The Mississippi Youth Media Project, which is part of the nonprofit Mississippi Journalism and Group alongside the Mississippi Free Press, is seeking a contract to edit teenage student journalists’ stories and other content for the summer 2024 reporting project focused on what Mississippi communities need from election coverage and a youth-produced voters’ guide. This position is not required to be on-site full-time, but the contract editor would ideally be available to meet with students in the newsroom at points through the summer. But we are open to the right editor Zooming into student journalist conferences from another location, including out of state. You will be responsible for editing all stories from first draft through final copy editing, working with executive editor Donna Ladd and photo editor Imani Khayyam for final site prep. Experience editing young people’s writing is helpful as is with editing narrative non-fiction. The right candidate will have solid copy-editing experience, preferably for a journalism outlet and be familiar with Associated Press style. The final agreement will be based on a minimum of $25 an hour to be paid in two lump sums for an anticipated average 25 hours a week over eight weeks starting in early June.

Please send a resume and a short cover letter to executive assistant Erica Hines at erica@mississippifreepress.org if you’re interested in the contract position.

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