the position here.<\/a><\/p>\nThe Project Manager position includes the following responsibilities:<\/p>\n
Governance<\/p>\n
Lead the effort to create a governance structure and complete required agreements, including but not limited to:<\/p>\n
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement between members of the collaborative. This describes how the group will operate, requirements for membership, editorial standards the partners will uphold, ways in which members will utilize available grant funds, ways in which members will work together on news coverage, content publishing, and other endeavors, and understandings for awareness-building and public engagement activities planned as part of this project.<\/p>\n
Meetings<\/p>\n
Organize and lead regular meetings of the Collaborative and representatives, including:<\/p>\n
Compilation and distribution of meeting agendas
\nEnsuring adequate meeting space
\nNotification of meetings
\nCompilation and distribution of meeting notes
\nFollowing up on action items to ensure completion<\/p>\n
Assessment & Impact Tracking:<\/p>\n
Build a plan to track the impact of the Collaborative\u2019s work with support\/guidance from an external consultant\/expert.
\nCollect desired data and anecdotal information.
\nCreate impact reports for sharing with Collaborative partners, the public, funders, and other key stakeholders.<\/p>\n
Engagement:<\/p>\n
Support engagement activities, including:<\/p>\n
Community gatherings related to the work of the Collaborative
\nCollaborative events
\nUse of audience engagement tools<\/p>\n
Distribution:<\/p>\n
Build a distribution plan including:<\/p>\n
Establishing\/enhancing a digital presence
\nExploring targeted communications<\/p>\n
Admin tasks<\/p>\n
Maintain running knowledge of Collaborative budget expenditures<\/p>\n
RELATIONSHIPS:<\/p>\n
Internal:\u00a0 Maintains communication with the News Collaborative of Central Florida Task Force Committee members and especially the committee chair.
External:\u00a0 Maintains contact with external community groups, organizations, stakeholders, and audiences.<\/p>\n
\u00a0SKILLS\/KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED:<\/p>\n
Bachelor\u2019s degree or equivalent experience
\nProject management experience preferred
\nExperience in journalism is preferred but not necessary
\nExcellent organization and interpersonal skills
\nAbility to conceptualize the organization\u2019s mission and to communicate that to others
\nMust be deadline-oriented and detail-oriented<\/p>\n
DISCLAIMER: The information presented indicates the general nature and level of work expected of employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain, or to be interpreted as, a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and objectives required of employees assigned to this job.<\/p>\n
MORE ABOUT THE NEWS COLLABORATIVE OF CENTRAL FLORIDA:<\/p>\n
The News Collaborative of Central Florida is a collective of independent local news outlets and aligned partners working toward a more informed and engaged Central Florida. It grew out of the Central Florida Journalism Ecosystem Summit, created in 2024 by Central Florida Public Media, Central Florida Foundation, and Oviedo Community News. Partners and participants include Orlando Sentinel, WKMG News 6, WUCF, Orlando Business Journal, Winter Park Voice, Vox Populi, LkldNow, Osceola News Gazette, Community Paper, and Bungalower.<\/p>\n
The Collaborative\u2019s first editorial project focused on the regional impact of Florida\u2019s law against unauthorized public camping and sleeping. Since January 2025, partners have been sharing ideas, coordinating coverage and cross-publishing stories on this and related topics. In 2026, the Collaborative plans to focus its collective editorial attention on issues related to the midterm elections, while also seeking academic partners to engage in research on how best to reach disengaged news consumers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The News Collaborative of Central Florida is looking for a strategic and proactive individual to serve as a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[558,28,30,29,967,266,109],"class_list":{"0":"post-2307","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-florida-headlines","11":"tag-florida-news","12":"tag-homeless-crisis-in-central-florida","13":"tag-local-news","14":"tag-social"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}