 21, 2024
Start date: September 2024 (flexible)
Hours: 40/week (flexible)
Location: London (preferred) / Remote
Reporting to: Cillian Crosson (Executive Director)
Compensation: $75,000 - $100,000
Responsibilities
As Fellowship Manager, you'll be responsible for managing and continually improving the Tarbell Fellowship.
Responsibilities might include:
Programme managing the Tarbell Fellowship. You'll be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the Fellowship. This includes setting goals, tracking progress towards them, and generally ensuring that all work is executed on schedule to a high level.
Matching Tarbell Fellows with placements at top news organisations. In 2024, we successfully placed Fellows at MIT Tech Review, TIME, Lawfare, The Information, Euractiv, and Ars Technica. You'll maintain strong relationships with existing host outlets and forge partnerships with new placement organisations.
Attracting talented and aspiring tech journalists to apply for the Tarbell Fellowship. You'll coordinate our marketing strategy
Selecting a strong cohort of early career journalists from an initial pool of >1,000 candidates. You'll run a multi-stage application process: reviewing applications, blind-grading writing samples, and interviewing candidates to identify the most promising journalists.
Improve our 10-week AI Journalism Fundamentals course by adding new modules that better prepare Tarbell Fellows for their newsroom placements.
Facilitate training sessions on topics in AI and / or key journalism skills.
Lead a team. As the programme expands, we anticipate that you will recruit, develop, and manage a small team.
What we are looking for
You might be a particularly good fit for this role if you are:
Organised and competent at project management. We are looking for someone with experience managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders. You should feel confident with goal-tracking, system-building, and keeping teams on track to meet ambitious deadlines.
A strong understanding of AI, or the ability to learn this quickly. You understand basic concepts in machine learning (e.g. transformers, gradient descent), are familiar with various governance topics (e.g. responsible scaling policies, compute governance, capabilities evaluations)...
Summary
Tarbell supports independent journalism covering AI. Since 2022, we've placed journalists at TIME, MIT Tech Review, The Information, and supported another to write for the New Yorker.
We're hiring for three exciting roles to grow our organisation:
Fellowship Manager ($75-100k): a skilled project manager to own & expand our Tarbell Fellowship.
Operations Manager / Associate ($55-100k): implement & improve Tarbell's administrative & operational processes.
Special Projects Manager ($75-100k): lead one of our existing programmes or launch an entirely new initiative.
About Tarbell
Tarbell supports independent journalism covering AI. Our mission is to build a global community of expert journalists covering artificial intelligence.
We run three programmes:
Tarbell Fellowship: Our flagship programme provides early career journalists with training, a stipend of up to $50,000, and a 9-month placement at a major newsroom. 2024 placements include MIT Technology Review, TIME, Euractiv, The Information, and Lawfare.
Journalists-in-residence: We provide senior writers with funding to pursue longer investigations, explore entrepreneurial projects, and educate themselves on artificial intelligence. To date, we've supported Shakeel Hashim and Nathaniel Popper.
Tarbell Grants (coming soon): We'll provide awards of $1k-$15k for impactful reporting on artificial intelligence and its impacts.
Fellowship Manager
Key details
Deadline:
Apply by Sunday July 21, 2024
Start date: September 2024 (flexible)
Hours: 40/week (flexible)
Location: London (preferred) / Remote
Reporting to: Cillian Crosson (Executive Director)
Compensation: $75,000 - $100,000
Responsibilities
As Fellowship Manager, you'll be responsible for managing and continually improving the Tarbell Fellowship.
Responsibilities might include:
Programme managing the Tarbell Fellowship. You'll be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the Fellowship. This includes setting goals, tracking progress towards them, and generally ensuring that all work is executed on schedule to a high level.
Matching Tarbell Fellows with placements at top news organisations. In 2024, we successfully placed Fellows at MIT Tech Review, TIME, Lawfare, The Information, Euractiv, and Ars Technica. You'll maintain strong relationships with existing host outlets and forge partnerships with new placement organisations.
Attracting talented and aspiring tech journalists to apply for the Tarbell Fellowship. You'll coordinate our marketing strategy
Selecting a strong cohort of early career journalists from an initial pool of >1,000 candidates. You'll run a multi-stage application process: reviewing applications, blind-grading writing samples, and interviewing candidates to identify the most promising journalists.
Improve our 10-week AI Journalism Fundamentals course by adding new modules that better prepare Tarbell Fellows for their newsroom placements.
Facilitate training sessions on topics in AI and / or key journalism skills.
Lead a team. As the programme expands, we anticipate that you will recruit, develop, and manage a small team.
What we are looking for
You might be a particularly good fit for this role if you are:
Organised and competent at project management. We are looking for someone with experience managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders. You should feel confident with goal-tracking, system-building, and keeping teams on track to meet ambitious deadlines.
A strong understanding of AI, or the ability to learn this quickly. You understand basic concepts in machine learning (e.g. transformers, gradient descent), are familiar with various governance topics (e.g. responsible scaling policies, compute governance, capabilities evaluations)...