Professor of Practice, News Industry Growth Strategy

Professor of Practice, News Industry Growth Strategy

Career-Track Faculty Appointment | Phoenix, AZ

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication seeks a professor of practice focused on driving revenue and audience growth across the news industry.

The Professor of Practice, News Industry Growth Strategy, will be housed within the school’s Knight Center for the Future of News and will ensure the Knight Center’s work reflects real-world media economics, operational realities and growth needs. This role connects research to industry sustainability.

Serving as a thought leader within the Knight Center’s Business Growth Lab and a strategic partner across the Center, this role helps shape project priorities, assess feasibility and define success in practice. We seek a practitioner with recent senior-level experience in a news or media organization who is comfortable moving between industry and academic settings.

The Professor of Practice will teach at least one course per year, assigned by the dean based on relevant expertise, and will perform internal and external faculty service.

This is a full-time, benefits-eligible, 12-month (not academic year) faculty appointment on ASU’s Downtown Phoenix Campus; this position holds the rank of professor of practice. It is grant-funded and not a tenure-track appointment.

Essential Duties

• Bring current industry insight into project direction and prioritization
• Assess relevance, feasibility and growth potential of Knight Center initiatives
• Lead within the Business Growth Lab while partnering across labs, including publishing, and program generation and management
• Build, consult and maintain relationships with publishers, creators and collaborators
• Translate industry needs into research questions and product strategy
• Teach and mentor students consistent with a Professor of Practice role
• Perform faculty service internally (e.g., committee assignments, student mentorship) and externally (e.g. professional workshops, contest judging, etc.)
• Represent the Center in industry-facing settings and convenings

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of professional experience in media growth, operations, strategy or related leadership roles
• Senior-level leadership experience in a news or media organization within the last seven years

Desired Qualifications

• MBA or other relevant graduate degree
• Demonstrated business leadership impact in digital or news environments
• Experience supporting independent publishers or creators
• Comfort working in academic environments
• Experience mentoring students or emerging professionals