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Join the conversation at Job Searching: From Chaos to Calm on April 8th.
👋 A huge welcome to new Future Community folks from Maryland, Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, Mississippi, California, D.C. and beyond. Thanks for being here! Be sure to check out the event coming up + 50+ new links to open jobs below.
Will you join our conversation about job searching?
I'm excited to be hosting a conversation about job searching with Matt Lockshin, Claire Waiksnoris and Dave Algoso on April 8, 2025.
We'd be thrilled if you joined us. Bring your questions, ideas, challenges and tips.
Matt and Claire are experienced recruiters and job search coaches who focus on nonprofit advocacy, tech and fundraising people. Dave has been through a recent successful job search and is back in the hunt. It's a wealth of experience and they're all smart, empathetic folks who want to help get people into roles that don't just do good work but help you thrive.
Bright Ideas
Interesting, inspiring, sometimes maddening things I've bookmarked and actually read this week.
This is one of the best things I've read on how local to national right-wing media outrage pipeline operates: How Right-Wing Media Keeps Baiting Chicago (Or – How to Make Propaganda About the Most Boring Parts of Municipal Finance) by H Kapp-Klote.
The structures of power keep our leaders from doing their job. But real power is possible: Underestimated Strength: Finding Power When Leaders Can't by Dawn Teo.
The future of news looks niche (NYTimes gift link) is a conversation with Jessica Lessin of The Information and a growing stable of media startups. Over and over the lesson out there is that there are people who will eat up and trust you if you deliver news they can use in ways they can use it. This is the nexus of the newsletter business, by the way.
Yes, publishers can turn young people into paying subscribers writes Esther Kezia Thorpe in Digital Content Next. But there needs to shifts in thinking about building trust, what's relatable and why, and listening. All this so much applies to nonprofits, too, who for years and years have struggled to connect with anyone under 45.
A good look at some research on how young people get info and rely on it to make sense of the world. We must embrace the next generation of news consumers and creators writes Jeremy Gilbert on the Lenfest Institute site.
We Can't Give in to Fear by Marc Elias of Democracy Docket.
So much winning. Canadians now see the US as the most serious disinfo threat by Ethan Zuckerman. Who can blame them?
Why Kind Workplaces are More Successful by Kia Afcari for Greater Good Magazine. (ht Annemarie Dooling)
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Future Community Jobs
A handful of the most recent roles you'll find on Future Community Jobs. These are new and not included in last Monday's job-focused edition. Subscribe if this was forwarded to you. And reach out if you have a job to post or any questions! Some truly amazing people read this newsletter. You should hire them.
Audience, content, journalism and news roles 🗞️
- Audience Engagement Editor : Bolts [Remote]
- Senior Editor, Ideas and Senior Audience Producer and Senior Staff Writer, Culture and Senior Staff Writer, Science and Health : Salon [Remote in the US]
- Documenters Site Success Director : City Bureau [Remote / Hybrid if in Chicago]
- Senior Vice President and Chief Content Officer : Oregon Public Radio [Portland]
- Managing Editor, Callaloo : Brown University [Providence, RI]
- Director, Communities of Practice : Solutions Journalism Network [Remote]
- Engagement Coordinator and Audience Producer : MinnPost [Minneapolis]
Communications 🗣️
- National Media and Communications Director : Critical Resistance [Oakland]
- Editorial Manager : Builders Network [Remote]
- Director, Federal Advocacy Communications and Manager, State Advocacy Communications : Planned Parenthood [Washington, DC]
- Executive Communications Senior Manager : UnidosUS [Washington, DC]
- Communications Director : Institute for Law & AI [Remote]
- Lead Manager, Storytelling and Senior Manager, Editorial and Storytelling : Make a Wish Foundation of America [Remote in the US]
- Communications Manager : Rise [Remote]
- Director of Communications : Constructive Dialogue Institute [Remote]
- Advocacy Writer : AARP [Washington, DC]
- Advocacy Communications Coordinator : Fairplay [Washington, DC / Remote]
- Membership, Marketing and Engagement Manager : Commonwealth Club World Affairs [San Francisco]
- Head, Marketing and Communications : U.S. Green Building Council [Washington, DC]
A variety of nonprofit roles ⚡
- Program Director, Democracy Strategy Group : Democracy Alliance [Remote]
- National Organizer for Electoral Strategy : Right to the City [Flexible/Remote]
- U.S. Advocacy Representative, National Policy : Committee to Protect Journalists [Washington, DC / Remote]
- Executive Director, California : Common Cause [Remote in California]
- Chief Executive Officer : Integrity Institute [Remote in the US]
- Executive Director : MoveOn [Remote in the US]
- Senior Defense Policy Analyst : Project on Government Oversight [Washington, DC preferred / Remote]
- Executive Director : Surveillance Technology Oversight Project [New York City]
- Training and Content Coordinator : FoodCorps [Remote in the US]
- Reducing Emissions Campaign Manager : Climate Reality [Washington, DC]
- Director of Science : Save the Redwoods League [San Francisco]
Fundraising and Development 💰
- Development and Communications Officer : ALBA (Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives) Open Horizons Fellowship [Remote / New York City]
- Director of Development : Rebuild Local News [Remote]
- Development Director : Places Journal [San Francisco]
- Development Manager : Fairplay [New York City / Remote]
- Director, Grants Management : Pivotal Ventures [Seattle / Remote in the US]
- Senior Manager of Development : Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press [Washington, DC]
- Fundraising Officer : Bellingcat [Flexible in Europe / Netherlands, UK or Germany preferred]
Foundations and Philanthropy 💸
- Deputy Director : PA Alliance Foundation [Unspecified but I'm guessing it's in Pennsylvania]
- Associate Vice President, Philanthropy : Equality Fund [Remote / Ottawa]
- Program Associate, Adaptation and Resilience : ClimateWorks Foundation [Remote in the US]
- Executive Director : Chinook Fund [Denver]
Agencies, politics, products, projects & more 💻
- Senior Policy Specialist : National Conference of State Legislatures [Denver]
- Digital Policy Associate : The Asia Group [Washington, DC] note: check their full job list for several other roles based in DC and Asia.
- Managing Director, The Capacity Shop : New Left Accelerator [Remote in the US]
- Senior Manager, Climate Consulting : Workiva [Remote in the US]
- Director : West Wing Writers [Remote in the US]
- Account Executive : Engaging Networks [US Eastern time zone preferred / Remote]
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