Interlochen Center for the Arts is the recipient of the National Medal of Arts and the only organization in the world that brings together: a 2,500-student summer camp program; a 500-student fine arts boarding high school; opportunities for hundreds of adults to engage in fulfilling artistic and creative programs; two 24-hour listener-supported public radio stations (classical music and news); more than 600 arts presentations annually by students, faculty and world-renowned guest artists; a global alumni base spanning eight decades, including leaders in arts and all other endeavors. For information, visit Interlochen online at www.interlochen.org.

Interlochen Center for the Art’s MISSION…

To engage and inspire people worldwide through excellence in educational, artistic and cultural programs, enhancing the quality of life through the universal language of the arts.

THE CORE PURPOSE…

To ignite lifelong passion for the arts

THE CORE VALUES…

Nurturing, Inspiring,Transforming, Enlightening and Enduring

Interlochen Center for the Arts includes:

Interlochen Arts Academy

Interlochen Arts Academy, a fine arts boarding high school, offers the highest quality artistic training combined with comprehensive college-preparatory academics. The Academy also offers post-graduate opportunities.

Interlochen Arts Camp

Young artists from around the world gather at Interlochen each summer to learn, create and perform alongside leading artists and instructors. Programs are offered to students in grades three through twelve.

Interlochen College of Creative Arts

Adult artists thrive on opportunities to learn and express themselves creatively. The College of Creative Arts offers programs in a variety of arts disciplines.

Interlochen Public Radio

Classical Music: 88.7 FM, Interlochen; 88.5 FM, Mackinaw City; 94.7 FM, Traverse City and 100.9 FM, East Jordan/Charlevoix

News Radio: 91.5 FM, Traverse City; 90.1 FM, Harbor Springs/Petoskey; 89.7 FM, Manistee/Ludington

Streaming online at ipr.interlochen.org.  Through two listener-supported broadcast services, Interlochen Public Radio (IPR) connects northwest Michigan with arts, news and culture on a global scale. IPR also gives significant focus to local and regional news, information and artists.

Interlochen Presents

Interlochen brings dozens of world-renowned artists to northwest Michigan, enhancing the region’s position on the global arts map. Interlochen presents more than 600 events each year by students, faculty and guest artists, making Interlochen one of the nation’s largest arts presenters.

Interlochen Public Radio, an award winning network of six stations serving much of northern Michigan with two 24-hour public radio services, is seeking a news reporter/producer to connect with our local, regional, and worldwide audience on-air and through related media. This individual will produce stories for broadcast and online. The successful candidate will join a team committed to local news in northern Michigan.

The Opportunity: Interlochen Public Radio is a charter member of NPR and has grown steadily with the extraordinary support of a highly-engaged public radio listening audience and its parent organization, internationally renowned Interlochen Center for the Arts.

In its fifty-first year of operation, Interlochen Public Radio and its parent organization, the Interlochen Center for the Arts, are focusing on the future while celebrating the past.   A working group of ICA leadership, including the president, trustees, and senior administrators in broadcasting, marketing and communication, and technology, are working with external thought partners to create a comprehensive strategy for the new synergies that exist between broadcasting, education and media -- online and web, social media, and virtual learning.  Interlochen and IPR as media and education organizations are uniquely positioned for this work.

ICA received the National Medal of Art in 2006. IPR has won 46 news reporting and programming awards since 2003 and has been named “Public Radio Station of the Year in Michigan” for the last three consecutive years -- and 7 of the last 10-- by the Michigan Association of Broadcasters.

The Position: The reporter/producer must have a confident, engaging on-air presence and solid journalistic judgement. The successful reporter/producer will present a continually fresh and interesting focus to daily news programming using the full range of resources and media at his or her disposal. The position will require the producer/host to:

• Discover and report local news in an effective, engaging way to provide listeners with useful information.

• Present news and information programming with a strong sense of place in northern Michigan, as a part of the cultural community engaged with Interlochen Center for the Arts, all related to the larger world.

• Help develop and implement online media engagement efforts to innovate the listener experience by actively engaging audiences.

• Participate in listener and donor engagement activities, online and in the community.

• Remain connected and knowledgeable about the professional world of public broadcasting and media distribution, and in creating new audiences for public radio.

• Occasionally produce and host the daily news service on IPR (other rotations may be required to meet staffing needs).

The successful candidate will possess:

• A Bachelor’s degree.

• Three years of public radio news experience.

• Fluency in the use of broadcast technology and the social media tools that actively engage the audience of today.

• Be organized, punctual, creative, personable, curious, ambitious, and willing to lead and educate listeners in new directions.

• Work in a close knit, collaborative environment with other IPR professionals and with colleagues in related areas with good humor and sensitivity.

SALARY and COMPENSATION: Nationally competitive with station class, with generous health and retirement benefits.

Interlochen Public Radio presents two distinct public radio services via multiple transmitters across northern Michigan, and online: ipr.interlochen.org.  IPR News Radio is the 24/7 public radio news service for northern Michigan; Classical IPR is the only 24/7 classical music (with NPR and local newscasts) service in Michigan.

Interlochen Public Radio is owned and operated by the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Interlochen, Michigan.  Interlochen Center for the Arts (ICA) is one of the unique artistic and educational communities in the world. Founded in 1927, ICA today comprises five entities in the arts, education, broadcasting, and presentations:

• Interlochen Arts Camp, seven weeks of summer programs serving more than 2,500 students ages 8-18, from 50 states and 48 countries. IAC is the nation’s oldest and most comprehensive summer arts program.

• Interlochen Arts Academy, the nation’s first, largest and most comprehensive boarding high school in the arts serving nearly 500 students in grades 9-12 and post-grad. IAA celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2012.

• Interlochen College for the Creative Arts, a program serving hundreds of creative adults and arts education professionals.

• Interlochen Presents brings audiences of 250,000 to more than 600 student, faculty, and professional programs each year in two distinct seasons.

• Interlochen Public Radio, a network of six stations bringing 24-hour news and classical music to northern Michigan and online around the world.



Application Process:

Required documents for application are: a letter of introduction expressing why this position interests and fits you, resume, links to samples of your news hosting and interviews, and a current listing of three confidential references.  These documents should be uploaded into your application, under the additional documents section.  You can complete the online application by clicking the "I'm interested" green button.

If you are unable to upload the additional documents at time of application you can email them to [email protected], subject title: "IPR News Reporter/Producer" Materials will only be accepted electronically. 

Review of materials will commence immediately and continue until the position has been filled. Materials submitted will be held in strictest confidence, and references will not be contacted without the permission of the applicant.