Student Newspaper (Deerprints) Club Asst Sponsor

Township High School District 113 • Deerfield, IL

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Deerprints is Deerfield High School’s student-led and student-published newspaper. The assistant co-sponsor will help mentor these emerging journalists as they practice the craft of reporting and the art of writing, from the first story idea through publication. This role offers an opportunity to guide students in responsible storytelling, thoughtful leadership, and ethical decision-making in an evolving media landscape shaped by artificial intelligence and emerging technologies.

Requirements

• Mentoring emerging journalists
• Guiding students in responsible storytelling, thoughtful leadership, and ethical decision-making
• Understanding of an evolving media landscape shaped by artificial intelligence and emerging technologies
• Ability to coach students in interviewing, research, organization, revision, audience awareness, and clear, engaging writing
• Proficiency in proofreading and refining journalistic content
• Experience in supporting student leaders and fostering a positive staff culture
• Knowledge of journalistic ethics (accuracy, fairness, transparency, accountability, responsibility to readers)
• Guidance on responsible use of AI and emerging technologies in journalism
• Supervision of website content updates

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with a student newspaper
• Familiarity with Deerfield High School's community

Responsibilities

• Work with the head sponsor to supervise editors and support the productive, purposeful operation of newspaper meetings, and field trips.
• Mentor staff writers, photojournalist and graphic artist through every stage of the storytelling process, from developing a compelling concept and conducting accurate, responsible reporting to shaping structure, style, grammar, and an authentic journalistic voice.
• Coach students in the craft of journalism, including interviewing, research, organization, revision, audience awareness, and clear, engaging writing.
• Proofread and refine articles, photographs, captions, headlines, and other published materials with careful attention to accuracy, clarity, grammar, visual communication, and professional student newspaper standards.
• Work with editors to help them remain creative, organized, meet responsibilities and deadlines, and grow as thoughtful, inclusive, collaborative student leaders.
• Support editors in making sound editorial decisions and in creating a staff culture grounded in journalistic ethics, including accuracy, fairness, transparency, accountability, and responsibility to readers.
• Guide students in using artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies responsibly to enhance reporting, brainstorming, organization, and revision while upholding journalistic integrity, honest attribution, original thinking, curiosity, privacy, and the accuracy of published work.
• Supervise editors’ updates to the Deerprints website, helping ensure that digital content is accurate, accessible, timely, and consistent with the publication’s standards.
• Collaborate with Kenya M. Maize, head sponsor , in supporting the Deerprints staff and the ongoing development of the newspaper.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed