Working/Functional Title Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System Position Summary The School of Journalism seeks a scholar who examines the role of news and information in addressing inequities and works to reimagine and bring about more equitable news ecosystems. Reliable information, rooted in data-driven procedures, plays an essential role in democratic self-governance at the community level. Reliable information – produced with and for communities – is therefore essential to addressing persistent social, political, environmental, and economic inequities. Research could address a range of issues, for example (1) the growth of so-called news deserts – those urban and rural places where local news is not produced – and the political,