Nonprofit and Advocacy Groups Lead Surge in Media Hiring for Senior Roles
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Mediabistro Team
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The article reports on a surge in mission-driven media hiring, where nonprofit advocacy groups, civic engagement startups, and cultural institutions are actively recruiting senior and mid-career media professionals. These roles require commercial-grade skills but are applied to causes such as environmental law, Latino civic power, and cultural preservation, outpacing corporate hiring in the media space.
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organizations with a cause at their core are hiring media professionals at a pace that outstrips their corporate counterparts
These aren't entry-level positions with vague mandates. They're senior and mid-career roles that ask for commercial-grade skills, applied to missions ranging from environmental law to Latino civic power to the preservation
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