Head investigative reporting at NPR

National Public Radio needs a deputy managing editor of investigations and enterprise in Washington D.C. .
The editor will head investigative and accountability reporting at NPR, working with reporters and editors to improve and add upon enterprise and investigative work for NPR's broadcast and digital forms. He or she will also coach NPR's news division on how to grow the organization's investigative journalism program.
Candidates should have a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. People with post-graduate degrees will be preferred. Applicants should also have:

• 10 years' experience in journalism at a national level.
  
• Five years of newsroom management experience at a national level.
• Experience with digital and traditional investigative work.
• A track record of developing and executing enterprise and investigative stories.
• A background in working with new and seasoned journalists.
• Experience in computer-assisted reporting.
• An understanding of organizational development, management and supervisory principles.
• The ability to work varied shifts.

Candidates with experience in broadcast and digital integration as well as applicants willing to relocate will be preferred in the application process.

Learn more about the job and apply online here.

NPR ombud sounds off on "Planet Money" interview

NPR ombudsman, Alicia Shepard, walks readers through a heated NPR podcast for Planet Money in a new blog post. 

The podcast, controversial because of host Adam Davidson's unprofessional interview tactics last month with TARP watchdog Elizabeth Warren, was the cause of numerous listener comments via e-mails and voice mail messages. 

The Planet Money blog also received a record- 788 total comments about the interview.

From the post:

"It's important for journalists to treat whomever they are interviewing with respect -- and to keep their opinions to themselves. Davidson did neither. Instead, Davidson conveyed that he didn't think Warren was doing her job properly. He admits that his anger was misdirected. "

WSJ chimes in on press coverage

NPR talks with economics editor of The Wall Street Journal, David Wessel, to chat about the highly-criticized role of media coverage during the financial meltdown on Tuesday's Talk of the Nation newscast.
Listen to the conversation here.