ABOUT THE POSITION
The Blog Editor will compile information and announcements of interest to the
business history community and post them to The Exchange approximately three
times a week. The Exchange features calls for papers, conference announcements,
grant listings, award winners, and links to blog posts elsewhere on the web of
particular interest to business and economic historians. The new editor may wish to
continue regular features of the Exchange such as Over the Counter, a compilation of
links and short news items about business and economic history and historians; New
Books of Interest; and Business Historians in the News, but is invited to shape the
blog in new ways. The position will require approximately ten hours of work per
month and includes a modest honorarium.
ABOUT THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
The ideal candidate is someone with broad interests in business
and economic
history and related fields and should possess strong online, administrative, and
organizational skills.
The new Blog Editor must be available to start a training period guided by Pat
Denault, the retiring editor, during fall 2018. The position will begin January 1, 2019.
HOW TO APPLY
Please send a cover letter that outlines your interest and aptitude for the position
together with a CV to Shennette Garrett-Scott, Chair, Electronic Media Oversight
Committee, at
smgscott@olemiss.edu by
May 15, 2018. If you have questions,
contact either Shennette at the above email address or Andrew Popp, BHC
Secretary-Treasurer, at
andrew.popp@liverpool.ac.uk.
