I've posted before about my friends at Youth Media International/Youth Radio, an Oakland-based non-profit that helps underserved young people learn the tools of media creation. You may have heard their excellent contributions to NPR or read their journalism at the Huffington Post and other places. Right now, Youth Radio has two very rare job openings that are killer opportunities for the right people.
First, they're looking for a "Managing Editor" to helm a new online news service and media property for young people. Rob, Dean, and I have all been consulting on this at varying levels, and it's a really groundbreaking, worthwhile project. Managing Editor job description
Also, the organization recently won a MacArthur Foundation competition to launch a "Mobile Action Lab" to build six online/mobile apps "that serve real needs in youth communities." Are you a developer who can run the lab and collaborate with young people to make the apps? Developer-In-Residence, Mobile Action Lab job description
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