Swiss PhD Position in Journalism 2010 2011

Position call for PhD candidate in Journalism and collaborator for the Media and Communication Service

Requirements:
– Master degree in Journalism or Communication
– Expertise in journalistic writing and editing
– Know-how in the use of new technologies and web publishing
– Languages:
– English mother tongue
– Very good understanding of Italian

Duties:
The selected candidate will be required to:
– Work 50% for the Media and Communication Service of the Università della Svizzera italiana
– Collaborate in research activities of the European Journalism Observatory (www.ejo.ch)

Research topic:
The PhD research will focus on journalism: the topic will be defined in detail together with prof. Stephan Russ-Mohl, director of the PhD thesis.

Job description at the Media and Communication Service:
– Writing and editing of English texts: press releases, newsletter, web
– Internal and external communication
– Cooperation in the organization of events
– Creation and management of mailing lists
– Management of online resources

The usual contractual conditions for PhD students of the Università della Svizzera italiana will apply.

Please send your Application Letter and CV to press@usi.ch.
Deadline: December 11th, 2009

website link:
http://www.usi.ch/call-phd-position-journalism-103150.pdf