Berkeleyside is hiring a higher education reporter

"Berkeleyside is looking to recruit a tenacious, versatile and seasoned reporter to cover UC Berkeley and higher education in the East Bay. While the UC system is well covered by statewide reporters, no other media outlet has a beat principally focused on Cal. Apply for Berkeleyside's higher ed reporting position. This is a chance to do groundbreaking enterprise and accountability reporting focused on one of the world's preeminent research universities an institution that's often a lightning rod in national debates over higher education."

"This is a two-year position being offered in partnership with Open Campus, a national nonprofit newsroom creating a network of local reporters dedicated to covering higher education. The reporter on this beat will have the opportunity to collaborate with Open Campus editors with higher education expertise, and to work alongside a cohort of higher ed reporters at outlets across the country."

Berkeleyside is hiring a seasoned reporter to cover UC Berkeley and East Bay higher education, including Peralta Community College District, Northeastern University Oakland and West Contra Costa College. The beat includes general assignment reporting on Berkeley and Alameda County. The two-year position is offered in partnership with Open Campus and includes collaboration with national higher education editors and a cohort of local higher ed reporters. The role emphasizes enterprise and accountability reporting on a major research university, focusing on town-gown relations, student housing shortages, development controversies, labor disputes, campus protests and free speech debates. Coverage will probe threats to university funding and independence.

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