T. Anthony Pollner Distinguished Professorship (Fall 2025)

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The School of Journalism at the
University of Montana is taking applications through January 31, 2025, for the
fall 2025 T. Anthony Pollner Distinguished Professorship.

Applicants for the professorship should
have a national reputation in journalism and a keen interest in mentoring
aspiring journalists. The successful candidate will teach a course with
reporting and writing as its primary focus and work closely with the staff of
the student newspaper and website, the Montana Kaimin. The Pollner professor
also delivers a public lecture during the semester.

Recent Pollner professors have included Washington
Post enterprise reporter William Wan; 2020 National Magazine Award-winner Jacob
Baynham; Jan Winburn of CNN, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Baltimore
Sun; New York Times opinion writer and labor reporter Tammy Kim; “Bundyville”
podcast producer and freelance reporter Leah Sottile and former National
Geographic Executive Editor Chris Johns. Other Pollner professors include Hank
Stuever of the Washington Post; Chris Jones, a two-time National Magazine Award
recipient, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Eli Saslow, Sally Stapleton, Tamara
Jones, John Woestendiek and Maurice Possley.

The stipend is $42,000 for the
semester-long appointment based in Missoula, Mont. Housing is provided.

 PLEASE APPLY ELECTRONICALLY. DO NOT
APPLY UNLESS YOU ARE ABLE TO ACCEPT AN OFFER FROM THE SELECTION COMMITTEE.

 Send a letter of interest that includes
a detailed proposal for a course for junior- and senior-level undergraduates in
journalism, a resume, names and contact information of three references and
links to professional work to:

            [email protected].edu

Applications for the spring 2026 Pollner professorship,
which focuses on visual journalism or the business of journalism, will be
accepted in February 2025.

 For more information and a list of all
previous Pollner professors, go to: http://jour.umt.edu/about/faculty/pollner/default.php

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