Job Posting: Part-time Communications Associate

Filed Under: UCC Media Justice

UCC OC Inc., the United Church of Christ's media justice advocate seeks a part-time communications associate to produce and manage web content and social media.

 

Responsibilities include:

  • Writing communications framed from a faith-based, progressive, civil rights oriented perspective, including action alerts, newsletters, and web page.
  • Drafting Facebook and Twitter posts, managing their distribution, reinforcing partner and ally messages.
  • Managing UCC OC Inc.'s web site at www.uccmediajustice.org which is run on the SALSA Labs platform.
  • Detail oriented, proof reading skills important, able to work under deadlines.
  • Associate will both produce content and upload it into content management systems, some html skills helpful but not required.
 

Hours vary week to week but average about 10 per week. Rate of pay is negotiable and based on experience.

Location flexible; UCC OC Inc. based in Washington DC. Apply by emailing cover note, resume and sample work product (links or hard copy) to info@uccmediajustice.org, subject line: COMMUNICATIONS JOB. Rolling applications process.

Smart Cities & Big Data: Where’s the Ethical Framework?

Filed Under: Articles, News

Last week, half a world away, Secretary of State John Kerry and Commerce Secretary Pritzker were engaged in high-level dialogue with political leaders in India.  On the agenda: “smart cities.”

All around the world, cities are often on the forefront of cutting edge policy debates.  While in the U.S., the “laboratories of democracy” are thought of traditionally as states, in fact cities often take the lead.  And in few areas will this be more true than in the civic use of “big data.”  [Read more…]