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The Department of Communication, Journalism and Media at Rider University seeks an adjunct instructor of Sports Media for the fall 2024 semester beginning September 4, 2024. This position is to teach COM 270 Sports Multimedia Reporting on Tuesdays/Thursdays from 2:50 p.m. to 4:20 p.m.

In this course, students develop skills in hard-news sports reporting, game coverage, and the production of introductory multimedia and social media sports content. The course employs out-of-the-classroom reporting assignments to refine information gathering techniques such as interviewing, observation, and use of documents and other contextual materials. Includes reporting and writing on sports games, teams, players, coaches, athletic issues/controversies, and the business of sports. Students have taken Introduction to News Writing as a pre-requisite.

B.A. in sports media or related field, and demonstrated experience in the sports media field.  Demonstrated experience in teaching at the college level.

M.A. or higher in the communication fields.

The Rider University community is composed of faculty, staff and students from a wide range of cultural backgrounds.

Rider University is committed to fostering an inclusive, vibrant living and learning community that embraces students, faculty and staff of all backgrounds and enables them to achieve success.

Through reflection and open, respectful dialogue, we develop responsible citizens who demonstrate academic understanding and compassion to grow and serve as leaders in a diverse and global world.

Candidates with a demonstrated commitment supportive of the multicultural needs of Rider University and the surrounding community are highly desired.

Rider University is consistently ranked as a best college by U.S. News and World Report, The Wall Street Journal and The Princeton Review. For more than a decade, Rider has also been recognized in The Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges for its sustainability efforts.
 
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