CFRU 93.3fm (Guelph, Ontario) is seeking a News Coordinator for a 16 week position funded through the CRFC Radio Talent Development Program. CFRU 93.3FM is a volunteer driven student and community radio station, committed to broadcasting high quality, innovative and entertaining music and spoken word programming which serves as a distinct alternative to other available radio services.

Duties
• general oversight of all CFRU news programming
• recruiting (in conjunction with Volunteer Coordinator) and training volunteers to produce news programming
• scheduling and coordinating regular news-related workshops for news volunteers including: research, interviewing, script writing, presentation, in-studio and on-site recording, editing and production, and short-form documentary production
• coordinating community news coverage, making connections with community groups that could contribute content
• providing regular feedback and support to news department volunteers, and communicate with volunteers to ensure that content is produced on-time
• maintain and develop public service journalism manuals and guides
• maintain and cultivate list of news contacts and list of events that CFRU can cover and report on.

• Coordinate and assist in news volunteers’ efforts to reporters to find news stories, conduct interviews, and cover conferences, etc.
• identify and organize news resources for volunteers
• set up news coverage at remote locations
• coordinate volunteer access to all station resources including studios, equipment, computers, files and books, in conjunction with Operations Coordinator.
• promotion of CFRU's news programming, in collaboration with Community Outreach coordinator

• Participation in weekly news collective meetings, facilitating as necessary, brainstorming with the collective to expand and improve CFRU news programming
• Liaising between CFRU and other C/C radio news initiatives, including the Groundwire National Alternative Radio News Project
• Coordinating maintenance of news and collective e-mail accounts, web pages, and blog by trained volunteers, facilitating internet based news coverage

Further responsibilities include:
• developing station policy and long term goals, towards establishing ongoing news programming at CFRU
• Other duties as may be required during planned staff absences, provided they are consistent with the role of the news coordinator
• organizing and participating in general staff meetings