Reynolds Center for biz journalism seeks new executive director

The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism is looking for a new executive director to run its programs.

The current executive director, Andrew Leckey, is becoming president of the center and the new Reynolds chair in business journalism at Arizona State University, where the center is located.

The ad for the position states, “The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism seeks to hire an executive director to run the center and lead a staff of eight. The executive director is responsible for the planning and delivery of national workshops and online seminars, providing quality training and development for business journalists and ensuring that the Web site BusinessJournalism.org is the best possible resource for industry professionals.

“The executive director has management responsibility for the Reynolds Center’s staff, budget and contracts. Serving as a presenter at events, strategist and inspirational leader, the executive director also will hold the faculty rank of professor of practice and teach business journalism courses at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. Â

“The center is funded through a grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation and operated by the Cronkite School at ASU’s downtown Phoenix campus.  The executive director will report to the dean of the school.”

Read more here. Qualifications include extensive business journalism experience. The deadline to apply is Jan. 5, 2009.